Chapter 24 of Frank Merriwell's Chase is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of Frank Merriwell's Chase is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AFTER THE RACE. There was a faint cheer from the shore. Merriwell had won the race, and the man from Greenville was second. Welch had received a merited ducking, but was rescued from the water without much trouble. Welch was furious.
Chapter 24 of Frank Merriwell's Chase is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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give encouragement to
From this reading “There was a faint cheer from the shore.”
hunting ducks
From this reading “Welch had received a merited ducking, but was rescued from the water without much trouble.”
marked by extreme and violent energy
From this reading “Welch was furious.”
a town in northwest South Carolina in the Piedmont
From this reading “Merriwell had won the race, and the man from Greenville was second.”
properly deserved
From this reading “Welch had received a merited ducking, but was rescued from the water without much trouble.”
delivered from danger
From this reading “Welch had received a merited ducking, but was rescued from the water without much trouble.”
cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt
From this reading “Welch had received a merited ducking, but was rescued from the water without much trouble.”
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading “Merriwell had won the race, and the man from Greenville was second.”
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 “There was a faint cheer from the shore.”
In this reading “Welch had received a merited ducking, but was rescued from the water without much trouble.”
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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 was a faint cheer from the shore.
later than; following
From this reading AFTER THE RACE.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Merriwell had won the race, and the man from Greenville was second.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Welch had received a merited ducking, but was rescued from the water without much trouble.
give encouragement to
From this reading There was a faint cheer from the shore.
hunting ducks
From this reading Welch had received a merited ducking, but was rescued from the water without much trouble.
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading There was a faint cheer from the shore.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There was a faint cheer from the shore.
marked by extreme and violent energy
From this reading Welch was furious.
a town in northwest South Carolina in the Piedmont
From this reading Merriwell had won the race, and the man from Greenville was second.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Merriwell had won the race, and the man from Greenville was second.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Merriwell had won the race, and the man from Greenville was second.
properly deserved
From this reading Welch had received a merited ducking, but was rescued from the water without much trouble.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Merriwell had won the race, and the man from Greenville was second.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Welch had received a merited ducking, but was rescued from the water without much trouble.
any competition
From this reading AFTER THE RACE.
conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
From this reading Welch had received a merited ducking, but was rescued from the water without much trouble.
delivered from danger
From this reading Welch had received a merited ducking, but was rescued from the water without much trouble.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Merriwell had won the race, and the man from Greenville was second.
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading There was a faint cheer from the shore.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AFTER THE RACE.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was a faint cheer from the shore.
a source of difficulty
From this reading Welch had received a merited ducking, but was rescued from the water without much trouble.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a faint cheer from the shore.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Welch had received a merited ducking, but was rescued from the water without much trouble.
cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt
From this reading Welch had received a merited ducking, but was rescued from the water without much trouble.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Welch had received a merited ducking, but was rescued from the water without much trouble.
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading Merriwell had won the race, and the man from Greenville was second.
Chapter 24 of Frank Merriwell's Chase by Burt L. Standish holds 88 sentences, grouped into 18 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 24 holds 88 sentences of Frank Merriwell's Chase, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
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