Chapter 4 of The Rover Boys Shipwrecked is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Rover Boys Shipwrecked is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AT OLD NANTUCKET “Hurrah for a life on the ocean wave!” shouted Andy. “A home on the rolling deep!” came from Randy. “If you fellows don’t all get seasick before you get back,” interposed Gif, closing one eye suggestively. “Seasick? Perish the thought!” cried Andy, tragically.
Chapter 4 of The Rover Boys Shipwrecked is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of closing something
From this reading ““If you fellows don’t all get seasick before you get back,” interposed Gif, closing one eye suggestively.”
a victory cheer
From this reading “AT OLD NANTUCKET “Hurrah for a life on the ocean wave!” shouted Andy.”
an island resort off Cape Cod; formerly a center of the whaling industry
From this reading “AT OLD NANTUCKET “Hurrah for a life on the ocean wave!” shouted Andy.”
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “Perish the thought!” cried Andy, tragically.”
feeling great sexual desire
From this reading ““A home on the rolling deep!” came from Randy.”
uttered with a trill
From this reading ““A home on the rolling deep!” came from Randy.”
experiencing motion sickness
From this reading ““If you fellows don’t all get seasick before you get back,” interposed Gif, closing one eye suggestively.”
in a tragic manner; with tragic consequences
From this reading “Perish the thought!” cried Andy, tragically.”
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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In this reading “AT OLD NANTUCKET “Hurrah for a life on the ocean wave!” shouted Andy.”
recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost
In this reading ““If you fellows don’t all get seasick before you get back,” interposed Gif, closing one eye suggestively.”
In this reading ““A home on the rolling deep!” came from Randy.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading AT OLD NANTUCKET “Hurrah for a life on the ocean wave!” shouted Andy.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “If you fellows don’t all get seasick before you get back,” interposed Gif, closing one eye suggestively.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AT OLD NANTUCKET “Hurrah for a life on the ocean wave!” shouted Andy.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT OLD NANTUCKET “Hurrah for a life on the ocean wave!” shouted Andy.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “If you fellows don’t all get seasick before you get back,” interposed Gif, closing one eye suggestively.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “If you fellows don’t all get seasick before you get back,” interposed Gif, closing one eye suggestively.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “A home on the rolling deep!” came from Randy.
the act of closing something
From this reading “If you fellows don’t all get seasick before you get back,” interposed Gif, closing one eye suggestively.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Perish the thought!” cried Andy, tragically.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading “A home on the rolling deep!” came from Randy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “If you fellows don’t all get seasick before you get back,” interposed Gif, closing one eye suggestively.
the organ of sight
From this reading “If you fellows don’t all get seasick before you get back,” interposed Gif, closing one eye suggestively.
plural of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading “If you fellows don’t all get seasick before you get back,” interposed Gif, closing one eye suggestively.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading AT OLD NANTUCKET “Hurrah for a life on the ocean wave!” shouted Andy.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “A home on the rolling deep!” came from Randy.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “If you fellows don’t all get seasick before you get back,” interposed Gif, closing one eye suggestively.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “If you fellows don’t all get seasick before you get back,” interposed Gif, closing one eye suggestively.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “A home on the rolling deep!” came from Randy.
a victory cheer
From this reading AT OLD NANTUCKET “Hurrah for a life on the ocean wave!” shouted Andy.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If you fellows don’t all get seasick before you get back,” interposed Gif, closing one eye suggestively.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “If you fellows don’t all get seasick before you get back,” interposed Gif, closing one eye suggestively.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading AT OLD NANTUCKET “Hurrah for a life on the ocean wave!” shouted Andy.
an island resort off Cape Cod; formerly a center of the whaling industry
From this reading AT OLD NANTUCKET “Hurrah for a life on the ocean wave!” shouted Andy.
a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
From this reading AT OLD NANTUCKET “Hurrah for a life on the ocean wave!” shouted Andy.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading AT OLD NANTUCKET “Hurrah for a life on the ocean wave!” shouted Andy.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading AT OLD NANTUCKET “Hurrah for a life on the ocean wave!” shouted Andy.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “If you fellows don’t all get seasick before you get back,” interposed Gif, closing one eye suggestively.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Perish the thought!” cried Andy, tragically.
feeling great sexual desire
From this reading “A home on the rolling deep!” came from Randy.
uttered with a trill
From this reading “A home on the rolling deep!” came from Randy.
experiencing motion sickness
From this reading “If you fellows don’t all get seasick before you get back,” interposed Gif, closing one eye suggestively.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading AT OLD NANTUCKET “Hurrah for a life on the ocean wave!” shouted Andy.
in a suggestive manner
From this reading “If you fellows don’t all get seasick before you get back,” interposed Gif, closing one eye suggestively.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AT OLD NANTUCKET “Hurrah for a life on the ocean wave!” shouted Andy.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Perish the thought!” cried Andy, tragically.
in a tragic manner; with tragic consequences
From this reading Perish the thought!” cried Andy, tragically.
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading AT OLD NANTUCKET “Hurrah for a life on the ocean wave!” shouted Andy.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “If you fellows don’t all get seasick before you get back,” interposed Gif, closing one eye suggestively.
Chapter 4 of The Rover Boys Shipwrecked by Edward Stratemeyer holds 183 sentences, grouped into 37 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 4 holds 183 sentences of The Rover Boys Shipwrecked, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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