Chapter 28 of Frank Merriwell Down South is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 28 of Frank Merriwell Down South is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A MYSTERIOUS TRANSFORMATION. "Ha! ha! ha!" wildly laughed the wounded sailor. "That time he did not escape! Leave me to die, would he? Well, he is dead already, for I shot him through the brain!"
Chapter 28 of Frank Merriwell Down South is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading “Well, he is dead already, for I shot him through the brain!"”
the act of escaping physically
From this reading “"That time he did not escape!”
of an obscure nature
From this reading “A MYSTERIOUS TRANSFORMATION.”
any member of a ship's crew
From this reading “"Ha! ha! ha!" wildly laughed the wounded sailor.”
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading “Well, he is dead already, for I shot him through the brain!"”
a qualitative change
From this reading “A MYSTERIOUS TRANSFORMATION.”
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
From this reading “"Ha! ha! ha!" wildly laughed the wounded sailor.”
people who are wounded
From this reading “"Ha! ha! ha!" wildly laughed the wounded sailor.”
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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 A MYSTERIOUS TRANSFORMATION.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading Well, he is dead already, for I shot him through the brain!"
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading Well, he is dead already, for I shot him through the brain!"
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Well, he is dead already, for I shot him through the brain!"
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "That time he did not escape!
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Leave me to die, would he?
the act of escaping physically
From this reading "That time he did not escape!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Well, he is dead already, for I shot him through the brain!"
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
From this reading "Ha! ha! ha!" wildly laughed the wounded sailor.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "That time he did not escape!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Well, he is dead already, for I shot him through the brain!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well, he is dead already, for I shot him through the brain!"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Well, he is dead already, for I shot him through the brain!"
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading "Ha! ha! ha!" wildly laughed the wounded sailor.
go away from a place
From this reading Leave me to die, would he?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Leave me to die, would he?
of an obscure nature
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS TRANSFORMATION.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "That time he did not escape!
any member of a ship's crew
From this reading "Ha! ha! ha!" wildly laughed the wounded sailor.
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading Well, he is dead already, for I shot him through the brain!"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That time he did not escape!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Ha! ha! ha!" wildly laughed the wounded sailor.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Well, he is dead already, for I shot him through the brain!"
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading "That time he did not escape!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Leave me to die, would he?
a qualitative change
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS TRANSFORMATION.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, he is dead already, for I shot him through the brain!"
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
From this reading "Ha! ha! ha!" wildly laughed the wounded sailor.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Leave me to die, would he?
people who are wounded
From this reading "Ha! ha! ha!" wildly laughed the wounded sailor.
Chapter 28 of Frank Merriwell Down South by Burt L. Standish holds 109 sentences, grouped into 22 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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