Chapter 15 of Debating for boys is here in full — 610 sentences across 122 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Debating for boys is here in full — 610 sentences across 122 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SOURCES OF MATERIAL How can you obtain the necessary information for your debate? Where can you get your evidence? How will you proceed to obtain the facts upon which your debate will win or lose? In part these questions have been answered by the chapter on evidence. Let me advise you to read it over again carefully.
Chapter 15 of Debating for boys is here in full — 610 sentences across 122 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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give advice to
From this reading “Let me advise you to read it over again carefully.”
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “In part these questions have been answered by the chapter on evidence.”
argue with one another
From this reading “SOURCES OF MATERIAL How can you obtain the necessary information for your debate?”
plural of “fact” — a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading “How will you proceed to obtain the facts upon which your debate will win or lose?”
concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests
From this reading “SOURCES OF MATERIAL How can you obtain the necessary information for your debate?”
come into possession of
From this reading “SOURCES OF MATERIAL How can you obtain the necessary information for your debate?”
continue talking
From this reading “How will you proceed to obtain the facts upon which your debate will win or lose?”
plural of “source” — the place where something begins, where it springs into being
From this reading “SOURCES OF MATERIAL How can you obtain the necessary information for your debate?”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “SOURCES OF MATERIAL How can you obtain the necessary information for your debate?”
anew
In this reading “Let me advise you to read it over again carefully.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
give advice to
From this reading Let me advise you to read it over again carefully.
anew
From this reading Let me advise you to read it over again carefully.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading In part these questions have been answered by the chapter on evidence.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading In part these questions have been answered by the chapter on evidence.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In part these questions have been answered by the chapter on evidence.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading SOURCES OF MATERIAL How can you obtain the necessary information for your debate?
taking care or paying attention
From this reading Let me advise you to read it over again carefully.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading In part these questions have been answered by the chapter on evidence.
argue with one another
From this reading SOURCES OF MATERIAL How can you obtain the necessary information for your debate?
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
From this reading Where can you get your evidence?
plural of “fact” — a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading How will you proceed to obtain the facts upon which your debate will win or lose?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading SOURCES OF MATERIAL How can you obtain the necessary information for your debate?
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Where can you get your evidence?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading In part these questions have been answered by the chapter on evidence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SOURCES OF MATERIAL How can you obtain the necessary information for your debate?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In part these questions have been answered by the chapter on evidence.
a message received and understood
From this reading SOURCES OF MATERIAL How can you obtain the necessary information for your debate?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Let me advise you to read it over again carefully.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let me advise you to read it over again carefully.
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading How will you proceed to obtain the facts upon which your debate will win or lose?
concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests
From this reading SOURCES OF MATERIAL How can you obtain the necessary information for your debate?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let me advise you to read it over again carefully.
absolutely essential
From this reading SOURCES OF MATERIAL How can you obtain the necessary information for your debate?
come into possession of
From this reading SOURCES OF MATERIAL How can you obtain the necessary information for your debate?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SOURCES OF MATERIAL How can you obtain the necessary information for your debate?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In part these questions have been answered by the chapter on evidence.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading How will you proceed to obtain the facts upon which your debate will win or lose?
above and across; more than
From this reading Let me advise you to read it over again carefully.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading In part these questions have been answered by the chapter on evidence.
continue talking
From this reading How will you proceed to obtain the facts upon which your debate will win or lose?
plural of “question” — an instance of questioning
From this reading In part these questions have been answered by the chapter on evidence.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading Let me advise you to read it over again carefully.
plural of “source” — the place where something begins, where it springs into being
From this reading SOURCES OF MATERIAL How can you obtain the necessary information for your debate?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SOURCES OF MATERIAL How can you obtain the necessary information for your debate?
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading In part these questions have been answered by the chapter on evidence.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading How will you proceed to obtain the facts upon which your debate will win or lose?
a formal word for “on”
From this reading How will you proceed to obtain the facts upon which your debate will win or lose?
in or at the place that
From this reading Where can you get your evidence?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading How will you proceed to obtain the facts upon which your debate will win or lose?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading How will you proceed to obtain the facts upon which your debate will win or lose?
be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious
From this reading How will you proceed to obtain the facts upon which your debate will win or lose?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading SOURCES OF MATERIAL How can you obtain the necessary information for your debate?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading SOURCES OF MATERIAL How can you obtain the necessary information for your debate?
Chapter 15 of Debating for boys by William Horton Foster holds 610 sentences, grouped into 122 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.
Chapter 15 holds 610 sentences of Debating for boys, unabridged, divided into 122 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of Debating for boys by William Horton Foster exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 610 sentences, grouped into 122 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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