Chapter 14 of The Rover Boys on Land and Sea is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Rover Boys on Land and Sea is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SETTLING DOWN ON THE ISLAND "What's wrong, lad?" "A snake! It has wound itself around my legs!" "Ye don't say!" gasped Captain Jerry, and then leaped down to the hollow. "Well, by gosh!
Chapter 14 of The Rover Boys on Land and Sea is here in full — 125 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.
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading “"Ye don't say!" gasped Captain Jerry, and then leaped down to the hollow.”
not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
From this reading “"Ye don't say!" gasped Captain Jerry, and then leaped down to the hollow.”
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading “"Ye don't say!" gasped Captain Jerry, and then leaped down to the hollow.”
a boy or man
From this reading “SETTLING DOWN ON THE ISLAND "What's wrong, lad?"”
past form of “leap” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “"Ye don't say!" gasped Captain Jerry, and then leaped down to the hollow.”
a gradual sinking to a lower level
From this reading “SETTLING DOWN ON THE ISLAND "What's wrong, lad?"”
limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
From this reading “"A snake!”
an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading “It has wound itself around my legs!"”
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 "A snake!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Ye don't say!" gasped Captain Jerry, and then leaped down to the hollow.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading It has wound itself around my legs!"
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "Well, by gosh!
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading "Ye don't say!" gasped Captain Jerry, and then leaped down to the hollow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Ye don't say!" gasped Captain Jerry, and then leaped down to the hollow.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading SETTLING DOWN ON THE ISLAND "What's wrong, lad?"
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading "Ye don't say!" gasped Captain Jerry, and then leaped down to the hollow.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, by gosh!
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It has wound itself around my legs!"
not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
From this reading "Ye don't say!" gasped Captain Jerry, and then leaped down to the hollow.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading SETTLING DOWN ON THE ISLAND "What's wrong, lad?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It has wound itself around my legs!"
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading It has wound itself around my legs!"
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading "Ye don't say!" gasped Captain Jerry, and then leaped down to the hollow.
a boy or man
From this reading SETTLING DOWN ON THE ISLAND "What's wrong, lad?"
past form of “leap” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading "Ye don't say!" gasped Captain Jerry, and then leaped down to the hollow.
staying power
From this reading It has wound itself around my legs!"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It has wound itself around my legs!"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading SETTLING DOWN ON THE ISLAND "What's wrong, lad?"
express in words
From this reading "Ye don't say!" gasped Captain Jerry, and then leaped down to the hollow.
a gradual sinking to a lower level
From this reading SETTLING DOWN ON THE ISLAND "What's wrong, lad?"
limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
From this reading "A snake!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SETTLING DOWN ON THE ISLAND "What's wrong, lad?"
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Ye don't say!" gasped Captain Jerry, and then leaped down to the hollow.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Ye don't say!" gasped Captain Jerry, and then leaped down to the hollow.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, by gosh!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SETTLING DOWN ON THE ISLAND "What's wrong, lad?"
an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading It has wound itself around my legs!"
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading SETTLING DOWN ON THE ISLAND "What's wrong, lad?"
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading "Ye don't say!" gasped Captain Jerry, and then leaped down to the hollow.
Chapter 14 of The Rover Boys on Land and Sea by Edward Stratemeyer holds 125 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 14 holds 125 sentences of The Rover Boys on Land and Sea, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of The Rover Boys on Land and Sea by Edward Stratemeyer exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 125 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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