Chapter 3 of Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point is here in full — 287 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point is here in full — 287 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DICK & CO. AGAIN "Hey, there, you galoot! You thin, long-drawn-out seven feet of tin soldier!" After having been home a week, Dick Prescott flushed as he wheeled about to meet this jeering greeting. In another instant every trace of his wrath had vanished.
Chapter 3 of Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point is here in full — 287 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having the pinkish flush of health
From this reading “After having been home a week, Dick Prescott flushed as he wheeled about to meet this jeering greeting.”
(usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
From this reading “After having been home a week, Dick Prescott flushed as he wheeled about to meet this jeering greeting.”
showing your contempt by derision
From this reading “After having been home a week, Dick Prescott flushed as he wheeled about to meet this jeering greeting.”
a town in central Arizona
From this reading “After having been home a week, Dick Prescott flushed as he wheeled about to meet this jeering greeting.”
a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
From this reading “You thin, long-drawn-out seven feet of tin soldier!"”
a just detectable amount
From this reading “In another instant every trace of his wrath had vanished.”
having wheels; often used in combination
From this reading “After having been home a week, Dick Prescott flushed as he wheeled about to meet this jeering greeting.”
intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
From this reading “In another instant every trace of his wrath had vanished.”
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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 After having been home a week, Dick Prescott flushed as he wheeled about to meet this jeering greeting.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading After having been home a week, Dick Prescott flushed as he wheeled about to meet this jeering greeting.
later than; following
From this reading After having been home a week, Dick Prescott flushed as he wheeled about to meet this jeering greeting.
anew
From this reading AGAIN "Hey, there, you galoot!
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading In another instant every trace of his wrath had vanished.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading After having been home a week, Dick Prescott flushed as he wheeled about to meet this jeering greeting.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading After having been home a week, Dick Prescott flushed as he wheeled about to meet this jeering greeting.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading DICK & CO.
someone who is a detective
From this reading DICK & CO.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading In another instant every trace of his wrath had vanished.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading You thin, long-drawn-out seven feet of tin soldier!"
having the pinkish flush of health
From this reading After having been home a week, Dick Prescott flushed as he wheeled about to meet this jeering greeting.
a disreputable or clumsy man
From this reading AGAIN "Hey, there, you galoot!
(usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
From this reading After having been home a week, Dick Prescott flushed as he wheeled about to meet this jeering greeting.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In another instant every trace of his wrath had vanished.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading After having been home a week, Dick Prescott flushed as he wheeled about to meet this jeering greeting.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading After having been home a week, Dick Prescott flushed as he wheeled about to meet this jeering greeting.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AGAIN "Hey, there, you galoot!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In another instant every trace of his wrath had vanished.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading After having been home a week, Dick Prescott flushed as he wheeled about to meet this jeering greeting.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In another instant every trace of his wrath had vanished.
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
From this reading In another instant every trace of his wrath had vanished.
showing your contempt by derision
From this reading After having been home a week, Dick Prescott flushed as he wheeled about to meet this jeering greeting.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You thin, long-drawn-out seven feet of tin soldier!"
come together
From this reading After having been home a week, Dick Prescott flushed as he wheeled about to meet this jeering greeting.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You thin, long-drawn-out seven feet of tin soldier!"
a town in central Arizona
From this reading After having been home a week, Dick Prescott flushed as he wheeled about to meet this jeering greeting.
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading You thin, long-drawn-out seven feet of tin soldier!"
an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading You thin, long-drawn-out seven feet of tin soldier!"
in or at that place or location
From this reading AGAIN "Hey, there, you galoot!
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading You thin, long-drawn-out seven feet of tin soldier!"
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading After having been home a week, Dick Prescott flushed as he wheeled about to meet this jeering greeting.
a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
From this reading You thin, long-drawn-out seven feet of tin soldier!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading After having been home a week, Dick Prescott flushed as he wheeled about to meet this jeering greeting.
a just detectable amount
From this reading In another instant every trace of his wrath had vanished.
having passed out of existence
From this reading In another instant every trace of his wrath had vanished.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading After having been home a week, Dick Prescott flushed as he wheeled about to meet this jeering greeting.
having wheels; often used in combination
From this reading After having been home a week, Dick Prescott flushed as he wheeled about to meet this jeering greeting.
intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
From this reading In another instant every trace of his wrath had vanished.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading AGAIN "Hey, there, you galoot!
Chapter 3 of Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock 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.
Chapter 3 holds 287 sentences of Dick Prescott's Third Year at West Point, unabridged, divided into 58 reading sections.
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