Chapter 25 of The Rover Boys Shipwrecked is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of The Rover Boys Shipwrecked is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE THIRTEEN ROCKS “He’s coming this way! Use your pistol, quick!” Crack! Crack! Both of the pistols spoke up, and the lion was hit in the head and in the left foreleg.
Chapter 25 of The Rover Boys Shipwrecked is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
From this reading “Crack!”
cause to move by striking
From this reading “Both of the pistols spoke up, and the lion was hit in the head and in the left foreleg.”
large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
From this reading “Both of the pistols spoke up, and the lion was hit in the head and in the left foreleg.”
a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
From this reading “Use your pistol, quick!””
plural of “pistol” — a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
From this reading “Both of the pistols spoke up, and the lion was hit in the head and in the left foreleg.”
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading “Use your pistol, quick!””
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “THE THIRTEEN ROCKS “He’s coming this way!”
the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one
From this reading “THE THIRTEEN ROCKS “He’s coming this way!”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Both of the pistols spoke up, and the lion was hit in the head and in the left foreleg.
the two together, not just one
From this reading Both of the pistols spoke up, and the lion was hit in the head and in the left foreleg.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading THE THIRTEEN ROCKS “He’s coming this way!
become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
From this reading Crack!
the forelimb of a quadruped
From this reading Both of the pistols spoke up, and the lion was hit in the head and in the left foreleg.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE THIRTEEN ROCKS “He’s coming this way!
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Both of the pistols spoke up, and the lion was hit in the head and in the left foreleg.
cause to move by striking
From this reading Both of the pistols spoke up, and the lion was hit in the head and in the left foreleg.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Both of the pistols spoke up, and the lion was hit in the head and in the left foreleg.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Both of the pistols spoke up, and the lion was hit in the head and in the left foreleg.
large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
From this reading Both of the pistols spoke up, and the lion was hit in the head and in the left foreleg.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Both of the pistols spoke up, and the lion was hit in the head and in the left foreleg.
a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
From this reading Use your pistol, quick!”
plural of “pistol” — a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
From this reading Both of the pistols spoke up, and the lion was hit in the head and in the left foreleg.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading Use your pistol, quick!”
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading THE THIRTEEN ROCKS “He’s coming this way!
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading Both of the pistols spoke up, and the lion was hit in the head and in the left foreleg.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE THIRTEEN ROCKS “He’s coming this way!
the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one
From this reading THE THIRTEEN ROCKS “He’s coming this way!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THE THIRTEEN ROCKS “He’s coming this way!
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Both of the pistols spoke up, and the lion was hit in the head and in the left foreleg.
the act of using
From this reading Use your pistol, quick!”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Both of the pistols spoke up, and the lion was hit in the head and in the left foreleg.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading THE THIRTEEN ROCKS “He’s coming this way!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Use your pistol, quick!”
Chapter 25 of The Rover Boys Shipwrecked by Edward Stratemeyer holds 136 sentences, grouped into 28 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 25 holds 136 sentences of The Rover Boys Shipwrecked, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.
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