Chapter 24 of The Rover Boys on Sunset Trail is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 24 of The Rover Boys on Sunset Trail is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE TIMBER WOLVES “Now we are in a pickle!” “I’ll say so! Why, we haven’t even got our clothing, much less our guns!” “What are we going to do about it?” “Don’t ask me!
Chapter 24 of The Rover Boys on Sunset Trail is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading ““Don’t ask me!”
a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
From this reading “Why, we haven’t even got our clothing, much less our guns!””
the act of departing
From this reading ““What are we going to do about it?””
plural of “gun” — a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading “Why, we haven’t even got our clothing, much less our guns!””
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading “Why, we haven’t even got our clothing, much less our guns!””
vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar
From this reading “THE TIMBER WOLVES “Now we are in a pickle!””
the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
From this reading “THE TIMBER WOLVES “Now we are in a pickle!””
plural of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading “THE TIMBER WOLVES “Now we are in a pickle!””
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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a wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North America
In this reading “THE TIMBER WOLVES “Now we are in a pickle!””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 THE TIMBER WOLVES “Now we are in a pickle!”
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “What are we going to do about it?”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE TIMBER WOLVES “Now we are in a pickle!”
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Don’t ask me!
a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
From this reading Why, we haven’t even got our clothing, much less our guns!”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “What are we going to do about it?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Don’t ask me!
divisible by two
From this reading Why, we haven’t even got our clothing, much less our guns!”
the act of departing
From this reading “What are we going to do about it?”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Why, we haven’t even got our clothing, much less our guns!”
plural of “gun” — a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading Why, we haven’t even got our clothing, much less our guns!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why, we haven’t even got our clothing, much less our guns!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ll say so!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE TIMBER WOLVES “Now we are in a pickle!”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “What are we going to do about it?”
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading Why, we haven’t even got our clothing, much less our guns!”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Don’t ask me!
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Why, we haven’t even got our clothing, much less our guns!”
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading THE TIMBER WOLVES “Now we are in a pickle!”
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Why, we haven’t even got our clothing, much less our guns!”
vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar
From this reading THE TIMBER WOLVES “Now we are in a pickle!”
express in words
From this reading “I’ll say so!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “I’ll say so!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TIMBER WOLVES “Now we are in a pickle!”
the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
From this reading THE TIMBER WOLVES “Now we are in a pickle!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “What are we going to do about it?”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading THE TIMBER WOLVES “Now we are in a pickle!”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What are we going to do about it?”
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, we haven’t even got our clothing, much less our guns!”
plural of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading THE TIMBER WOLVES “Now we are in a pickle!”
Chapter 24 of The Rover Boys on Sunset Trail by Edward Stratemeyer holds 141 sentences, grouped into 29 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 24 holds 141 sentences of The Rover Boys on Sunset Trail, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 24 of The Rover Boys on Sunset Trail by Edward Stratemeyer exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 141 sentences, grouped into 29 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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