Chapter 1 of The Wonder Island Boys is here in full — 526 sentences across 106 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Wonder Island Boys is here in full — 526 sentences across 106 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The runaway team. Circumstances leading up to the present condition. The singular occurrences. Examining the tree. The search for the yaks.
Chapter 1 of The Wonder Island Boys is here in full — 526 sentences across 106 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a state at a particular time
From this reading “Circumstances leading up to the present condition.”
-ing form of “examine” — consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
From this reading “Examining the tree.”
indicating the most important performer or role
From this reading “Circumstances leading up to the present condition.”
plural of “occurrence” — an event that happens
From this reading “The singular occurrences.”
an easy victory
From this reading “The runaway team.”
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading “The search for the yaks.”
unusual or striking
From this reading “The singular occurrences.”
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
From this reading “The runaway team.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading Circumstances leading up to the present condition.
a state at a particular time
From this reading Circumstances leading up to the present condition.
-ing form of “examine” — consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
From this reading Examining the tree.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The search for the yaks.
indicating the most important performer or role
From this reading Circumstances leading up to the present condition.
plural of “occurrence” — an event that happens
From this reading The singular occurrences.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Circumstances leading up to the present condition.
an easy victory
From this reading The runaway team.
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading The search for the yaks.
unusual or striking
From this reading The singular occurrences.
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
From this reading The runaway team.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The runaway team.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Circumstances leading up to the present condition.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading Examining the tree.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Circumstances leading up to the present condition.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The search for the yaks.
Chapter 1 of The Wonder Island Boys by Roger T. (Roger Thompson) Finlay holds 526 sentences, grouped into 106 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 1 holds 526 sentences of The Wonder Island Boys, unabridged, divided into 106 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Wonder Island Boys by Roger T. (Roger Thompson) Finlay exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 526 sentences, grouped into 106 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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