Chapter 18 of The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HOME AGAIN "Good riddance to bad rubbish!" "You told the truth that time, Andy. We're certainly well rid of Slugger Brown and Nappy Martell." "Say! I'd like to know some of the particulars of the interview Slugger and Nappy had with Colonel Colby.
Chapter 18 of The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading “We're certainly well rid of Slugger Brown and Nappy Martell."”
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading “I'd like to know some of the particulars of the interview Slugger and Nappy had with Colonel Colby.”
conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
From this reading “I'd like to know some of the particulars of the interview Slugger and Nappy had with Colonel Colby.”
plural of “particular” — a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
From this reading “I'd like to know some of the particulars of the interview Slugger and Nappy had with Colonel Colby.”
relieve from
From this reading “We're certainly well rid of Slugger Brown and Nappy Martell."”
the act of removing or getting rid of something
From this reading “HOME AGAIN "Good riddance to bad rubbish!"”
worthless material that is to be disposed of
From this reading “HOME AGAIN "Good riddance to bad rubbish!"”
(baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
From this reading “We're certainly well rid of Slugger Brown and Nappy Martell."”
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anew
From this reading HOME AGAIN "Good riddance to bad rubbish!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We're certainly well rid of Slugger Brown and Nappy Martell."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You told the truth that time, Andy.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading HOME AGAIN "Good riddance to bad rubbish!"
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading We're certainly well rid of Slugger Brown and Nappy Martell."
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading We're certainly well rid of Slugger Brown and Nappy Martell."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'd like to know some of the particulars of the interview Slugger and Nappy had with Colonel Colby.
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading I'd like to know some of the particulars of the interview Slugger and Nappy had with Colonel Colby.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading HOME AGAIN "Good riddance to bad rubbish!"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I'd like to know some of the particulars of the interview Slugger and Nappy had with Colonel Colby.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading HOME AGAIN "Good riddance to bad rubbish!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'd like to know some of the particulars of the interview Slugger and Nappy had with Colonel Colby.
conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
From this reading I'd like to know some of the particulars of the interview Slugger and Nappy had with Colonel Colby.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I'd like to know some of the particulars of the interview Slugger and Nappy had with Colonel Colby.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I'd like to know some of the particulars of the interview Slugger and Nappy had with Colonel Colby.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We're certainly well rid of Slugger Brown and Nappy Martell."
garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement
From this reading We're certainly well rid of Slugger Brown and Nappy Martell."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We're certainly well rid of Slugger Brown and Nappy Martell."
plural of “particular” — a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
From this reading I'd like to know some of the particulars of the interview Slugger and Nappy had with Colonel Colby.
relieve from
From this reading We're certainly well rid of Slugger Brown and Nappy Martell."
the act of removing or getting rid of something
From this reading HOME AGAIN "Good riddance to bad rubbish!"
worthless material that is to be disposed of
From this reading HOME AGAIN "Good riddance to bad rubbish!"
express in words
From this reading "Say!
(baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
From this reading We're certainly well rid of Slugger Brown and Nappy Martell."
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I'd like to know some of the particulars of the interview Slugger and Nappy had with Colonel Colby.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "You told the truth that time, Andy.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "You told the truth that time, Andy.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading "You told the truth that time, Andy.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HOME AGAIN "Good riddance to bad rubbish!"
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading "You told the truth that time, Andy.
a fact that has been verified
From this reading "You told the truth that time, Andy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We're certainly well rid of Slugger Brown and Nappy Martell."
(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 We're certainly well rid of Slugger Brown and Nappy Martell."
in the company of; together with
From this reading I'd like to know some of the particulars of the interview Slugger and Nappy had with Colonel Colby.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You told the truth that time, Andy.
Chapter 18 of The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island by Edward Stratemeyer holds 133 sentences, grouped into 27 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 18 holds 133 sentences of The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
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