Chapter 10 of The Voyage of the Hoppergrass is here in full — 369 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Voyage of the Hoppergrass is here in full — 369 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PIRATES IN TROUBLE "Hi! Captain Bannister!" I shouted, "hi!" Someone--not the Captain, but a boy in a blue shirt--looked up from the wheel. Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.
Chapter 10 of The Voyage of the Hoppergrass is here in full — 369 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929)
From this reading “Captain Bannister!"”
informal intensifiers
From this reading “Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.”
-ing form of “flounder” — walk with great difficulty
From this reading “Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.”
plural of “pirate” — someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
From this reading “PIRATES IN TROUBLE "Hi!”
comparative of “snide” — expressive of contempt
From this reading “Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.”
travel through water
From this reading “Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.”
the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
From this reading “Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.”
past form of “wade” — walk (through relatively shallow water)
From this reading “Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Someone--not the Captain, but a boy in a blue shirt--looked up from the wheel.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.
English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929)
From this reading Captain Bannister!"
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading Someone--not the Captain, but a boy in a blue shirt--looked up from the wheel.
a youthful male person
From this reading Someone--not the Captain, but a boy in a blue shirt--looked up from the wheel.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Someone--not the Captain, but a boy in a blue shirt--looked up from the wheel.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading Captain Bannister!"
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.
informal intensifiers
From this reading Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.
-ing form of “flounder” — walk with great difficulty
From this reading Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Someone--not the Captain, but a boy in a blue shirt--looked up from the wheel.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.
an expression of greeting
From this reading PIRATES IN TROUBLE "Hi!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I shouted, "hi!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading PIRATES IN TROUBLE "Hi!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Someone--not the Captain, but a boy in a blue shirt--looked up from the wheel.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Someone--not the Captain, but a boy in a blue shirt--looked up from the wheel.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.
plural of “pirate” — someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
From this reading PIRATES IN TROUBLE "Hi!
a garment worn on the upper half of the body
From this reading Someone--not the Captain, but a boy in a blue shirt--looked up from the wheel.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading I shouted, "hi!"
comparative of “snide” — expressive of contempt
From this reading Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.
a person, without saying who
From this reading Someone--not the Captain, but a boy in a blue shirt--looked up from the wheel.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.
travel through water
From this reading Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Someone--not the Captain, but a boy in a blue shirt--looked up from the wheel.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.
a source of difficulty
From this reading PIRATES IN TROUBLE "Hi!
the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
From this reading Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.
up to a particular time
From this reading Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Someone--not the Captain, but a boy in a blue shirt--looked up from the wheel.
past form of “wade” — walk (through relatively shallow water)
From this reading Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.
up to the waist
From this reading Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Then I heard Mr. Snider come crashing and floundering through the underbrush, so I waded into the water until I was waist-deep and then struck out to swim.
change directions as if revolving on a pivot
From this reading Someone--not the Captain, but a boy in a blue shirt--looked up from the wheel.
Chapter 10 of The Voyage of the Hoppergrass by Edmund Lester Pearson holds 369 sentences, grouped into 74 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 10 holds 369 sentences of The Voyage of the Hoppergrass, unabridged, divided into 74 reading sections.
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