Chapter 27 of Frank Merriwell in Maine is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of Frank Merriwell in Maine is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HANS GETS HUNGRY. “There she goes!” A great shout went up from the shore. “He’s a goner!” The jam had broken with startling suddenness, amazing everyone, unless it was Frank Merriwell.
Chapter 27 of Frank Merriwell in Maine is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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surprising greatly
From this reading “The jam had broken with startling suddenness, amazing everyone, unless it was Frank Merriwell.”
every person
From this reading “The jam had broken with startling suddenness, amazing everyone, unless it was Frank Merriwell.”
a person in desperate straits; someone doomed
From this reading ““He’s a goner!””
plural of “han” — imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization
From this reading “HANS GETS HUNGRY.”
press tightly together or cram
From this reading “The jam had broken with startling suddenness, amazing everyone, unless it was Frank Merriwell.”
utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking)
From this reading “A great shout went up from the shore.”
so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm
From this reading “The jam had broken with startling suddenness, amazing everyone, unless it was Frank Merriwell.”
the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
From this reading “The jam had broken with startling suddenness, amazing everyone, unless it was Frank Merriwell.”
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 “The jam had broken with startling suddenness, amazing everyone, unless it was Frank Merriwell.”
In this reading “A great shout went up from the shore.”
move upward
In this reading “A great shout went up from the shore.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A great shout went up from the shore.
surprising greatly
From this reading The jam had broken with startling suddenness, amazing everyone, unless it was Frank Merriwell.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading The jam had broken with startling suddenness, amazing everyone, unless it was Frank Merriwell.
every person
From this reading The jam had broken with startling suddenness, amazing everyone, unless it was Frank Merriwell.
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading The jam had broken with startling suddenness, amazing everyone, unless it was Frank Merriwell.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A great shout went up from the shore.
plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
From this reading HANS GETS HUNGRY.
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading “There she goes!”
a person in desperate straits; someone doomed
From this reading “He’s a goner!”
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading A great shout went up from the shore.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The jam had broken with startling suddenness, amazing everyone, unless it was Frank Merriwell.
plural of “han” — imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization
From this reading HANS GETS HUNGRY.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He’s a goner!”
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading HANS GETS HUNGRY.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The jam had broken with startling suddenness, amazing everyone, unless it was Frank Merriwell.
press tightly together or cram
From this reading The jam had broken with startling suddenness, amazing everyone, unless it was Frank Merriwell.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The jam had broken with startling suddenness, amazing everyone, unless it was Frank Merriwell.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “There she goes!”
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading A great shout went up from the shore.
utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking)
From this reading A great shout went up from the shore.
so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm
From this reading The jam had broken with startling suddenness, amazing everyone, unless it was Frank Merriwell.
the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
From this reading The jam had broken with startling suddenness, amazing everyone, unless it was Frank Merriwell.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A great shout went up from the shore.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “There she goes!”
except if; if not
From this reading The jam had broken with startling suddenness, amazing everyone, unless it was Frank Merriwell.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading A great shout went up from the shore.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The jam had broken with startling suddenness, amazing everyone, unless it was Frank Merriwell.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading A great shout went up from the shore.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The jam had broken with startling suddenness, amazing everyone, unless it was Frank Merriwell.
Chapter 27 of Frank Merriwell in Maine by Burt L. Standish holds 125 sentences, grouped into 25 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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