Chapter 4 of Troop One of the Labrador is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Troop One of the Labrador is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SHOT FROM BEHIND The canoe was coming directly toward them. In a moment it touched the shore, and as its occupant stepped lightly out the boys with one accord exclaimed: "Injun Jake! 'Tis Injun Jake!" And so it proved.
Chapter 4 of Troop One of the Labrador is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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go together
From this reading “In a moment it touched the shore, and as its occupant stepped lightly out the boys with one accord exclaimed:”
small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
From this reading “SHOT FROM BEHIND The canoe was coming directly toward them.”
without deviation
From this reading “SHOT FROM BEHIND The canoe was coming directly toward them.”
without good reason
From this reading “In a moment it touched the shore, and as its occupant stepped lightly out the boys with one accord exclaimed:”
someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
From this reading “In a moment it touched the shore, and as its occupant stepped lightly out the boys with one accord exclaimed:”
established beyond doubt
From this reading “And so it proved.”
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading “In a moment it touched the shore, and as its occupant stepped lightly out the boys with one accord exclaimed:”
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading “'Tis Injun Jake!"”
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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 In a moment it touched the shore, and as its occupant stepped lightly out the boys with one accord exclaimed:
go together
From this reading In a moment it touched the shore, and as its occupant stepped lightly out the boys with one accord exclaimed:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In a moment it touched the shore, and as its occupant stepped lightly out the boys with one accord exclaimed:
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In a moment it touched the shore, and as its occupant stepped lightly out the boys with one accord exclaimed:
at or toward the back of something
From this reading SHOT FROM BEHIND The canoe was coming directly toward them.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading In a moment it touched the shore, and as its occupant stepped lightly out the boys with one accord exclaimed:
small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
From this reading SHOT FROM BEHIND The canoe was coming directly toward them.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading SHOT FROM BEHIND The canoe was coming directly toward them.
without deviation
From this reading SHOT FROM BEHIND The canoe was coming directly toward them.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading In a moment it touched the shore, and as its occupant stepped lightly out the boys with one accord exclaimed:
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading SHOT FROM BEHIND The canoe was coming directly toward them.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In a moment it touched the shore, and as its occupant stepped lightly out the boys with one accord exclaimed:
(slang) offensive term for Native Americans
From this reading "Injun Jake!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In a moment it touched the shore, and as its occupant stepped lightly out the boys with one accord exclaimed:
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading In a moment it touched the shore, and as its occupant stepped lightly out the boys with one accord exclaimed:
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From this reading "Injun Jake!
without good reason
From this reading In a moment it touched the shore, and as its occupant stepped lightly out the boys with one accord exclaimed:
a particular point in time
From this reading In a moment it touched the shore, and as its occupant stepped lightly out the boys with one accord exclaimed:
someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
From this reading In a moment it touched the shore, and as its occupant stepped lightly out the boys with one accord exclaimed:
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In a moment it touched the shore, and as its occupant stepped lightly out the boys with one accord exclaimed:
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading In a moment it touched the shore, and as its occupant stepped lightly out the boys with one accord exclaimed:
established beyond doubt
From this reading And so it proved.
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading In a moment it touched the shore, and as its occupant stepped lightly out the boys with one accord exclaimed:
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading SHOT FROM BEHIND The canoe was coming directly toward them.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And so it proved.
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading In a moment it touched the shore, and as its occupant stepped lightly out the boys with one accord exclaimed:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SHOT FROM BEHIND The canoe was coming directly toward them.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading SHOT FROM BEHIND The canoe was coming directly toward them.
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading 'Tis Injun Jake!"
having come into contact
From this reading In a moment it touched the shore, and as its occupant stepped lightly out the boys with one accord exclaimed:
in the direction of
From this reading SHOT FROM BEHIND The canoe was coming directly toward them.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SHOT FROM BEHIND The canoe was coming directly toward them.
in the company of; together with
From this reading In a moment it touched the shore, and as its occupant stepped lightly out the boys with one accord exclaimed:
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