Chapter 25 of For Yardley: A Story of Track and Field is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of For Yardley: A Story of Track and Field is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE DUAL MEET _Bling! Blang! Blare! Ta-ra, ta-ra, ta-ra!_ That was the Wissining Silver Cornet Band playing its famous College Medley. “On your mark!...
Chapter 25 of For Yardley: A Story of Track and Field is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an unofficial association of people or groups
From this reading “Ta-ra, ta-ra, ta-ra!_ That was the Wissining Silver Cornet Band playing its famous College Medley.”
make a strident sound
From this reading “Blare!”
the body of faculty and students of a college
From this reading “Ta-ra, ta-ra, ta-ra!_ That was the Wissining Silver Cornet Band playing its famous College Medley.”
a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
From this reading “Ta-ra, ta-ra, ta-ra!_ That was the Wissining Silver Cornet Band playing its famous College Medley.”
consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
From this reading “THE DUAL MEET _Bling!”
widely known and esteemed
From this reading “Ta-ra, ta-ra, ta-ra!_ That was the Wissining Silver Cornet Band playing its famous College Medley.”
a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources
From this reading “Ta-ra, ta-ra, ta-ra!_ That was the Wissining Silver Cornet Band playing its famous College Medley.”
the act of playing a musical instrument
From this reading “Ta-ra, ta-ra, ta-ra!_ That was the Wissining Silver Cornet Band playing its famous College Medley.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Ta-ra, ta-ra, ta-ra!_ That was the Wissining Silver Cornet Band playing its famous College Medley.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
an unofficial association of people or groups
From this reading Ta-ra, ta-ra, ta-ra!_ That was the Wissining Silver Cornet Band playing its famous College Medley.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Blang!
make a strident sound
From this reading Blare!
flashy, ostentatious jewelry
From this reading THE DUAL MEET _Bling!
the body of faculty and students of a college
From this reading Ta-ra, ta-ra, ta-ra!_ That was the Wissining Silver Cornet Band playing its famous College Medley.
a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
From this reading Ta-ra, ta-ra, ta-ra!_ That was the Wissining Silver Cornet Band playing its famous College Medley.
consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
From this reading THE DUAL MEET _Bling!
widely known and esteemed
From this reading Ta-ra, ta-ra, ta-ra!_ That was the Wissining Silver Cornet Band playing its famous College Medley.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Ta-ra, ta-ra, ta-ra!_ That was the Wissining Silver Cornet Band playing its famous College Medley.
attach a tag or label to
From this reading “On your mark!...
a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources
From this reading Ta-ra, ta-ra, ta-ra!_ That was the Wissining Silver Cornet Band playing its famous College Medley.
come together
From this reading THE DUAL MEET _Bling!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “On your mark!...
the act of playing a musical instrument
From this reading Ta-ra, ta-ra, ta-ra!_ That was the Wissining Silver Cornet Band playing its famous College Medley.
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
From this reading Ta-ra, ta-ra, ta-ra!_ That was the Wissining Silver Cornet Band playing its famous College Medley.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ta-ra, ta-ra, ta-ra!_ That was the Wissining Silver Cornet Band playing its famous College Medley.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Ta-ra, ta-ra, ta-ra!_ That was the Wissining Silver Cornet Band playing its famous College Medley.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DUAL MEET _Bling!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ta-ra, ta-ra, ta-ra!_ That was the Wissining Silver Cornet Band playing its famous College Medley.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ta-ra, ta-ra, ta-ra!_ That was the Wissining Silver Cornet Band playing its famous College Medley.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “On your mark!...
Chapter 25 of For Yardley: A Story of Track and Field by Ralph Henry Barbour holds 162 sentences, grouped into 33 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.
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