Chapter 29 of The Rover Boys in Alaska is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of The Rover Boys in Alaska is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TOM'S WILD RIDE "Talk about fields of ice, Dick! Just look around us!" It was Sam who spoke. The party had come to a halt for the midday meal. They had stopped in the shelter of some big rocks, now thickly covered with snow and ice.
Chapter 29 of The Rover Boys in Alaska is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
From this reading “TOM'S WILD RIDE "Talk about fields of ice, Dick!”
cause to stop
From this reading “The party had come to a halt for the midday meal.”
the food served and eaten at one time
From this reading “The party had come to a halt for the midday meal.”
the middle of the day
From this reading “The party had come to a halt for the midday meal.”
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading “It was Sam who spoke.”
a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
From this reading “They had stopped in the shelter of some big rocks, now thickly covered with snow and ice.”
spoken with poor articulation as if with a thick tongue
From this reading “They had stopped in the shelter of some big rocks, now thickly covered with snow and ice.”
possessive form of “tom” — male cat
From this reading “TOM'S WILD RIDE "Talk about fields of ice, Dick!”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “The party had come to a halt for the midday meal.”
In this reading “They had stopped in the shelter of some big rocks, now thickly covered with snow and ice.”
to consider or examine in speech or writing
In this reading “TOM'S WILD RIDE "Talk about fields of ice, Dick!”
look about oneself
In this reading “Just look around us!"”
In this reading “They had stopped in the shelter of some big rocks, now thickly covered with snow and ice.”
In this reading “They had stopped in the shelter of some big rocks, now thickly covered with snow and ice.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The party had come to a halt for the midday meal.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading TOM'S WILD RIDE "Talk about fields of ice, Dick!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They had stopped in the shelter of some big rocks, now thickly covered with snow and ice.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Just look around us!"
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading They had stopped in the shelter of some big rocks, now thickly covered with snow and ice.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The party had come to a halt for the midday meal.
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading They had stopped in the shelter of some big rocks, now thickly covered with snow and ice.
someone who is a detective
From this reading TOM'S WILD RIDE "Talk about fields of ice, Dick!
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
From this reading TOM'S WILD RIDE "Talk about fields of ice, Dick!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The party had come to a halt for the midday meal.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The party had come to a halt for the midday meal.
cause to stop
From this reading The party had come to a halt for the midday meal.
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading TOM'S WILD RIDE "Talk about fields of ice, Dick!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They had stopped in the shelter of some big rocks, now thickly covered with snow and ice.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Sam who spoke.
and nothing more
From this reading Just look around us!"
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Just look around us!"
the food served and eaten at one time
From this reading The party had come to a halt for the midday meal.
the middle of the day
From this reading The party had come to a halt for the midday meal.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading They had stopped in the shelter of some big rocks, now thickly covered with snow and ice.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading TOM'S WILD RIDE "Talk about fields of ice, Dick!
an organization to gain political power
From this reading The party had come to a halt for the midday meal.
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading TOM'S WILD RIDE "Talk about fields of ice, Dick!
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading They had stopped in the shelter of some big rocks, now thickly covered with snow and ice.
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading It was Sam who spoke.
a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
From this reading They had stopped in the shelter of some big rocks, now thickly covered with snow and ice.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading They had stopped in the shelter of some big rocks, now thickly covered with snow and ice.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading They had stopped in the shelter of some big rocks, now thickly covered with snow and ice.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading It was Sam who spoke.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading They had stopped in the shelter of some big rocks, now thickly covered with snow and ice.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading TOM'S WILD RIDE "Talk about fields of ice, Dick!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The party had come to a halt for the midday meal.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had stopped in the shelter of some big rocks, now thickly covered with snow and ice.
spoken with poor articulation as if with a thick tongue
From this reading They had stopped in the shelter of some big rocks, now thickly covered with snow and ice.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The party had come to a halt for the midday meal.
possessive form of “tom” — male cat
From this reading TOM'S WILD RIDE "Talk about fields of ice, Dick!
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Just look around us!"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was Sam who spoke.
which person or people
From this reading It was Sam who spoke.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading TOM'S WILD RIDE "Talk about fields of ice, Dick!
in the company of; together with
From this reading They had stopped in the shelter of some big rocks, now thickly covered with snow and ice.
Chapter 29 of The Rover Boys in Alaska by Edward Stratemeyer holds 138 sentences, grouped into 28 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.
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