Chapter 16 of The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HARRY'S NEW YACHT. "Luff up a bit, Harry!" "All right, Jerry. Do you think we will make that point?" "If the wind holds out.
Chapter 16 of The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 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 small piece or quantity of something
From this reading “"Luff up a bit, Harry!"”
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading “HARRY'S NEW YACHT.”
plural of “hold” — the act of grasping
From this reading “"If the wind holds out.”
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading “"All right, Jerry.”
(nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast
From this reading “"Luff up a bit, Harry!"”
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading “Do you think we will make that point?"”
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading “"If the wind holds out.”
an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
From this reading “HARRY'S NEW YACHT.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
thrust or extend out
In this reading “"If the wind holds out.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "Luff up a bit, Harry!"
(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 "All right, Jerry.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading "Luff up a bit, Harry!"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you think we will make that point?"
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading "Luff up a bit, Harry!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HARRY'S NEW YACHT.
plural of “hold” — the act of grasping
From this reading "If the wind holds out.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If the wind holds out.
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading "All right, Jerry.
(nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast
From this reading "Luff up a bit, Harry!"
engage in
From this reading Do you think we will make that point?"
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading HARRY'S NEW YACHT.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "If the wind holds out.
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading Do you think we will make that point?"
precisely, exactly
From this reading "All right, Jerry.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Do you think we will make that point?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "If the wind holds out.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Do you think we will make that point?"
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Luff up a bit, Harry!"
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Do you think we will make that point?"
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Do you think we will make that point?"
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading "If the wind holds out.
an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
From this reading HARRY'S NEW YACHT.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you think we will make that point?"
Chapter 16 of The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview by Edward Stratemeyer holds 143 sentences, grouped into 29 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 16 holds 143 sentences of The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview by Edward Stratemeyer exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 143 sentences, grouped into 29 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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