Chapter 28 of The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 28 of The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DORA STANHOPE APPEARS. "So you have been shipwrecked?" said the master of the sloop, a young man of apparently twenty-five, whose name was Fairwell. "Yes," answered Baxter senior. "Your own boat, or some large vessel?" "Our own boat.
Chapter 28 of The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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from appearances alone
From this reading “"So you have been shipwrecked?" said the master of the sloop, a young man of apparently twenty-five, whose name was Fairwell.”
third-person singular of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “DORA STANHOPE APPEARS.”
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading “"Your own boat, or some large vessel?"”
older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service
From this reading “"Yes," answered Baxter senior.”
a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow
From this reading “"So you have been shipwrecked?" said the master of the sloop, a young man of apparently twenty-five, whose name was Fairwell.”
a light open horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels and one seat
From this reading “DORA STANHOPE APPEARS.”
being five more than twenty
From this reading “"So you have been shipwrecked?" said the master of the sloop, a young man of apparently twenty-five, whose name was Fairwell.”
a tube in which a body fluid circulates
From this reading “"Your own boat, or some large vessel?"”
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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 "So you have been shipwrecked?" said the master of the sloop, a young man of apparently twenty-five, whose name was Fairwell.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading "Yes," answered Baxter senior.
from appearances alone
From this reading "So you have been shipwrecked?" said the master of the sloop, a young man of apparently twenty-five, whose name was Fairwell.
third-person singular of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading DORA STANHOPE APPEARS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes," answered Baxter senior.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "So you have been shipwrecked?" said the master of the sloop, a young man of apparently twenty-five, whose name was Fairwell.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading "Your own boat, or some large vessel?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DORA STANHOPE APPEARS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "So you have been shipwrecked?" said the master of the sloop, a young man of apparently twenty-five, whose name was Fairwell.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "So you have been shipwrecked?" said the master of the sloop, a young man of apparently twenty-five, whose name was Fairwell.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Your own boat, or some large vessel?"
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "So you have been shipwrecked?" said the master of the sloop, a young man of apparently twenty-five, whose name was Fairwell.
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading "So you have been shipwrecked?" said the master of the sloop, a young man of apparently twenty-five, whose name was Fairwell.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "So you have been shipwrecked?" said the master of the sloop, a young man of apparently twenty-five, whose name was Fairwell.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "So you have been shipwrecked?" said the master of the sloop, a young man of apparently twenty-five, whose name was Fairwell.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Your own boat, or some large vessel?"
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "Our own boat.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading "Your own boat, or some large vessel?"
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "So you have been shipwrecked?" said the master of the sloop, a young man of apparently twenty-five, whose name was Fairwell.
older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service
From this reading "Yes," answered Baxter senior.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "So you have been shipwrecked?" said the master of the sloop, a young man of apparently twenty-five, whose name was Fairwell.
a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow
From this reading "So you have been shipwrecked?" said the master of the sloop, a young man of apparently twenty-five, whose name was Fairwell.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So you have been shipwrecked?" said the master of the sloop, a young man of apparently twenty-five, whose name was Fairwell.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Your own boat, or some large vessel?"
a light open horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels and one seat
From this reading DORA STANHOPE APPEARS.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "So you have been shipwrecked?" said the master of the sloop, a young man of apparently twenty-five, whose name was Fairwell.
being five more than twenty
From this reading "So you have been shipwrecked?" said the master of the sloop, a young man of apparently twenty-five, whose name was Fairwell.
a tube in which a body fluid circulates
From this reading "Your own boat, or some large vessel?"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "So you have been shipwrecked?" said the master of the sloop, a young man of apparently twenty-five, whose name was Fairwell.
belonging to which person
From this reading "So you have been shipwrecked?" said the master of the sloop, a young man of apparently twenty-five, whose name was Fairwell.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes," answered Baxter senior.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "So you have been shipwrecked?" said the master of the sloop, a young man of apparently twenty-five, whose name was Fairwell.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading "So you have been shipwrecked?" said the master of the sloop, a young man of apparently twenty-five, whose name was Fairwell.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Your own boat, or some large vessel?"
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