Chapter IX of Dick Merriwell's Glory, “In the Last Ditch,” is here in full — 100 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter IX
Chapter IX of Dick Merriwell's Glory, “In the Last Ditch,” is here in full — 100 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The visiting witnesses shrieked till they were hoarse as crows and their faces were almost black. "Merriwell!" they howled. "What’s the matter with Merriwell?" "He’s all right!" came the answer. "’Rah!
Chapter IX of Dick Merriwell's Glory, “In the Last Ditch,” is here in full — 100 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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react verbally
From this reading “"He’s all right!" came the answer.”
plural of “crow” — black birds having a raucous call
From this reading “The visiting witnesses shrieked till they were hoarse as crows and their faces were almost black.”
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading “The visiting witnesses shrieked till they were hoarse as crows and their faces were almost black.”
deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
From this reading “The visiting witnesses shrieked till they were hoarse as crows and their faces were almost black.”
past form of “howl” — emit long loud cries
From this reading “"Merriwell!" they howled.”
uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror
From this reading “The visiting witnesses shrieked till they were hoarse as crows and their faces were almost black.”
the activity of making visits
From this reading “The visiting witnesses shrieked till they were hoarse as crows and their faces were almost black.”
plural of “witness” — someone who sees an event and reports what happened
From this reading “The visiting witnesses shrieked till they were hoarse as crows and their faces were almost black.”
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(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 "He’s all right!" came the answer.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading The visiting witnesses shrieked till they were hoarse as crows and their faces were almost black.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The visiting witnesses shrieked till they were hoarse as crows and their faces were almost black.
react verbally
From this reading "He’s all right!" came the answer.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The visiting witnesses shrieked till they were hoarse as crows and their faces were almost black.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading The visiting witnesses shrieked till they were hoarse as crows and their faces were almost black.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "He’s all right!" came the answer.
plural of “crow” — black birds having a raucous call
From this reading The visiting witnesses shrieked till they were hoarse as crows and their faces were almost black.
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading The visiting witnesses shrieked till they were hoarse as crows and their faces were almost black.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He’s all right!" came the answer.
deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion
From this reading The visiting witnesses shrieked till they were hoarse as crows and their faces were almost black.
past form of “howl” — emit long loud cries
From this reading "Merriwell!" they howled.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading "What’s the matter with Merriwell?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Merriwell!" they howled.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "’Rah!
precisely, exactly
From this reading "He’s all right!" came the answer.
uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror
From this reading The visiting witnesses shrieked till they were hoarse as crows and their faces were almost black.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The visiting witnesses shrieked till they were hoarse as crows and their faces were almost black.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The visiting witnesses shrieked till they were hoarse as crows and their faces were almost black.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The visiting witnesses shrieked till they were hoarse as crows and their faces were almost black.
up to a particular time
From this reading The visiting witnesses shrieked till they were hoarse as crows and their faces were almost black.
the activity of making visits
From this reading The visiting witnesses shrieked till they were hoarse as crows and their faces were almost black.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The visiting witnesses shrieked till they were hoarse as crows and their faces were almost black.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What’s the matter with Merriwell?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading "What’s the matter with Merriwell?"
plural of “witness” — someone who sees an event and reports what happened
From this reading The visiting witnesses shrieked till they were hoarse as crows and their faces were almost black.
Chapter 9 of Dick Merriwell's Glory by Burt L. Standish holds 100 sentences, grouped into 20 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 9 holds 100 sentences of Dick Merriwell's Glory, unabridged, divided into 20 reading sections.
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