Chapter 15 of Change Signals: A Story of the New Football is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Change Signals: A Story of the New Football is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
NED EARNS A QUARTER “Walking,” replied Ned the next morning with enthusiasm, “is the very best thing I do. As our English cousins say, I’m awfully keen about it. When do we go and whither?” “I thought we might start right after church service and tramp over to Lloyd. Payson says there is a good place to eat over there.”
Chapter 15 of Change Signals: A Story of the New Football is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used as intensifiers
From this reading “As our English cousins say, I’m awfully keen about it.”
plural of “cousin” — the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading “As our English cousins say, I’m awfully keen about it.”
third-person singular of “earn” — earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
From this reading “NED EARNS A QUARTER “Walking,” replied Ned the next morning with enthusiasm, “is the very best thing I do.”
a feeling of excitement
From this reading “NED EARNS A QUARTER “Walking,” replied Ned the next morning with enthusiasm, “is the very best thing I do.”
having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
From this reading “As our English cousins say, I’m awfully keen about it.”
United States comic actor in silent films; he used physical danger as a source of comedy (1893-1971)
From this reading ““I thought we might start right after church service and tramp over to Lloyd.”
a vagrant
From this reading ““I thought we might start right after church service and tramp over to Lloyd.”
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading “When do we go and whither?””
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In this reading “NED EARNS A QUARTER “Walking,” replied Ned the next morning with enthusiasm, “is the very best thing I do.”
In this reading “NED EARNS A QUARTER “Walking,” replied Ned the next morning with enthusiasm, “is the very best thing I do.”
a service conducted in a house of worship
In this reading ““I thought we might start right after church service and tramp over to Lloyd.”
In this reading “NED EARNS A QUARTER “Walking,” replied Ned the next morning with enthusiasm, “is the very best thing I do.”
In this reading “NED EARNS A QUARTER “Walking,” replied Ned the next morning with enthusiasm, “is the very best thing I do.”
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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 NED EARNS A QUARTER “Walking,” replied Ned the next morning with enthusiasm, “is the very best thing I do.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading As our English cousins say, I’m awfully keen about it.
later than; following
From this reading “I thought we might start right after church service and tramp over to Lloyd.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When do we go and whither?”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As our English cousins say, I’m awfully keen about it.
used as intensifiers
From this reading As our English cousins say, I’m awfully keen about it.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading NED EARNS A QUARTER “Walking,” replied Ned the next morning with enthusiasm, “is the very best thing I do.
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading “I thought we might start right after church service and tramp over to Lloyd.
plural of “cousin” — the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading As our English cousins say, I’m awfully keen about it.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading NED EARNS A QUARTER “Walking,” replied Ned the next morning with enthusiasm, “is the very best thing I do.
third-person singular of “earn” — earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
From this reading NED EARNS A QUARTER “Walking,” replied Ned the next morning with enthusiasm, “is the very best thing I do.
take in solid food
From this reading Payson says there is a good place to eat over there.”
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading As our English cousins say, I’m awfully keen about it.
a feeling of excitement
From this reading NED EARNS A QUARTER “Walking,” replied Ned the next morning with enthusiasm, “is the very best thing I do.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading When do we go and whither?”
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Payson says there is a good place to eat over there.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading NED EARNS A QUARTER “Walking,” replied Ned the next morning with enthusiasm, “is the very best thing I do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading As our English cousins say, I’m awfully keen about it.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading NED EARNS A QUARTER “Walking,” replied Ned the next morning with enthusiasm, “is the very best thing I do.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading As our English cousins say, I’m awfully keen about it.
having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
From this reading As our English cousins say, I’m awfully keen about it.
United States comic actor in silent films; he used physical danger as a source of comedy (1893-1971)
From this reading “I thought we might start right after church service and tramp over to Lloyd.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “I thought we might start right after church service and tramp over to Lloyd.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading NED EARNS A QUARTER “Walking,” replied Ned the next morning with enthusiasm, “is the very best thing I do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NED EARNS A QUARTER “Walking,” replied Ned the next morning with enthusiasm, “is the very best thing I do.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading NED EARNS A QUARTER “Walking,” replied Ned the next morning with enthusiasm, “is the very best thing I do.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading As our English cousins say, I’m awfully keen about it.
above and across; more than
From this reading “I thought we might start right after church service and tramp over to Lloyd.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Payson says there is a good place to eat over there.”
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Payson says there is a good place to eat over there.”
one of four equal parts
From this reading NED EARNS A QUARTER “Walking,” replied Ned the next morning with enthusiasm, “is the very best thing I do.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading NED EARNS A QUARTER “Walking,” replied Ned the next morning with enthusiasm, “is the very best thing I do.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “I thought we might start right after church service and tramp over to Lloyd.
express in words
From this reading As our English cousins say, I’m awfully keen about it.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading Payson says there is a good place to eat over there.”
work done by one person or group that benefits another
From this reading “I thought we might start right after church service and tramp over to Lloyd.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “I thought we might start right after church service and tramp over to Lloyd.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading NED EARNS A QUARTER “Walking,” replied Ned the next morning with enthusiasm, “is the very best thing I do.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Payson says there is a good place to eat over there.”
a special situation
From this reading NED EARNS A QUARTER “Walking,” replied Ned the next morning with enthusiasm, “is the very best thing I do.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “I thought we might start right after church service and tramp over to Lloyd.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I thought we might start right after church service and tramp over to Lloyd.
a vagrant
From this reading “I thought we might start right after church service and tramp over to Lloyd.
precisely as stated
From this reading NED EARNS A QUARTER “Walking,” replied Ned the next morning with enthusiasm, “is the very best thing I do.
close enough to be walked to
From this reading NED EARNS A QUARTER “Walking,” replied Ned the next morning with enthusiasm, “is the very best thing I do.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading When do we go and whither?”
at the time that
From this reading When do we go and whither?”
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading When do we go and whither?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading NED EARNS A QUARTER “Walking,” replied Ned the next morning with enthusiasm, “is the very best thing I do.
Chapter 15 of Change Signals: A Story of the New Football by Ralph Henry Barbour holds 189 sentences, grouped into 38 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.
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