Chapter 2 of Down the Ice, and Other Winter Sports Stories is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Down the Ice, and Other Winter Sports Stories is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Frederick's face spread into a slow smile. "That isn't bad, is it?" "Bad? It's simply great. But why can't you transmit a bit of that dash into hockey?
Chapter 2 of Down the Ice, and Other Winter Sports Stories is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading “But why can't you transmit a bit of that dash into hockey?”
run or move very quickly or hastily
From this reading “But why can't you transmit a bit of that dash into hockey?”
possessive form of “frederick” — a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore
From this reading “Frederick's face spread into a slow smile.”
a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field; two opposing teams use curved hockey sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net
From this reading “But why can't you transmit a bit of that dash into hockey?”
and nothing more
From this reading “It's simply great.”
not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
From this reading “Frederick's face spread into a slow smile.”
distribute or disperse widely
From this reading “Frederick's face spread into a slow smile.”
transfer to another
From this reading “But why can't you transmit a bit of that dash into hockey?”
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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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Frederick's face spread into a slow smile.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading "That isn't bad, is it?"
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading But why can't you transmit a bit of that dash into hockey?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But why can't you transmit a bit of that dash into hockey?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But why can't you transmit a bit of that dash into hockey?
run or move very quickly or hastily
From this reading But why can't you transmit a bit of that dash into hockey?
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Frederick's face spread into a slow smile.
possessive form of “frederick” — a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore
From this reading Frederick's face spread into a slow smile.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading It's simply great.
a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field; two opposing teams use curved hockey sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net
From this reading But why can't you transmit a bit of that dash into hockey?
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Frederick's face spread into a slow smile.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "That isn't bad, is it?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That isn't bad, is it?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "That isn't bad, is it?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's simply great.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But why can't you transmit a bit of that dash into hockey?
and nothing more
From this reading It's simply great.
not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
From this reading Frederick's face spread into a slow smile.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Frederick's face spread into a slow smile.
distribute or disperse widely
From this reading Frederick's face spread into a slow smile.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That isn't bad, is it?"
transfer to another
From this reading But why can't you transmit a bit of that dash into hockey?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading But why can't you transmit a bit of that dash into hockey?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But why can't you transmit a bit of that dash into hockey?
Chapter 2 of Down the Ice, and Other Winter Sports Stories by Harold M. (Harold Morrow) Sherman holds 438 sentences, grouped into 88 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 2 holds 438 sentences of Down the Ice, and Other Winter Sports Stories, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Down the Ice, and Other Winter Sports Stories by Harold M. (Harold Morrow) Sherman exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 438 sentences, grouped into 88 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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