Chapter 30 of The Rover Boys in Alaska is here in full — 359 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of The Rover Boys in Alaska is here in full — 359 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GOOD-BYE TO ALASKA--CONCLUSION "Is that your sled?" "Yah. Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways. "Wait! I'm going to get off!
Chapter 30 of The Rover Boys in Alaska is here in full — 359 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union
From this reading “GOOD-BYE TO ALASKA--CONCLUSION "Is that your sled?"”
adroitness in using the hands
From this reading “Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.”
plural of “gu” — the largest and southernmost island in the Marianas which is administered as a territory of the United States; it was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898
From this reading “Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.”
plural of “runaway” — an easy victory
From this reading “Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.”
German statesman who served as chancellor of Germany (born in 1918)
From this reading “Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.”
a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
From this reading “GOOD-BYE TO ALASKA--CONCLUSION "Is that your sled?"”
the act of going from one place to another
From this reading “Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.”
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.
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In this reading “Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.”
leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
In this reading “I'm going to get off!”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
later than; following
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union
From this reading GOOD-BYE TO ALASKA--CONCLUSION "Is that your sled?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
From this reading GOOD-BYE TO ALASKA--CONCLUSION "Is that your sled?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
adroitness in using the hands
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I'm going to get off!
the act of departing
From this reading I'm going to get off!
a farewell remark
From this reading GOOD-BYE TO ALASKA--CONCLUSION "Is that your sled?"
plural of “gu” — the largest and southernmost island in the Marianas which is administered as a territory of the United States; it was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm going to get off!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading GOOD-BYE TO ALASKA--CONCLUSION "Is that your sled?"
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I'm going to get off!
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
plural of “runaway” — an easy victory
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
German statesman who served as chancellor of Germany (born in 1918)
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
plural of “second” — 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
From this reading GOOD-BYE TO ALASKA--CONCLUSION "Is that your sled?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading GOOD-BYE TO ALASKA--CONCLUSION "Is that your sled?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading GOOD-BYE TO ALASKA--CONCLUSION "Is that your sled?"
the act of going from one place to another
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading "Wait!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yah.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading GOOD-BYE TO ALASKA--CONCLUSION "Is that your sled?"
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