Chapter 8 of Frank Merriwell's Backers is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Frank Merriwell's Backers is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MERRIWELL AND BIG MONTE. As he lay behind his stricken horse, Merriwell pulled his rifle around and got it ready for use. Peering over the body of the animal, he watched the hut. The sun, which was dropping toward the west, was still decidedly uncomfortable. It blazed upon him with a feeling like the heat from a bake-oven.
Chapter 8 of Frank Merriwell's Backers is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “blaze” — shine brightly and intensively
From this reading “It blazed upon him with a feeling like the heat from a bake-oven.”
without question and beyond doubt
From this reading “The sun, which was dropping toward the west, was still decidedly uncomfortable.”
coming down freely under the influence of gravity
From this reading “The sun, which was dropping toward the west, was still decidedly uncomfortable.”
temporary military shelter
From this reading “Peering over the body of the animal, he watched the hut.”
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 “MERRIWELL AND BIG MONTE.”
-ing form of “peer” — look searchingly
From this reading “Peering over the body of the animal, he watched the hut.”
grievously affected especially by disease
From this reading “As he lay behind his stricken horse, Merriwell pulled his rifle around and got it ready for use.”
conducive to or feeling mental discomfort
From this reading “The sun, which was dropping toward the west, was still decidedly uncomfortable.”
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.
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In this reading “The sun, which was dropping toward the west, was still decidedly uncomfortable.”
In this reading “As he lay behind his stricken horse, Merriwell pulled his rifle around and got it ready for use.”
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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 It blazed upon him with a feeling like the heat from a bake-oven.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MERRIWELL AND BIG MONTE.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading Peering over the body of the animal, he watched the hut.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading As he lay behind his stricken horse, Merriwell pulled his rifle around and got it ready for use.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As he lay behind his stricken horse, Merriwell pulled his rifle around and got it ready for use.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It blazed upon him with a feeling like the heat from a bake-oven.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading As he lay behind his stricken horse, Merriwell pulled his rifle around and got it ready for use.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading MERRIWELL AND BIG MONTE.
past form of “blaze” — shine brightly and intensively
From this reading It blazed upon him with a feeling like the heat from a bake-oven.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading Peering over the body of the animal, he watched the hut.
without question and beyond doubt
From this reading The sun, which was dropping toward the west, was still decidedly uncomfortable.
coming down freely under the influence of gravity
From this reading The sun, which was dropping toward the west, was still decidedly uncomfortable.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading It blazed upon him with a feeling like the heat from a bake-oven.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As he lay behind his stricken horse, Merriwell pulled his rifle around and got it ready for use.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It blazed upon him with a feeling like the heat from a bake-oven.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading As he lay behind his stricken horse, Merriwell pulled his rifle around and got it ready for use.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As he lay behind his stricken horse, Merriwell pulled his rifle around and got it ready for use.
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
From this reading It blazed upon him with a feeling like the heat from a bake-oven.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It blazed upon him with a feeling like the heat from a bake-oven.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading As he lay behind his stricken horse, Merriwell pulled his rifle around and got it ready for use.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading As he lay behind his stricken horse, Merriwell pulled his rifle around and got it ready for use.
temporary military shelter
From this reading Peering over the body of the animal, he watched the hut.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading As he lay behind his stricken horse, Merriwell pulled his rifle around and got it ready for use.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading As he lay behind his stricken horse, Merriwell pulled his rifle around and got it ready for use.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It blazed upon him with a feeling like the heat from a bake-oven.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MERRIWELL AND BIG MONTE.
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 MERRIWELL AND BIG MONTE.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Peering over the body of the animal, he watched the hut.
above and across; more than
From this reading Peering over the body of the animal, he watched the hut.
-ing form of “peer” — look searchingly
From this reading Peering over the body of the animal, he watched the hut.
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading As he lay behind his stricken horse, Merriwell pulled his rifle around and got it ready for use.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading As he lay behind his stricken horse, Merriwell pulled his rifle around and got it ready for use.
steal goods; take as spoils
From this reading As he lay behind his stricken horse, Merriwell pulled his rifle around and got it ready for use.
not in physical motion
From this reading The sun, which was dropping toward the west, was still decidedly uncomfortable.
grievously affected especially by disease
From this reading As he lay behind his stricken horse, Merriwell pulled his rifle around and got it ready for use.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading The sun, which was dropping toward the west, was still decidedly uncomfortable.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Peering over the body of the animal, he watched the hut.
in the direction of
From this reading The sun, which was dropping toward the west, was still decidedly uncomfortable.
conducive to or feeling mental discomfort
From this reading The sun, which was dropping toward the west, was still decidedly uncomfortable.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It blazed upon him with a feeling like the heat from a bake-oven.
the act of using
From this reading As he lay behind his stricken horse, Merriwell pulled his rifle around and got it ready for use.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sun, which was dropping toward the west, was still decidedly uncomfortable.
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading Peering over the body of the animal, he watched the hut.
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading The sun, which was dropping toward the west, was still decidedly uncomfortable.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The sun, which was dropping toward the west, was still decidedly uncomfortable.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It blazed upon him with a feeling like the heat from a bake-oven.
Chapter 8 of Frank Merriwell's Backers by Burt L. Standish holds 207 sentences, grouped into 42 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 8 holds 207 sentences of Frank Merriwell's Backers, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Frank Merriwell's Backers by Burt L. Standish exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 207 sentences, grouped into 42 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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