Chapter 10 of Frank Merriwell's brother is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Frank Merriwell's brother is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE KIDNAPED GIRL. “Choke off the kid, Bill! Are you crazy, to let her screech like that?” The command came quick and sharp and suppressed. “Hanged ef I like this yar business of chokin’ babbys!
Chapter 10 of Frank Merriwell's brother is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
From this reading ““Choke off the kid, Bill!”
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
From this reading “The command came quick and sharp and suppressed.”
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading “Are you crazy, to let her screech like that?””
past form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading ““Hanged ef I like this yar business of chokin’ babbys!”
tell false information to for fun
From this reading ““Choke off the kid, Bill!”
past form of “kidnap” — take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
From this reading “THE KIDNAPED GIRL.”
a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
From this reading “Are you crazy, to let her screech like that?””
kept from public knowledge by various means
From this reading “The command came quick and sharp and suppressed.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The command came quick and sharp and suppressed.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are you crazy, to let her screech like that?”
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From this reading “Hanged ef I like this yar business of chokin’ babbys!
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading “Choke off the kid, Bill!
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading “Hanged ef I like this yar business of chokin’ babbys!
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The command came quick and sharp and suppressed.
breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
From this reading “Choke off the kid, Bill!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hanged ef I like this yar business of chokin’ babbys!
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
From this reading The command came quick and sharp and suppressed.
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading Are you crazy, to let her screech like that?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hanged ef I like this yar business of chokin’ babbys!
a young female
From this reading THE KIDNAPED GIRL.
past form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading “Hanged ef I like this yar business of chokin’ babbys!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Are you crazy, to let her screech like that?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Hanged ef I like this yar business of chokin’ babbys!
tell false information to for fun
From this reading “Choke off the kid, Bill!
past form of “kidnap” — take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
From this reading THE KIDNAPED GIRL.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Are you crazy, to let her screech like that?”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Are you crazy, to let her screech like that?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Hanged ef I like this yar business of chokin’ babbys!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “Choke off the kid, Bill!
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading The command came quick and sharp and suppressed.
a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
From this reading Are you crazy, to let her screech like that?”
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined
From this reading The command came quick and sharp and suppressed.
kept from public knowledge by various means
From this reading The command came quick and sharp and suppressed.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Are you crazy, to let her screech like that?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE KIDNAPED GIRL.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Hanged ef I like this yar business of chokin’ babbys!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Are you crazy, to let her screech like that?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hanged ef I like this yar business of chokin’ babbys!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Are you crazy, to let her screech like that?”
Chapter 10 of Frank Merriwell's brother by Burt L. Standish holds 180 sentences, grouped into 36 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 10 holds 180 sentences of Frank Merriwell's brother, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
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