Chapter 25 of Baseball Joe at Yale is here in full — 100 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of Baseball Joe at Yale is here in full — 100 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AT WEST POINT "We'd a right to that game!" "Sure we had." "And we did have it in the refrigerator, only it got out through the drain pipe, I guess." "It's tough luck!" The Yale team and its admirers--no, in this case its sympathizers--were coming off the field after the Harvard defeat.
Chapter 25 of Baseball Joe at Yale is here in full — 100 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “admirer” — a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
From this reading “The Yale team and its admirers--no, in this case its sympathizers--were coming off the field after the Harvard defeat.”
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
From this reading “The Yale team and its admirers--no, in this case its sympathizers--were coming off the field after the Harvard defeat.”
flow off gradually
From this reading “"And we did have it in the refrigerator, only it got out through the drain pipe, I guess."”
a university in Massachusetts
From this reading “The Yale team and its admirers--no, in this case its sympathizers--were coming off the field after the Harvard defeat.”
white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures
From this reading “"And we did have it in the refrigerator, only it got out through the drain pipe, I guess."”
plural of “sympathizer” — a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
From this reading “The Yale team and its admirers--no, in this case its sympathizers--were coming off the field after the Harvard defeat.”
not given to gentleness or sentimentality
From this reading “"It's tough luck!"”
a university in Connecticut
From this reading “The Yale team and its admirers--no, in this case its sympathizers--were coming off the field after the Harvard defeat.”
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an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
In this reading “"It's tough luck!"”
move out of or depart from
In this reading “"And we did have it in the refrigerator, only it got out through the drain pipe, I guess."”
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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 AT WEST POINT "We'd a right to that game!"
plural of “admirer” — a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
From this reading The Yale team and its admirers--no, in this case its sympathizers--were coming off the field after the Harvard defeat.
later than; following
From this reading The Yale team and its admirers--no, in this case its sympathizers--were coming off the field after the Harvard defeat.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And we did have it in the refrigerator, only it got out through the drain pipe, I guess."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT WEST POINT "We'd a right to that game!"
an occurrence of something
From this reading The Yale team and its admirers--no, in this case its sympathizers--were coming off the field after the Harvard defeat.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading The Yale team and its admirers--no, in this case its sympathizers--were coming off the field after the Harvard defeat.
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
From this reading The Yale team and its admirers--no, in this case its sympathizers--were coming off the field after the Harvard defeat.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "And we did have it in the refrigerator, only it got out through the drain pipe, I guess."
flow off gradually
From this reading "And we did have it in the refrigerator, only it got out through the drain pipe, I guess."
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading The Yale team and its admirers--no, in this case its sympathizers--were coming off the field after the Harvard defeat.
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading AT WEST POINT "We'd a right to that game!"
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "And we did have it in the refrigerator, only it got out through the drain pipe, I guess."
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading "And we did have it in the refrigerator, only it got out through the drain pipe, I guess."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "Sure we had."
a university in Massachusetts
From this reading The Yale team and its admirers--no, in this case its sympathizers--were coming off the field after the Harvard defeat.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "And we did have it in the refrigerator, only it got out through the drain pipe, I guess."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "And we did have it in the refrigerator, only it got out through the drain pipe, I guess."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "And we did have it in the refrigerator, only it got out through the drain pipe, I guess."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "And we did have it in the refrigerator, only it got out through the drain pipe, I guess."
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From this reading "It's tough luck!"
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The Yale team and its admirers--no, in this case its sympathizers--were coming off the field after the Harvard defeat.
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading "It's tough luck!"
not any; not one
From this reading The Yale team and its admirers--no, in this case its sympathizers--were coming off the field after the Harvard defeat.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The Yale team and its admirers--no, in this case its sympathizers--were coming off the field after the Harvard defeat.
and nothing more
From this reading "And we did have it in the refrigerator, only it got out through the drain pipe, I guess."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "And we did have it in the refrigerator, only it got out through the drain pipe, I guess."
a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
From this reading "And we did have it in the refrigerator, only it got out through the drain pipe, I guess."
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading AT WEST POINT "We'd a right to that game!"
white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures
From this reading "And we did have it in the refrigerator, only it got out through the drain pipe, I guess."
precisely, exactly
From this reading AT WEST POINT "We'd a right to that game!"
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading "Sure we had."
plural of “sympathizer” — a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
From this reading The Yale team and its admirers--no, in this case its sympathizers--were coming off the field after the Harvard defeat.
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
From this reading The Yale team and its admirers--no, in this case its sympathizers--were coming off the field after the Harvard defeat.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading AT WEST POINT "We'd a right to that game!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "And we did have it in the refrigerator, only it got out through the drain pipe, I guess."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The Yale team and its admirers--no, in this case its sympathizers--were coming off the field after the Harvard defeat.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading "And we did have it in the refrigerator, only it got out through the drain pipe, I guess."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AT WEST POINT "We'd a right to that game!"
not given to gentleness or sentimentality
From this reading "It's tough luck!"
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Sure we had."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AT WEST POINT "We'd a right to that game!"
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Yale team and its admirers--no, in this case its sympathizers--were coming off the field after the Harvard defeat.
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading AT WEST POINT "We'd a right to that game!"
a university in Connecticut
From this reading The Yale team and its admirers--no, in this case its sympathizers--were coming off the field after the Harvard defeat.
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