Chapter XX of The Sea Scouts of the Kestrel The story of a cruise of adventure & pluck, “The Last Lap,” is here in full — 192 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XX of The Sea Scouts of the Kestrel The story of a cruise of adventure & pluck, “The Last Lap,” is here in full — 192 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“We don’t want him,” declared Mr. Grant. “Why didn’t you signal to the shore? The place is stiff with warders and other people searching for him. Well, what happened?” While Craddock was relating the somewhat alarming incident Brandon got busy with his electric torch.
Chapter XX of The Sea Scouts of the Kestrel The story of a cruise of adventure & pluck, “The Last Lap,” is here in full — 192 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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frightening because of an awareness of danger
From this reading “While Craddock was relating the somewhat alarming incident Brandon got busy with his electric torch.”
using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity
From this reading “While Craddock was relating the somewhat alarming incident Brandon got busy with his electric torch.”
a single distinct event
From this reading “While Craddock was relating the somewhat alarming incident Brandon got busy with his electric torch.”
-ing form of “relate” — make a logical or causal connection
From this reading “While Craddock was relating the somewhat alarming incident Brandon got busy with his electric torch.”
diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation
From this reading “The place is stiff with warders and other people searching for him.”
not moving or operating freely
From this reading “The place is stiff with warders and other people searching for him.”
a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
From this reading “While Craddock was relating the somewhat alarming incident Brandon got busy with his electric torch.”
plural of “warder” — a person who works in a prison and is in charge of prisoners
From this reading “The place is stiff with warders and other people searching for him.”
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 “While Craddock was relating the somewhat alarming incident Brandon got busy with his electric torch.”
In this reading “The place is stiff with warders and other people searching for him.”
In this reading “While Craddock was relating the somewhat alarming incident Brandon got busy with his electric torch.”
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frightening because of an awareness of danger
From this reading While Craddock was relating the somewhat alarming incident Brandon got busy with his electric torch.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The place is stiff with warders and other people searching for him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading While Craddock was relating the somewhat alarming incident Brandon got busy with his electric torch.
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading While Craddock was relating the somewhat alarming incident Brandon got busy with his electric torch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading While Craddock was relating the somewhat alarming incident Brandon got busy with his electric torch.
made known or openly avowed
From this reading “We don’t want him,” declared Mr. Grant.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why didn’t you signal to the shore?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We don’t want him,” declared Mr. Grant.
using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity
From this reading While Craddock was relating the somewhat alarming incident Brandon got busy with his electric torch.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The place is stiff with warders and other people searching for him.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading While Craddock was relating the somewhat alarming incident Brandon got busy with his electric torch.
let have
From this reading “We don’t want him,” declared Mr. Grant.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading Well, what happened?”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “We don’t want him,” declared Mr. Grant.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading While Craddock was relating the somewhat alarming incident Brandon got busy with his electric torch.
a single distinct event
From this reading While Craddock was relating the somewhat alarming incident Brandon got busy with his electric torch.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The place is stiff with warders and other people searching for him.
a form of address for a man
From this reading “We don’t want him,” declared Mr. Grant.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading The place is stiff with warders and other people searching for him.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading The place is stiff with warders and other people searching for him.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading The place is stiff with warders and other people searching for him.
-ing form of “relate” — make a logical or causal connection
From this reading While Craddock was relating the somewhat alarming incident Brandon got busy with his electric torch.
diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation
From this reading The place is stiff with warders and other people searching for him.
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading “Why didn’t you signal to the shore?
any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
From this reading “Why didn’t you signal to the shore?
to a small degree or extent
From this reading While Craddock was relating the somewhat alarming incident Brandon got busy with his electric torch.
not moving or operating freely
From this reading The place is stiff with warders and other people searching for him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Why didn’t you signal to the shore?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Why didn’t you signal to the shore?
a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
From this reading While Craddock was relating the somewhat alarming incident Brandon got busy with his electric torch.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “We don’t want him,” declared Mr. Grant.
plural of “warder” — a person who works in a prison and is in charge of prisoners
From this reading The place is stiff with warders and other people searching for him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading While Craddock was relating the somewhat alarming incident Brandon got busy with his electric torch.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We don’t want him,” declared Mr. Grant.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, what happened?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Well, what happened?”
during the time that
From this reading While Craddock was relating the somewhat alarming incident Brandon got busy with his electric torch.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why didn’t you signal to the shore?
in the company of; together with
From this reading The place is stiff with warders and other people searching for him.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Why didn’t you signal to the shore?
Chapter 20 of The Sea Scouts of the Kestrel The story of a cruise of adventure & pluck by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman holds 192 sentences, grouped into 39 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 20 holds 192 sentences of The Sea Scouts of the Kestrel The story of a cruise of adventure & pluck, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
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