Chapter 24 of First Base Faulkner is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of First Base Faulkner is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BUNCHED HITS “First man, Tom!” Sam Craig pulled his mask down, looked over the field and then knelt behind the plate. Tom, his arms at his sides, watched, nodded, himself turned and viewed the fielders, and pulled his cap down a bit further over his eyes. “Come on, Tom! Let’s have him!” called Gordon Smith.
Chapter 24 of First Base Faulkner is here in full — 131 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “bunch” — form into a bunch
From this reading “BUNCHED HITS “First man, Tom!””
plural of “fielder” — a member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat
From this reading “Tom, his arms at his sides, watched, nodded, himself turned and viewed the fielders, and pulled his cap down a bit further over his eyes.”
plural of “hit” — (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
From this reading “BUNCHED HITS “First man, Tom!””
inflected form of “kneel” — rest one's weight on one's knees
From this reading “Sam Craig pulled his mask down, looked over the field and then knelt behind the plate.”
hide under a false appearance
From this reading “Sam Craig pulled his mask down, looked over the field and then knelt behind the plate.”
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
From this reading “Sam Craig pulled his mask down, looked over the field and then knelt behind the plate.”
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading “Let’s have him!” called Gordon Smith.”
past form of “view” — deem to be
From this reading “Tom, his arms at his sides, watched, nodded, himself turned and viewed the fielders, and pulled his cap down a bit further over his eyes.”
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In this reading “Sam Craig pulled his mask down, looked over the field and then knelt behind the plate.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Tom, his arms at his sides, watched, nodded, himself turned and viewed the fielders, and pulled his cap down a bit further over his eyes.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sam Craig pulled his mask down, looked over the field and then knelt behind the plate.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading Tom, his arms at his sides, watched, nodded, himself turned and viewed the fielders, and pulled his cap down a bit further over his eyes.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Tom, his arms at his sides, watched, nodded, himself turned and viewed the fielders, and pulled his cap down a bit further over his eyes.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Sam Craig pulled his mask down, looked over the field and then knelt behind the plate.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading Tom, his arms at his sides, watched, nodded, himself turned and viewed the fielders, and pulled his cap down a bit further over his eyes.
past form of “bunch” — form into a bunch
From this reading BUNCHED HITS “First man, Tom!”
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Let’s have him!” called Gordon Smith.
a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading Tom, his arms at his sides, watched, nodded, himself turned and viewed the fielders, and pulled his cap down a bit further over his eyes.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come on, Tom!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sam Craig pulled his mask down, looked over the field and then knelt behind the plate.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Sam Craig pulled his mask down, looked over the field and then knelt behind the plate.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Tom, his arms at his sides, watched, nodded, himself turned and viewed the fielders, and pulled his cap down a bit further over his eyes.
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading Sam Craig pulled his mask down, looked over the field and then knelt behind the plate.
plural of “fielder” — a member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat
From this reading Tom, his arms at his sides, watched, nodded, himself turned and viewed the fielders, and pulled his cap down a bit further over his eyes.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading BUNCHED HITS “First man, Tom!”
to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (“further” is used more often than “farther” in this abstract sense)
From this reading Tom, his arms at his sides, watched, nodded, himself turned and viewed the fielders, and pulled his cap down a bit further over his eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let’s have him!” called Gordon Smith.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Let’s have him!” called Gordon Smith.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let’s have him!” called Gordon Smith.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Tom, his arms at his sides, watched, nodded, himself turned and viewed the fielders, and pulled his cap down a bit further over his eyes.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Sam Craig pulled his mask down, looked over the field and then knelt behind the plate.
plural of “hit” — (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)
From this reading BUNCHED HITS “First man, Tom!”
inflected form of “kneel” — rest one's weight on one's knees
From this reading Sam Craig pulled his mask down, looked over the field and then knelt behind the plate.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Let’s have him!” called Gordon Smith.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Sam Craig pulled his mask down, looked over the field and then knelt behind the plate.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading BUNCHED HITS “First man, Tom!”
hide under a false appearance
From this reading Sam Craig pulled his mask down, looked over the field and then knelt behind the plate.
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading Tom, his arms at his sides, watched, nodded, himself turned and viewed the fielders, and pulled his cap down a bit further over his eyes.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Come on, Tom!
above and across; more than
From this reading Sam Craig pulled his mask down, looked over the field and then knelt behind the plate.
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
From this reading Sam Craig pulled his mask down, looked over the field and then knelt behind the plate.
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading Sam Craig pulled his mask down, looked over the field and then knelt behind the plate.
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading Sam Craig pulled his mask down, looked over the field and then knelt behind the plate.
plural of “side” — a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Tom, his arms at his sides, watched, nodded, himself turned and viewed the fielders, and pulled his cap down a bit further over his eyes.
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading Let’s have him!” called Gordon Smith.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sam Craig pulled his mask down, looked over the field and then knelt behind the plate.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Sam Craig pulled his mask down, looked over the field and then knelt behind the plate.
male cat
From this reading BUNCHED HITS “First man, Tom!”
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Tom, his arms at his sides, watched, nodded, himself turned and viewed the fielders, and pulled his cap down a bit further over his eyes.
past form of “view” — deem to be
From this reading Tom, his arms at his sides, watched, nodded, himself turned and viewed the fielders, and pulled his cap down a bit further over his eyes.
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading Tom, his arms at his sides, watched, nodded, himself turned and viewed the fielders, and pulled his cap down a bit further over his eyes.
Chapter 24 of First Base Faulkner by Christy Mathewson holds 131 sentences, grouped into 27 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 24 holds 131 sentences of First Base Faulkner, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
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