Chapter 25 of Change Signals: A Story of the New Football is here in full — 287 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of Change Signals: A Story of the New Football is here in full — 287 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“CHANGE SIGNALS!” “You’ve got it right,” said Mr. Dana. “Here, let’s sit down; I want to talk to you.” He looked toward the bench and one of the Second Team fellows got up politely and moved to another seat. “Now tell me all about it.
Chapter 25 of Change Signals: A Story of the New Football is here in full — 287 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a long seat for more than one person
From this reading “He looked toward the bench and one of the Second Team fellows got up politely and moved to another seat.”
Celtic goddess who was the mother of the Tuatha De Danann; identified with the Welsh Don
From this reading ““You’ve got it right,” said Mr. Dana.”
plural of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading “He looked toward the bench and one of the Second Team fellows got up politely and moved to another seat.”
in a polite manner
From this reading “He looked toward the bench and one of the Second Team fellows got up politely and moved to another seat.”
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading “He looked toward the bench and one of the Second Team fellows got up politely and moved to another seat.”
plural of “signal” — any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
From this reading ““CHANGE SIGNALS!””
be seated
From this reading ““Here, let’s sit down; I want to talk to you.””
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
From this reading “He looked toward the bench and one of the Second Team fellows got up politely and moved to another seat.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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take a seat
In this reading ““Here, let’s sit down; I want to talk to you.””
In this reading “He looked toward the bench and one of the Second Team fellows got up politely and moved to another seat.”
rise to one's feet
In this reading “He looked toward the bench and one of the Second Team fellows got up politely and moved to another seat.”
In this reading “He looked toward the bench and one of the Second Team fellows got up politely and moved to another seat.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Now tell me all about it.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “Now tell me all about it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He looked toward the bench and one of the Second Team fellows got up politely and moved to another seat.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading He looked toward the bench and one of the Second Team fellows got up politely and moved to another seat.
a long seat for more than one person
From this reading He looked toward the bench and one of the Second Team fellows got up politely and moved to another seat.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading “CHANGE SIGNALS!”
Celtic goddess who was the mother of the Tuatha De Danann; identified with the Welsh Don
From this reading “You’ve got it right,” said Mr. Dana.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “Here, let’s sit down; I want to talk to you.”
plural of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading He looked toward the bench and one of the Second Team fellows got up politely and moved to another seat.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “You’ve got it right,” said Mr. Dana.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He looked toward the bench and one of the Second Team fellows got up politely and moved to another seat.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Here, let’s sit down; I want to talk to you.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Here, let’s sit down; I want to talk to you.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “You’ve got it right,” said Mr. Dana.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Here, let’s sit down; I want to talk to you.”
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading He looked toward the bench and one of the Second Team fellows got up politely and moved to another seat.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Now tell me all about it.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading He looked toward the bench and one of the Second Team fellows got up politely and moved to another seat.
a form of address for a man
From this reading “You’ve got it right,” said Mr. Dana.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “Now tell me all about it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He looked toward the bench and one of the Second Team fellows got up politely and moved to another seat.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He looked toward the bench and one of the Second Team fellows got up politely and moved to another seat.
in a polite manner
From this reading He looked toward the bench and one of the Second Team fellows got up politely and moved to another seat.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “You’ve got it right,” said Mr. Dana.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “You’ve got it right,” said Mr. Dana.
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading He looked toward the bench and one of the Second Team fellows got up politely and moved to another seat.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading He looked toward the bench and one of the Second Team fellows got up politely and moved to another seat.
plural of “signal” — any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
From this reading “CHANGE SIGNALS!”
be seated
From this reading “Here, let’s sit down; I want to talk to you.”
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “Here, let’s sit down; I want to talk to you.”
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
From this reading He looked toward the bench and one of the Second Team fellows got up politely and moved to another seat.
express in words
From this reading “Now tell me all about it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He looked toward the bench and one of the Second Team fellows got up politely and moved to another seat.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Here, let’s sit down; I want to talk to you.”
in the direction of
From this reading He looked toward the bench and one of the Second Team fellows got up politely and moved to another seat.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading He looked toward the bench and one of the Second Team fellows got up politely and moved to another seat.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “Here, let’s sit down; I want to talk to you.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Here, let’s sit down; I want to talk to you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You’ve got it right,” said Mr. Dana.
Chapter 25 of Change Signals: A Story of the New Football by Ralph Henry Barbour holds 287 sentences, grouped into 58 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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