Chapter 15 of Frank Merriwell's brother is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Frank Merriwell's brother is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A REBELLIOUS SPIRIT. “Hee-haw! hee-haw! hee-haw!” Rattle-ty-smash! rattle-ty-thump! thump! smash! thud! “Hee-haw! hee-haw! hee-haw!” “Oh, ha! ha! ha! ha!
Chapter 15 of Frank Merriwell's brother is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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resisting control or authority
From this reading “A REBELLIOUS SPIRIT.”
hit hard
From this reading “Rattle-ty-smash! rattle-ty-thump! thump! smash! thud!”
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading “A REBELLIOUS SPIRIT.”
make a dull sound
From this reading “Rattle-ty-smash! rattle-ty-thump! thump! smash! thud!”
move rhythmically
From this reading “Rattle-ty-smash! rattle-ty-thump! thump! smash! thud!”
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.
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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 A REBELLIOUS SPIRIT.
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
From this reading “Oh, ha! ha! ha! ha!
a loud laugh that sounds like a horse neighing
From this reading “Hee-haw! hee-haw! hee-haw!”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, ha! ha! ha! ha!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rattle-ty-smash! rattle-ty-thump! thump! smash! thud!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rattle-ty-smash! rattle-ty-thump! thump! smash! thud!
resisting control or authority
From this reading A REBELLIOUS SPIRIT.
hit hard
From this reading Rattle-ty-smash! rattle-ty-thump! thump! smash! thud!
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading A REBELLIOUS SPIRIT.
make a dull sound
From this reading Rattle-ty-smash! rattle-ty-thump! thump! smash! thud!
move rhythmically
From this reading Rattle-ty-smash! rattle-ty-thump! thump! smash! thud!
Chapter 15 of Frank Merriwell's brother by Burt L. Standish holds 350 sentences, grouped into 70 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 15 holds 350 sentences of Frank Merriwell's brother, unabridged, divided into 70 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of Frank Merriwell's brother by Burt L. Standish exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 350 sentences, grouped into 70 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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