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Storm-Bound

Chapter I

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A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.
Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.
A clean, wholesome story every boy should read.
Woodcraft; or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good This tale presents many stirring situations in which the boys are called upon to exercise ingenuity and unselfishness.
A story filled with healthful excitement.
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Storm-Bound

Chapter I

Reading 1/21 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.
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Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.
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A clean, wholesome story every boy should read.
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Woodcraft; or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good This tale presents many stirring situations in which the boys are called upon to exercise ingenuity and unselfishness.
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A story filled with healthful excitement.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Among preposition US /əˈmʌŋ/

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading “A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.”

Camp noun US /camp/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.”

Every determiner US /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading “A clean, wholesome story every boy should read.”

Everyone pronoun US /ˈevriwʌn/

every person

From this reading “Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.”

First noun US /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.”

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Woodcraft; or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good This tale presents many stirring situations in which the boys are called upon to exercise ingenuity and unselfishness.”

Life noun US /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.”

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “Woodcraft; or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good This tale presents many stirring situations in which the boys are called upon to exercise ingenuity and unselfishness.”

All words in this reading · 71

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AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

acquired

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From this reading A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

affords

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From this reading A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

AmongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Woodcraft; or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good This tale presents many stirring situations in which the boys are called upon to exercise ingenuity and unselfishness.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Woodcraft; or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good This tale presents many stirring situations in which the boys are called upon to exercise ingenuity and unselfishness.

astonishes

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From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.

boy

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From this reading A clean, wholesome story every boy should read.

boys

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From this reading Woodcraft; or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good This tale presents many stirring situations in which the boys are called upon to exercise ingenuity and unselfishness.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.

called

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From this reading Woodcraft; or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good This tale presents many stirring situations in which the boys are called upon to exercise ingenuity and unselfishness.

camp

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From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.

Campfires

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From this reading A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

camping

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From this reading A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

Chenowith

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From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.

clean

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From this reading A clean, wholesome story every boy should read.

Drifts

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From this reading A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

Elmer

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From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.

everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading A clean, wholesome story every boy should read.

everyonepronounUS /ˈevriwʌn/

every person

From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.

excitement

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From this reading A story filled with healthful excitement.

exercise

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From this reading Woodcraft; or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good This tale presents many stirring situations in which the boys are called upon to exercise ingenuity and unselfishness.

experience

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From this reading A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

familiarity

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From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.

filled

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From this reading A story filled with healthful excitement.

firstnounUS /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.

GoodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Woodcraft; or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good This tale presents many stirring situations in which the boys are called upon to exercise ingenuity and unselfishness.

healthful

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From this reading A story filled with healthful excitement.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.

How

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From this reading Woodcraft; or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good This tale presents many stirring situations in which the boys are called upon to exercise ingenuity and unselfishness.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

ingenuity

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From this reading Woodcraft; or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good This tale presents many stirring situations in which the boys are called upon to exercise ingenuity and unselfishness.

knowledge

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From this reading A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

lad

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From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.

Leader

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From this reading Woodcraft; or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good This tale presents many stirring situations in which the boys are called upon to exercise ingenuity and unselfishness.

lifenounUS /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.

Made

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From this reading Woodcraft; or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good This tale presents many stirring situations in which the boys are called upon to exercise ingenuity and unselfishness.

many

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From this reading Woodcraft; or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good This tale presents many stirring situations in which the boys are called upon to exercise ingenuity and unselfishness.

northwest

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From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

opportunities

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From this reading A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Woodcraft; or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good This tale presents many stirring situations in which the boys are called upon to exercise ingenuity and unselfishness.

Patrol

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From this reading A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

practical

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From this reading A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

presents

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From this reading Woodcraft; or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good This tale presents many stirring situations in which the boys are called upon to exercise ingenuity and unselfishness.

read

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From this reading A clean, wholesome story every boy should read.

recently

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From this reading A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

scouts

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From this reading A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading A clean, wholesome story every boy should read.

situations

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From this reading Woodcraft; or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good This tale presents many stirring situations in which the boys are called upon to exercise ingenuity and unselfishness.

Snow

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From this reading A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

splendid

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From this reading A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

stirring

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From this reading Woodcraft; or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good This tale presents many stirring situations in which the boys are called upon to exercise ingenuity and unselfishness.

story

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From this reading A clean, wholesome story every boy should read.

tale

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From this reading Woodcraft; or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good This tale presents many stirring situations in which the boys are called upon to exercise ingenuity and unselfishness.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

TheirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Woodcraft; or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good This tale presents many stirring situations in which the boys are called upon to exercise ingenuity and unselfishness.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

unselfishness

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From this reading Woodcraft; or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good This tale presents many stirring situations in which the boys are called upon to exercise ingenuity and unselfishness.

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Woodcraft; or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good This tale presents many stirring situations in which the boys are called upon to exercise ingenuity and unselfishness.

use

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From this reading A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

Vacation

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From this reading A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

way

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From this reading A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Woodcraft; or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good This tale presents many stirring situations in which the boys are called upon to exercise ingenuity and unselfishness.

wholesome

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From this reading A clean, wholesome story every boy should read.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.

Wolf

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From this reading A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts The Campfires of the Wolf Patrol Their first camping experience affords the scouts splendid opportunities to use their recently acquired knowledge in a practical way.

Woodcraft

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From this reading Woodcraft; or, How a Patrol Leader Made Good This tale presents many stirring situations in which the boys are called upon to exercise ingenuity and unselfishness.

woods

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From this reading Elmer Chenowith, a lad from the northwest woods, astonishes everyone by his familiarity with camp life.