Chapter 32 of Under Boy Scout Colors is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 32 of Under Boy Scout Colors is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE RIOT WEDGE For a long moment Bob Gibson stood like one petrified. He thought of the crowd, of the narrow, twisted stairs, of panic. What ought he do? What was there possible for him to do? He tried to remember what the scout book said about fires and panics, but his brain seemed numb.
Chapter 32 of Under Boy Scout Colors is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States illustrator remembered for his creation of the “Gibson girl” (1867-1944)
From this reading “THE RIOT WEDGE For a long moment Bob Gibson stood like one petrified.”
lacking sensation
From this reading “He tried to remember what the scout book said about fires and panics, but his brain seemed numb.”
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading “He thought of the crowd, of the narrow, twisted stairs, of panic.”
plural of “panic” — an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading “He tried to remember what the scout book said about fires and panics, but his brain seemed numb.”
inflected form of “petrify” — cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright
From this reading “THE RIOT WEDGE For a long moment Bob Gibson stood like one petrified.”
a public act of violence by an unruly mob
From this reading “THE RIOT WEDGE For a long moment Bob Gibson stood like one petrified.”
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading “He tried to remember what the scout book said about fires and panics, but his brain seemed numb.”
any shape that is triangular in cross section
From this reading “THE RIOT WEDGE For a long moment Bob Gibson stood like one petrified.”
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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 RIOT WEDGE For a long moment Bob Gibson stood like one petrified.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He tried to remember what the scout book said about fires and panics, but his brain seemed numb.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He tried to remember what the scout book said about fires and panics, but his brain seemed numb.
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading THE RIOT WEDGE For a long moment Bob Gibson stood like one petrified.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading He tried to remember what the scout book said about fires and panics, but his brain seemed numb.
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading He tried to remember what the scout book said about fires and panics, but his brain seemed numb.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He tried to remember what the scout book said about fires and panics, but his brain seemed numb.
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading He thought of the crowd, of the narrow, twisted stairs, of panic.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What ought he do?
plural of “fire” — the event of something burning (often destructive)
From this reading He tried to remember what the scout book said about fires and panics, but his brain seemed numb.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE RIOT WEDGE For a long moment Bob Gibson stood like one petrified.
United States illustrator remembered for his creation of the “Gibson girl” (1867-1944)
From this reading THE RIOT WEDGE For a long moment Bob Gibson stood like one petrified.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He thought of the crowd, of the narrow, twisted stairs, of panic.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading What was there possible for him to do?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He tried to remember what the scout book said about fires and panics, but his brain seemed numb.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading THE RIOT WEDGE For a long moment Bob Gibson stood like one petrified.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading THE RIOT WEDGE For a long moment Bob Gibson stood like one petrified.
a particular point in time
From this reading THE RIOT WEDGE For a long moment Bob Gibson stood like one petrified.
make or become more narrow or restricted
From this reading He thought of the crowd, of the narrow, twisted stairs, of panic.
lacking sensation
From this reading He tried to remember what the scout book said about fires and panics, but his brain seemed numb.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He thought of the crowd, of the narrow, twisted stairs, of panic.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE RIOT WEDGE For a long moment Bob Gibson stood like one petrified.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading What ought he do?
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading He thought of the crowd, of the narrow, twisted stairs, of panic.
plural of “panic” — an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading He tried to remember what the scout book said about fires and panics, but his brain seemed numb.
inflected form of “petrify” — cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright
From this reading THE RIOT WEDGE For a long moment Bob Gibson stood like one petrified.
capable of happening or existing
From this reading What was there possible for him to do?
To recall to mind.
From this reading He tried to remember what the scout book said about fires and panics, but his brain seemed numb.
a public act of violence by an unruly mob
From this reading THE RIOT WEDGE For a long moment Bob Gibson stood like one petrified.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading He tried to remember what the scout book said about fires and panics, but his brain seemed numb.
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading He tried to remember what the scout book said about fires and panics, but his brain seemed numb.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading He tried to remember what the scout book said about fires and panics, but his brain seemed numb.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading He thought of the crowd, of the narrow, twisted stairs, of panic.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading THE RIOT WEDGE For a long moment Bob Gibson stood like one petrified.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE RIOT WEDGE For a long moment Bob Gibson stood like one petrified.
in or at that place or location
From this reading What was there possible for him to do?
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading He thought of the crowd, of the narrow, twisted stairs, of panic.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What was there possible for him to do?
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading He tried to remember what the scout book said about fires and panics, but his brain seemed numb.
having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented
From this reading He thought of the crowd, of the narrow, twisted stairs, of panic.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What was there possible for him to do?
any shape that is triangular in cross section
From this reading THE RIOT WEDGE For a long moment Bob Gibson stood like one petrified.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What ought he do?
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