Chapter 12 of Frank Merriwell, Jr.'s, Helping Hand is here in full — 220 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Frank Merriwell, Jr.'s, Helping Hand is here in full — 220 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GERMANY VERSUS MEXICO. “I say, Chip! For the love of Mike come up on the mesa! There’s something going on up there that would give a cast-iron cat a conniption fit.” It was afternoon in the camp at Tinaja Wells.
Chapter 12 of Frank Merriwell, Jr.'s, Helping Hand is here in full — 220 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
From this reading “There’s something going on up there that would give a cast-iron cat a conniption fit.””
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
From this reading ““I say, Chip!”
a display of bad temper
From this reading “There’s something going on up there that would give a cast-iron cat a conniption fit.””
a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
From this reading “GERMANY VERSUS MEXICO.”
flat tableland with steep edges
From this reading “For the love of Mike come up on the mesa!”
a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810
From this reading “GERMANY VERSUS MEXICO.”
device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
From this reading “For the love of Mike come up on the mesa!”
prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels; he also wrote on contemporary social problems and wrote popular accounts of history and science (1866-1946)
From this reading “It was afternoon in the camp at Tinaja Wells.”
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In this reading “For the love of Mike come up on the mesa!”
bring forth, usually something desirable
In this reading “For the love of Mike come up on the mesa!”
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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 There’s something going on up there that would give a cast-iron cat a conniption fit.”
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading It was afternoon in the camp at Tinaja Wells.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was afternoon in the camp at Tinaja Wells.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading It was afternoon in the camp at Tinaja Wells.
extremely robust
From this reading There’s something going on up there that would give a cast-iron cat a conniption fit.”
feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
From this reading There’s something going on up there that would give a cast-iron cat a conniption fit.”
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
From this reading “I say, Chip!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading For the love of Mike come up on the mesa!
a display of bad temper
From this reading There’s something going on up there that would give a cast-iron cat a conniption fit.”
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading There’s something going on up there that would give a cast-iron cat a conniption fit.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the love of Mike come up on the mesa!
a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
From this reading GERMANY VERSUS MEXICO.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading There’s something going on up there that would give a cast-iron cat a conniption fit.”
the act of departing
From this reading There’s something going on up there that would give a cast-iron cat a conniption fit.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I say, Chip!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was afternoon in the camp at Tinaja Wells.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was afternoon in the camp at Tinaja Wells.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading For the love of Mike come up on the mesa!
flat tableland with steep edges
From this reading For the love of Mike come up on the mesa!
a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810
From this reading GERMANY VERSUS MEXICO.
device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
From this reading For the love of Mike come up on the mesa!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For the love of Mike come up on the mesa!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading For the love of Mike come up on the mesa!
express in words
From this reading “I say, Chip!
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There’s something going on up there that would give a cast-iron cat a conniption fit.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There’s something going on up there that would give a cast-iron cat a conniption fit.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For the love of Mike come up on the mesa!
in or at that place or location
From this reading There’s something going on up there that would give a cast-iron cat a conniption fit.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There’s something going on up there that would give a cast-iron cat a conniption fit.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was afternoon in the camp at Tinaja Wells.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading For the love of Mike come up on the mesa!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GERMANY VERSUS MEXICO.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was afternoon in the camp at Tinaja Wells.
prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels; he also wrote on contemporary social problems and wrote popular accounts of history and science (1866-1946)
From this reading It was afternoon in the camp at Tinaja Wells.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading There’s something going on up there that would give a cast-iron cat a conniption fit.”
Chapter 12 of Frank Merriwell, Jr.'s, Helping Hand by Burt L. Standish holds 220 sentences, grouped into 44 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 12 holds 220 sentences of Frank Merriwell, Jr.'s, Helping Hand, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Frank Merriwell, Jr.'s, Helping Hand by Burt L. Standish exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 220 sentences, grouped into 44 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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