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Chapter 20 of The Young Engineers in Colorado is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MR. NEWNHAM DROPS A BOMB The field work was done. Yet the field engineers were not dismissed. Instead, they were sent back along the line. The construction gang was still twelve miles out of Lineville, and the time allowed by the charter was growing short.
Chapter 20 of The Young Engineers in Colorado is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
From this reading “NEWNHAM DROPS A BOMB The field work was done.”
hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
From this reading “The construction gang was still twelve miles out of Lineville, and the time allowed by the charter was growing short.”
the act of constructing something
From this reading “The construction gang was still twelve miles out of Lineville, and the time allowed by the charter was growing short.”
having lost your job
From this reading “Yet the field engineers were not dismissed.”
plural of “drop” — a shape that is spherical and small
From this reading “NEWNHAM DROPS A BOMB The field work was done.”
plural of “engineer” — a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
From this reading “Yet the field engineers were not dismissed.”
an association of criminals
From this reading “The construction gang was still twelve miles out of Lineville, and the time allowed by the charter was growing short.”
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading “The construction gang was still twelve miles out of Lineville, and the time allowed by the charter was growing short.”
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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 NEWNHAM DROPS A BOMB The field work was done.
past form of “allow” — make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
From this reading The construction gang was still twelve miles out of Lineville, and the time allowed by the charter was growing short.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Instead, they were sent back along the line.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The construction gang was still twelve miles out of Lineville, and the time allowed by the charter was growing short.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Instead, they were sent back along the line.
an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
From this reading NEWNHAM DROPS A BOMB The field work was done.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The construction gang was still twelve miles out of Lineville, and the time allowed by the charter was growing short.
hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
From this reading The construction gang was still twelve miles out of Lineville, and the time allowed by the charter was growing short.
the act of constructing something
From this reading The construction gang was still twelve miles out of Lineville, and the time allowed by the charter was growing short.
having lost your job
From this reading Yet the field engineers were not dismissed.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading NEWNHAM DROPS A BOMB The field work was done.
plural of “drop” — a shape that is spherical and small
From this reading NEWNHAM DROPS A BOMB The field work was done.
plural of “engineer” — a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
From this reading Yet the field engineers were not dismissed.
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading NEWNHAM DROPS A BOMB The field work was done.
an association of criminals
From this reading The construction gang was still twelve miles out of Lineville, and the time allowed by the charter was growing short.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading The construction gang was still twelve miles out of Lineville, and the time allowed by the charter was growing short.
in place of, or as an alternative to
From this reading Instead, they were sent back along the line.
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading Instead, they were sent back along the line.
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From this reading The construction gang was still twelve miles out of Lineville, and the time allowed by the charter was growing short.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading The construction gang was still twelve miles out of Lineville, and the time allowed by the charter was growing short.
a form of address for a man
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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NEWNHAM DROPS A BOMB The field work was done.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Yet the field engineers were not dismissed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The construction gang was still twelve miles out of Lineville, and the time allowed by the charter was growing short.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The construction gang was still twelve miles out of Lineville, and the time allowed by the charter was growing short.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading Instead, they were sent back along the line.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading The construction gang was still twelve miles out of Lineville, and the time allowed by the charter was growing short.
not in physical motion
From this reading The construction gang was still twelve miles out of Lineville, and the time allowed by the charter was growing short.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading NEWNHAM DROPS A BOMB The field work was done.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Instead, they were sent back along the line.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The construction gang was still twelve miles out of Lineville, and the time allowed by the charter was growing short.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading The construction gang was still twelve miles out of Lineville, and the time allowed by the charter was growing short.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading NEWNHAM DROPS A BOMB The field work was done.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Yet the field engineers were not dismissed.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading NEWNHAM DROPS A BOMB The field work was done.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet the field engineers were not dismissed.
Chapter 20 of The Young Engineers in Colorado by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock holds 169 sentences, grouped into 34 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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