Chapter 16 of The Rover Boys on the Ocean is here in full — 132 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 16 of The Rover Boys on the Ocean is here in full — 132 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE SEARCH FOR THE "FLYAWAY" "Tom! Sam! Get up at once!" "What's the row now, Dick?" came sleepily from Tom. "Have you discovered anything?"
Chapter 16 of The Rover Boys on the Ocean is here in full — 132 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any thing at all
From this reading “"Have you discovered anything?"”
someone who is a detective
From this reading “"What's the row now, Dick?" came sleepily from Tom.”
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading “"Have you discovered anything?"”
an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
From this reading “"What's the row now, Dick?" came sleepily from Tom.”
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading “Sam!”
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading “THE SEARCH FOR THE "FLYAWAY" "Tom!”
in a sleepy manner
From this reading “"What's the row now, Dick?" came sleepily from Tom.”
male cat
From this reading “THE SEARCH FOR THE "FLYAWAY" "Tom!”
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any thing at all
From this reading "Have you discovered anything?"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Get up at once!"
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "What's the row now, Dick?" came sleepily from Tom.
someone who is a detective
From this reading "What's the row now, Dick?" came sleepily from Tom.
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading "Have you discovered anything?"
guided by whim and fancy
From this reading THE SEARCH FOR THE "FLYAWAY" "Tom!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE SEARCH FOR THE "FLYAWAY" "Tom!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "What's the row now, Dick?" came sleepily from Tom.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Get up at once!"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Have you discovered anything?"
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "What's the row now, Dick?" came sleepily from Tom.
on one occasion
From this reading Get up at once!"
an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
From this reading "What's the row now, Dick?" came sleepily from Tom.
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading Sam!
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading THE SEARCH FOR THE "FLYAWAY" "Tom!
in a sleepy manner
From this reading "What's the row now, Dick?" came sleepily from Tom.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SEARCH FOR THE "FLYAWAY" "Tom!
male cat
From this reading THE SEARCH FOR THE "FLYAWAY" "Tom!
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Get up at once!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What's the row now, Dick?" came sleepily from Tom.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Have you discovered anything?"
Chapter 16 of The Rover Boys on the Ocean by Edward Stratemeyer holds 132 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 16 holds 132 sentences of The Rover Boys on the Ocean, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of The Rover Boys on the Ocean by Edward Stratemeyer exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 132 sentences, grouped into 27 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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