Chapter 13 of The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island is here in full — 226 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 13 of The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island is here in full — 226 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE DISTANT SHIP AND ITS DISAPPEARANCE "What is that weed you have, Professor? The root looks like a parsnip." "It may be something we can drink." "It looks just like a weed that grows all over our farm at home." "I have no doubt of it.
Chapter 13 of The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island is here in full — 226 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
From this reading “THE DISTANT SHIP AND ITS DISAPPEARANCE "What is that weed you have, Professor?”
separated in space or coming from or going to a distance
From this reading “THE DISTANT SHIP AND ITS DISAPPEARANCE "What is that weed you have, Professor?”
take in liquids
From this reading “"It may be something we can drink."”
be a farmer; work as a farmer
From this reading “"It looks just like a weed that grows all over our farm at home."”
third-person singular of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading “"It looks just like a weed that grows all over our farm at home."”
someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
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(botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
From this reading “The root looks like a parsnip."”
any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
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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 The root looks like a parsnip."
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "It looks just like a weed that grows all over our farm at home."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE DISTANT SHIP AND ITS DISAPPEARANCE "What is that weed you have, Professor?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "It looks just like a weed that grows all over our farm at home."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "It may be something we can drink."
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "It may be something we can drink."
the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
From this reading THE DISTANT SHIP AND ITS DISAPPEARANCE "What is that weed you have, Professor?
separated in space or coming from or going to a distance
From this reading THE DISTANT SHIP AND ITS DISAPPEARANCE "What is that weed you have, Professor?
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading "I have no doubt of it.
take in liquids
From this reading "It may be something we can drink."
be a farmer; work as a farmer
From this reading "It looks just like a weed that grows all over our farm at home."
third-person singular of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading "It looks just like a weed that grows all over our farm at home."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE DISTANT SHIP AND ITS DISAPPEARANCE "What is that weed you have, Professor?
where you live at a particular time
From this reading "It looks just like a weed that grows all over our farm at home."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I have no doubt of it.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
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a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It may be something we can drink."
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
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and nothing more
From this reading "It looks just like a weed that grows all over our farm at home."
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading The root looks like a parsnip."
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading The root looks like a parsnip."
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "It may be something we can drink."
not any; not one
From this reading "I have no doubt of it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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belonging to the speaker and others
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above and across; more than
From this reading "It looks just like a weed that grows all over our farm at home."
the whitish root of cultivated parsnip
From this reading The root looks like a parsnip."
someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
From this reading THE DISTANT SHIP AND ITS DISAPPEARANCE "What is that weed you have, Professor?
(botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
From this reading The root looks like a parsnip."
transport commercially
From this reading THE DISTANT SHIP AND ITS DISAPPEARANCE "What is that weed you have, Professor?
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "It may be something we can drink."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE DISTANT SHIP AND ITS DISAPPEARANCE "What is that weed you have, Professor?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "It may be something we can drink."
any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
From this reading THE DISTANT SHIP AND ITS DISAPPEARANCE "What is that weed you have, Professor?
used to ask for information about something
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the person or people being spoken to
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Chapter 13 of The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island by Roger T. (Roger Thompson) Finlay holds 226 sentences, grouped into 46 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 13 holds 226 sentences of The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
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