Chapter 15 of The Rover Boys at Colby Hall is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The Rover Boys at Colby Hall is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
IN THE TOWN "Hello! Nappy's overboard!" "Wow! that was some crack on the ear!" "Can he swim?" "Sure, he can swim!
Chapter 15 of The Rover Boys at Colby Hall is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
From this reading “"Wow! that was some crack on the ear!"”
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading “"Wow! that was some crack on the ear!"”
an expression of greeting
From this reading “IN THE TOWN "Hello!”
to extremes
From this reading “Nappy's overboard!"”
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “"Sure, he can swim!”
travel through water
From this reading “"Can he swim?"”
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading “IN THE TOWN "Hello!”
a joke that seems extremely funny
From this reading “"Wow! that was some crack on the ear!"”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Can he swim?"
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
From this reading "Wow! that was some crack on the ear!"
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading "Wow! that was some crack on the ear!"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Can he swim?"
an expression of greeting
From this reading IN THE TOWN "Hello!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN THE TOWN "Hello!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nappy's overboard!"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Wow! that was some crack on the ear!"
to extremes
From this reading Nappy's overboard!"
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Wow! that was some crack on the ear!"
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading "Sure, he can swim!
travel through water
From this reading "Can he swim?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Wow! that was some crack on the ear!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN THE TOWN "Hello!
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading IN THE TOWN "Hello!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Wow! that was some crack on the ear!"
a joke that seems extremely funny
From this reading "Wow! that was some crack on the ear!"
Chapter 15 of The Rover Boys at Colby Hall by Edward Stratemeyer holds 121 sentences, grouped into 25 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 15 holds 121 sentences of The Rover Boys at Colby Hall, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of The Rover Boys at Colby Hall by Edward Stratemeyer exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 121 sentences, grouped into 25 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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