Chapter 17 of The Rover Boys Shipwrecked is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of The Rover Boys Shipwrecked is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ANIMALS, BIRDS AND SNAKES “A menagerie ship?” queried Randy. “That’s it, lad. Those must be wild animals you hear. An’ mebby some monkeys,” added the lanky sailor, listening to the roaring and chattering. “Are any of ’em loose?”
Chapter 17 of The Rover Boys Shipwrecked is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
From this reading “An’ mebby some monkeys,” added the lanky sailor, listening to the roaring and chattering.”
tall and thin and having long slender limbs
From this reading “An’ mebby some monkeys,” added the lanky sailor, listening to the roaring and chattering.”
a collection of live animals for study or display
From this reading “ANIMALS, BIRDS AND SNAKES “A menagerie ship?” queried Randy.”
plural of “monkey” — any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
From this reading “An’ mebby some monkeys,” added the lanky sailor, listening to the roaring and chattering.”
inflected form of “query” — pose a question
From this reading “ANIMALS, BIRDS AND SNAKES “A menagerie ship?” queried Randy.”
feeling great sexual desire
From this reading “ANIMALS, BIRDS AND SNAKES “A menagerie ship?” queried Randy.”
a deep prolonged loud noise
From this reading “An’ mebby some monkeys,” added the lanky sailor, listening to the roaring and chattering.”
plural of “snake” — limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
From this reading “ANIMALS, BIRDS AND SNAKES “A menagerie ship?” queried Randy.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Those must be wild animals you hear.”
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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 ANIMALS, BIRDS AND SNAKES “A menagerie ship?” queried Randy.
past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading An’ mebby some monkeys,” added the lanky sailor, listening to the roaring and chattering.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An’ mebby some monkeys,” added the lanky sailor, listening to the roaring and chattering.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ANIMALS, BIRDS AND SNAKES “A menagerie ship?” queried Randy.
plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading ANIMALS, BIRDS AND SNAKES “A menagerie ship?” queried Randy.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading “Are any of ’em loose?”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Are any of ’em loose?”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Those must be wild animals you hear.
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading ANIMALS, BIRDS AND SNAKES “A menagerie ship?” queried Randy.
the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
From this reading An’ mebby some monkeys,” added the lanky sailor, listening to the roaring and chattering.
a quad with a square body
From this reading “Are any of ’em loose?”
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Those must be wild animals you hear.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “That’s it, lad.
a boy or man
From this reading “That’s it, lad.
tall and thin and having long slender limbs
From this reading An’ mebby some monkeys,” added the lanky sailor, listening to the roaring and chattering.
the act of hearing attentively
From this reading An’ mebby some monkeys,” added the lanky sailor, listening to the roaring and chattering.
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading “Are any of ’em loose?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading An’ mebby some monkeys,” added the lanky sailor, listening to the roaring and chattering.
a collection of live animals for study or display
From this reading ANIMALS, BIRDS AND SNAKES “A menagerie ship?” queried Randy.
plural of “monkey” — any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
From this reading An’ mebby some monkeys,” added the lanky sailor, listening to the roaring and chattering.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Those must be wild animals you hear.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Are any of ’em loose?”
inflected form of “query” — pose a question
From this reading ANIMALS, BIRDS AND SNAKES “A menagerie ship?” queried Randy.
feeling great sexual desire
From this reading ANIMALS, BIRDS AND SNAKES “A menagerie ship?” queried Randy.
a deep prolonged loud noise
From this reading An’ mebby some monkeys,” added the lanky sailor, listening to the roaring and chattering.
any member of a ship's crew
From this reading An’ mebby some monkeys,” added the lanky sailor, listening to the roaring and chattering.
transport commercially
From this reading ANIMALS, BIRDS AND SNAKES “A menagerie ship?” queried Randy.
plural of “snake” — limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
From this reading ANIMALS, BIRDS AND SNAKES “A menagerie ship?” queried Randy.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading An’ mebby some monkeys,” added the lanky sailor, listening to the roaring and chattering.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That’s it, lad.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading An’ mebby some monkeys,” added the lanky sailor, listening to the roaring and chattering.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those must be wild animals you hear.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading An’ mebby some monkeys,” added the lanky sailor, listening to the roaring and chattering.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading Those must be wild animals you hear.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Those must be wild animals you hear.
Chapter 17 of The Rover Boys Shipwrecked by Edward Stratemeyer holds 112 sentences, grouped into 23 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 17 holds 112 sentences of The Rover Boys Shipwrecked, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
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