Chapter 6 of Frank Merriwell's Backers is here in full — 218 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Frank Merriwell's Backers is here in full — 218 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PINTO PEDE RECEIVES HIS LESSON. Pinto Pede was the most disgusted Mexican in all Arizona. At the same time he was thoroughly thunderstruck. That Merriwell had secured the pair of fives with his three jacks for all of his style of drawing seemed like legerdemain. Big Monte gave a shout of surprise, that was not entirely unmingled with delight.
Chapter 6 of Frank Merriwell's Backers is here in full — 218 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon
From this reading “Pinto Pede was the most disgusted Mexican in all Arizona.”
a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls
From this reading “That Merriwell had secured the pair of fives with his three jacks for all of his style of drawing seemed like legerdemain.”
a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball
From this reading “That Merriwell had secured the pair of fives with his three jacks for all of his style of drawing seemed like legerdemain.”
an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
From this reading “That Merriwell had secured the pair of fives with his three jacks for all of his style of drawing seemed like legerdemain.”
a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time
From this reading “Big Monte gave a shout of surprise, that was not entirely unmingled with delight.”
a spotted or calico horse or pony
From this reading “PINTO PEDE RECEIVES HIS LESSON.”
third-person singular of “receive” — get something; come into possession of
From this reading “PINTO PEDE RECEIVES HIS LESSON.”
as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
From this reading “At the same time he was thoroughly thunderstruck.”
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 “At the same time he was thoroughly thunderstruck.”
In this reading “Big Monte gave a shout of surprise, that was not entirely unmingled with delight.”
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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 Big Monte gave a shout of surprise, that was not entirely unmingled with delight.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Pinto Pede was the most disgusted Mexican in all Arizona.
a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon
From this reading Pinto Pede was the most disgusted Mexican in all Arizona.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the same time he was thoroughly thunderstruck.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Big Monte gave a shout of surprise, that was not entirely unmingled with delight.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Big Monte gave a shout of surprise, that was not entirely unmingled with delight.
having a strong distaste from surfeit
From this reading Pinto Pede was the most disgusted Mexican in all Arizona.
an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper
From this reading That Merriwell had secured the pair of fives with his three jacks for all of his style of drawing seemed like legerdemain.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading Big Monte gave a shout of surprise, that was not entirely unmingled with delight.
a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls
From this reading That Merriwell had secured the pair of fives with his three jacks for all of his style of drawing seemed like legerdemain.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading That Merriwell had secured the pair of fives with his three jacks for all of his style of drawing seemed like legerdemain.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Big Monte gave a shout of surprise, that was not entirely unmingled with delight.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That Merriwell had secured the pair of fives with his three jacks for all of his style of drawing seemed like legerdemain.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At the same time he was thoroughly thunderstruck.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading PINTO PEDE RECEIVES HIS LESSON.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Pinto Pede was the most disgusted Mexican in all Arizona.
a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball
From this reading That Merriwell had secured the pair of fives with his three jacks for all of his style of drawing seemed like legerdemain.
an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
From this reading That Merriwell had secured the pair of fives with his three jacks for all of his style of drawing seemed like legerdemain.
a unit of instruction
From this reading PINTO PEDE RECEIVES HIS LESSON.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading That Merriwell had secured the pair of fives with his three jacks for all of his style of drawing seemed like legerdemain.
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From this reading That Merriwell had secured the pair of fives with his three jacks for all of his style of drawing seemed like legerdemain.
a native or inhabitant of Mexico
From this reading Pinto Pede was the most disgusted Mexican in all Arizona.
a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time
From this reading Big Monte gave a shout of surprise, that was not entirely unmingled with delight.
used to form the superlative
From this reading Pinto Pede was the most disgusted Mexican in all Arizona.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Big Monte gave a shout of surprise, that was not entirely unmingled with delight.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That Merriwell had secured the pair of fives with his three jacks for all of his style of drawing seemed like legerdemain.
a set of two similar things considered as a unit
From this reading That Merriwell had secured the pair of fives with his three jacks for all of his style of drawing seemed like legerdemain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PINTO PEDE RECEIVES HIS LESSON.
a spotted or calico horse or pony
From this reading PINTO PEDE RECEIVES HIS LESSON.
third-person singular of “receive” — get something; come into possession of
From this reading PINTO PEDE RECEIVES HIS LESSON.
Identical; not different.
From this reading At the same time he was thoroughly thunderstruck.
past form of “secure” — get by special effort
From this reading That Merriwell had secured the pair of fives with his three jacks for all of his style of drawing seemed like legerdemain.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading That Merriwell had secured the pair of fives with his three jacks for all of his style of drawing seemed like legerdemain.
utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking)
From this reading Big Monte gave a shout of surprise, that was not entirely unmingled with delight.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading That Merriwell had secured the pair of fives with his three jacks for all of his style of drawing seemed like legerdemain.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading Big Monte gave a shout of surprise, that was not entirely unmingled with delight.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That Merriwell had secured the pair of fives with his three jacks for all of his style of drawing seemed like legerdemain.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Pinto Pede was the most disgusted Mexican in all Arizona.
in an exhaustive manner
From this reading At the same time he was thoroughly thunderstruck.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading That Merriwell had secured the pair of fives with his three jacks for all of his style of drawing seemed like legerdemain.
as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
From this reading At the same time he was thoroughly thunderstruck.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading At the same time he was thoroughly thunderstruck.
not mixed with extraneous elements
From this reading Big Monte gave a shout of surprise, that was not entirely unmingled with delight.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Pinto Pede was the most disgusted Mexican in all Arizona.
in the company of; together with
From this reading That Merriwell had secured the pair of fives with his three jacks for all of his style of drawing seemed like legerdemain.
Chapter 6 of Frank Merriwell's Backers by Burt L. Standish holds 218 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.
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