Chapter 16 of Change Signals: A Story of the New Football is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Change Signals: A Story of the New Football is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A DISSERTATION ON MUSHROOMS “You’re the craziest chap I ever saw,” laughed Dan. “Is it a good one?” Ned tried it with his teeth, tapped it on the edge of the railing and eyed it anxiously. “Perfectly good,” he replied finally. “It seems to be made of silver.”
Chapter 16 of Change Signals: A Story of the New Football is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with anxiety or apprehension
From this reading “Ned tried it with his teeth, tapped it on the edge of the railing and eyed it anxiously.”
a boy or man
From this reading “A DISSERTATION ON MUSHROOMS “You’re the craziest chap I ever saw,” laughed Dan.”
superlative of “crazy” — affected with madness or insanity
From this reading “A DISSERTATION ON MUSHROOMS “You’re the craziest chap I ever saw,” laughed Dan.”
a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree
From this reading “A DISSERTATION ON MUSHROOMS “You’re the craziest chap I ever saw,” laughed Dan.”
having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified; often used in combination
From this reading “Ned tried it with his teeth, tapped it on the edge of the railing and eyed it anxiously.”
plural of “mushroom” — common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)
From this reading “A DISSERTATION ON MUSHROOMS “You’re the craziest chap I ever saw,” laughed Dan.”
a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
From this reading “Ned tried it with his teeth, tapped it on the edge of the railing and eyed it anxiously.”
in a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug
From this reading “Ned tried it with his teeth, tapped it on the edge of the railing and eyed it anxiously.”
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In this reading “Ned tried it with his teeth, tapped it on the edge of the railing and eyed it anxiously.”
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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 A DISSERTATION ON MUSHROOMS “You’re the craziest chap I ever saw,” laughed Dan.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ned tried it with his teeth, tapped it on the edge of the railing and eyed it anxiously.
with anxiety or apprehension
From this reading Ned tried it with his teeth, tapped it on the edge of the railing and eyed it anxiously.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “It seems to be made of silver.”
a boy or man
From this reading A DISSERTATION ON MUSHROOMS “You’re the craziest chap I ever saw,” laughed Dan.
superlative of “crazy” — affected with madness or insanity
From this reading A DISSERTATION ON MUSHROOMS “You’re the craziest chap I ever saw,” laughed Dan.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A DISSERTATION ON MUSHROOMS “You’re the craziest chap I ever saw,” laughed Dan.
a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree
From this reading A DISSERTATION ON MUSHROOMS “You’re the craziest chap I ever saw,” laughed Dan.
the boundary of a surface
From this reading Ned tried it with his teeth, tapped it on the edge of the railing and eyed it anxiously.
at any time
From this reading A DISSERTATION ON MUSHROOMS “You’re the craziest chap I ever saw,” laughed Dan.
having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified; often used in combination
From this reading Ned tried it with his teeth, tapped it on the edge of the railing and eyed it anxiously.
after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
From this reading “Perfectly good,” he replied finally.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “Is it a good one?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Perfectly good,” he replied finally.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Ned tried it with his teeth, tapped it on the edge of the railing and eyed it anxiously.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A DISSERTATION ON MUSHROOMS “You’re the craziest chap I ever saw,” laughed Dan.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Is it a good one?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Is it a good one?”
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading A DISSERTATION ON MUSHROOMS “You’re the craziest chap I ever saw,” laughed Dan.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading “It seems to be made of silver.”
plural of “mushroom” — common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)
From this reading A DISSERTATION ON MUSHROOMS “You’re the craziest chap I ever saw,” laughed Dan.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ned tried it with his teeth, tapped it on the edge of the railing and eyed it anxiously.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ned tried it with his teeth, tapped it on the edge of the railing and eyed it anxiously.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A DISSERTATION ON MUSHROOMS “You’re the craziest chap I ever saw,” laughed Dan.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Is it a good one?”
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “Perfectly good,” he replied finally.
a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
From this reading Ned tried it with his teeth, tapped it on the edge of the railing and eyed it anxiously.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “Perfectly good,” he replied finally.
cut with a saw
From this reading A DISSERTATION ON MUSHROOMS “You’re the craziest chap I ever saw,” laughed Dan.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “It seems to be made of silver.”
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
From this reading “It seems to be made of silver.”
in a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug
From this reading Ned tried it with his teeth, tapped it on the edge of the railing and eyed it anxiously.
the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
From this reading Ned tried it with his teeth, tapped it on the edge of the railing and eyed it anxiously.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A DISSERTATION ON MUSHROOMS “You’re the craziest chap I ever saw,” laughed Dan.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “It seems to be made of silver.”
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading Ned tried it with his teeth, tapped it on the edge of the railing and eyed it anxiously.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Ned tried it with his teeth, tapped it on the edge of the railing and eyed it anxiously.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A DISSERTATION ON MUSHROOMS “You’re the craziest chap I ever saw,” laughed Dan.
Chapter 16 of Change Signals: A Story of the New Football by Ralph Henry Barbour holds 246 sentences, grouped into 50 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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