Chapter 18 of The Rover Boys on Sunset Trail is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of The Rover Boys on Sunset Trail is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A NARROW ESCAPE “Run! Run!” “He’s right behind us!” “Maybe we’d better jump into the river!” “Get behind the bushes,” suggested Jack.
Chapter 18 of The Rover Boys on Sunset Trail is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bush” — a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading ““Get behind the bushes,” suggested Jack.”
the act of escaping physically
From this reading “A NARROW ESCAPE “Run!”
a small worthless amount
From this reading ““Get behind the bushes,” suggested Jack.”
move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading ““Maybe we’d better jump into the river!””
by chance
From this reading ““Maybe we’d better jump into the river!””
make or become more narrow or restricted
From this reading “A NARROW ESCAPE “Run!”
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading ““Maybe we’d better jump into the river!””
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading ““Get behind the bushes,” suggested Jack.”
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something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin
In this reading “A NARROW ESCAPE “Run!”
In this reading ““Get behind the bushes,” suggested Jack.”
In this reading ““Maybe we’d better jump into the river!””
In this reading ““Maybe we’d better jump into the river!””
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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 A NARROW ESCAPE “Run!
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “He’s right behind us!”
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading “Maybe we’d better jump into the river!”
plural of “bush” — a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading “Get behind the bushes,” suggested Jack.
the act of escaping physically
From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE “Run!
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Get behind the bushes,” suggested Jack.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He’s right behind us!”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “Maybe we’d better jump into the river!”
a small worthless amount
From this reading “Get behind the bushes,” suggested Jack.
move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “Maybe we’d better jump into the river!”
by chance
From this reading “Maybe we’d better jump into the river!”
make or become more narrow or restricted
From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE “Run!
precisely, exactly
From this reading “He’s right behind us!”
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading “Maybe we’d better jump into the river!”
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading A NARROW ESCAPE “Run!
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading “Get behind the bushes,” suggested Jack.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Maybe we’d better jump into the river!”
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “He’s right behind us!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Maybe we’d better jump into the river!”
Chapter 18 of The Rover Boys on Sunset Trail by Edward Stratemeyer holds 157 sentences, grouped into 32 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 157 sentences of The Rover Boys on Sunset Trail, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 18 of The Rover Boys on Sunset Trail by Edward Stratemeyer exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 157 sentences, grouped into 32 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.
Work through the 32 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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