Chapter 6 of Dick Merriwell's Fighting Chance is here in full — 243 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Dick Merriwell's Fighting Chance is here in full — 243 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CRASH. In the bedroom Bob Hollister stood silent, a rush of bitter anger and regret overwhelming him. Merriwell and Hildebrand and old Jim had all been right. What a blind fool he had been not to have seen through Blake before! What a perfect idiot they must think him!
Chapter 6 of Dick Merriwell's Fighting Chance is here in full — 243 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a room used primarily for sleeping
From this reading “In the bedroom Bob Hollister stood silent, a rush of bitter anger and regret overwhelming him.”
visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827)
From this reading “What a blind fool he had been not to have seen through Blake before!”
fall or come down violently
From this reading “THE CRASH.”
the Italian pope who fought to establish the supremacy of the pope over the Roman Catholic Church and the supremacy of the church over the state (1020-1085)
From this reading “Merriwell and Hildebrand and old Jim had all been right.”
a person of subnormal intelligence
From this reading “What a perfect idiot they must think him!”
so strong as to be irresistible
From this reading “In the bedroom Bob Hollister stood silent, a rush of bitter anger and regret overwhelming him.”
feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
From this reading “In the bedroom Bob Hollister stood silent, a rush of bitter anger and regret overwhelming him.”
move hurridly
From this reading “In the bedroom Bob Hollister stood silent, a rush of bitter anger and regret overwhelming him.”
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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In this reading “In the bedroom Bob Hollister stood silent, a rush of bitter anger and regret overwhelming him.”
In this reading “In the bedroom Bob Hollister stood silent, a rush of bitter anger and regret overwhelming him.”
In this reading “What a blind fool he had been not to have seen through Blake before!”
In this reading “In the bedroom Bob Hollister stood silent, a rush of bitter anger and regret overwhelming him.”
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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 In the bedroom Bob Hollister stood silent, a rush of bitter anger and regret overwhelming him.
(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 Merriwell and Hildebrand and old Jim had all been right.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the bedroom Bob Hollister stood silent, a rush of bitter anger and regret overwhelming him.
a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
From this reading In the bedroom Bob Hollister stood silent, a rush of bitter anger and regret overwhelming him.
a room used primarily for sleeping
From this reading In the bedroom Bob Hollister stood silent, a rush of bitter anger and regret overwhelming him.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Merriwell and Hildebrand and old Jim had all been right.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading What a blind fool he had been not to have seen through Blake before!
marked by strong resentment or cynicism
From this reading In the bedroom Bob Hollister stood silent, a rush of bitter anger and regret overwhelming him.
visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827)
From this reading What a blind fool he had been not to have seen through Blake before!
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading What a blind fool he had been not to have seen through Blake before!
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading In the bedroom Bob Hollister stood silent, a rush of bitter anger and regret overwhelming him.
fall or come down violently
From this reading THE CRASH.
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading What a blind fool he had been not to have seen through Blake before!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Merriwell and Hildebrand and old Jim had all been right.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What a blind fool he had been not to have seen through Blake before!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What a blind fool he had been not to have seen through Blake before!
the Italian pope who fought to establish the supremacy of the pope over the Roman Catholic Church and the supremacy of the church over the state (1020-1085)
From this reading Merriwell and Hildebrand and old Jim had all been right.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In the bedroom Bob Hollister stood silent, a rush of bitter anger and regret overwhelming him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the bedroom Bob Hollister stood silent, a rush of bitter anger and regret overwhelming him.
a person of subnormal intelligence
From this reading What a perfect idiot they must think him!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the bedroom Bob Hollister stood silent, a rush of bitter anger and regret overwhelming him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Merriwell and Hildebrand and old Jim had all been right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Merriwell and Hildebrand and old Jim had all been right.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading What a perfect idiot they must think him!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading What a blind fool he had been not to have seen through Blake before!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the bedroom Bob Hollister stood silent, a rush of bitter anger and regret overwhelming him.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Merriwell and Hildebrand and old Jim had all been right.
so strong as to be irresistible
From this reading In the bedroom Bob Hollister stood silent, a rush of bitter anger and regret overwhelming him.
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
From this reading What a perfect idiot they must think him!
feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
From this reading In the bedroom Bob Hollister stood silent, a rush of bitter anger and regret overwhelming him.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Merriwell and Hildebrand and old Jim had all been right.
move hurridly
From this reading In the bedroom Bob Hollister stood silent, a rush of bitter anger and regret overwhelming him.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading What a blind fool he had been not to have seen through Blake before!
marked by absence of sound
From this reading In the bedroom Bob Hollister stood silent, a rush of bitter anger and regret overwhelming him.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading In the bedroom Bob Hollister stood silent, a rush of bitter anger and regret overwhelming him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CRASH.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What a perfect idiot they must think him!
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading What a perfect idiot they must think him!
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading What a blind fool he had been not to have seen through Blake before!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What a blind fool he had been not to have seen through Blake before!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What a blind fool he had been not to have seen through Blake before!
Chapter 6 of Dick Merriwell's Fighting Chance by Burt L. Standish holds 243 sentences, grouped into 49 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 6 holds 243 sentences of Dick Merriwell's Fighting Chance, unabridged, divided into 49 reading sections.
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