The Six River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence

Chapter III

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By Harry Gordon • Curated US English Learning Edition

Chapter 3 of The Six River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence by Harry Gordon holds 114 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.

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Chapter 3 holds 114 sentences of The Six River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.

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Vocabulary met early in The Six River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence

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River: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Six River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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ARRESTED FOR PIRACY The _Rambler_, drifting broadside to the current, threatened to strike full upon a rocky promontory projecting from the island which lay in the course of the boat.

In vain Case tugged at the tiller ropes.

There was no steerage way, and the boat was beyond control.

"It looks like the last of the _Rambler_!"

Case cried as the boat drifted down.

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The Six River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence

Chapter III

Chapter 3 of The Six River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

ARRESTED FOR PIRACY The _Rambler_, drifting broadside to the current, threatened to strike full upon a rocky promontory projecting from the island which lay in the course of the boat.

Line 2

In vain Case tugged at the tiller ropes.

Line 3

There was no steerage way, and the boat was beyond control.

Line 4

"It looks like the last of the _Rambler_!"

Line 5

Case cried as the boat drifted down.

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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Beyond preposition US /bɪˈɑːnd/

on the far side of; further than

From this reading “There was no steerage way, and the boat was beyond control.”

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “ARRESTED FOR PIRACY The _Rambler_, drifting broadside to the current, threatened to strike full upon a rocky promontory projecting from the island which lay in the course of the boat.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading ARRESTED FOR PIRACY The _Rambler_, drifting broadside to the current, threatened to strike full upon a rocky promontory projecting from the island which lay in the course of the boat.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading There was no steerage way, and the boat was beyond control.

ARRESTED

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asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Case cried as the boat drifted down.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading In vain Case tugged at the tiller ropes.

beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/

on the far side of; further than

From this reading There was no steerage way, and the boat was beyond control.

boat

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broadside

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Case

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From this reading In vain Case tugged at the tiller ropes.

control

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From this reading There was no steerage way, and the boat was beyond control.

course

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cried

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From this reading Case cried as the boat drifted down.

current

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down

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From this reading Case cried as the boat drifted down.

drifted

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From this reading Case cried as the boat drifted down.

drifting

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FORprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

full

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inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

island

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ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "It looks like the last of the _Rambler_!"

last

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From this reading "It looks like the last of the _Rambler_!"

lay

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like

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From this reading "It looks like the last of the _Rambler_!"

looks

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From this reading "It looks like the last of the _Rambler_!"

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading There was no steerage way, and the boat was beyond control.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

PIRACY

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projecting

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promontory

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Rambler

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rocky

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ropes

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From this reading In vain Case tugged at the tiller ropes.

steerage

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From this reading There was no steerage way, and the boat was beyond control.

strike

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ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

There

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From this reading There was no steerage way, and the boat was beyond control.

threatened

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tiller

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From this reading In vain Case tugged at the tiller ropes.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

tugged

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From this reading In vain Case tugged at the tiller ropes.

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

vain

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From this reading In vain Case tugged at the tiller ropes.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading There was no steerage way, and the boat was beyond control.

way

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From this reading There was no steerage way, and the boat was beyond control.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

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