Chapter 5 of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I’m awful-l-ly gl-l-lad to meet you! Bil-l-ly’s tol-l-ld me a l-l-lot about Chip Merriwel-l-l!” “We seem to have come along just right,” said Merry, shaking hands with Chub. “But we’d better get home, Billy Mac. We seem to attract a good deal of attention in these running togs.”
Chapter 5 of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
From this reading “We seem to attract a good deal of attention in these running togs.””
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading ““But we’d better get home, Billy Mac.”
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
From this reading “Bil-l-ly’s tol-l-ld me a l-l-lot about Chip Merriwel-l-l!””
a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
From this reading ““But we’d better get home, Billy Mac.”
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading ““We seem to have come along just right,” said Merry, shaking hands with Chub.”
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading “We seem to attract a good deal of attention in these running togs.””
the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements
From this reading ““We seem to have come along just right,” said Merry, shaking hands with Chub.”
informal terms for clothing
From this reading “We seem to attract a good deal of attention in these running togs.””
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 ““We seem to have come along just right,” said Merry, shaking hands with Chub.”
come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
In this reading ““We seem to have come along just right,” said Merry, shaking hands with Chub.”
In this reading ““But we’d better get home, Billy Mac.”
In this reading “We seem to attract a good deal of attention in these running togs.””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Bil-l-ly’s tol-l-ld me a l-l-lot about Chip Merriwel-l-l!”
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Bil-l-ly’s tol-l-ld me a l-l-lot about Chip Merriwel-l-l!”
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “We seem to have come along just right,” said Merry, shaking hands with Chub.
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading We seem to attract a good deal of attention in these running togs.”
direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
From this reading We seem to attract a good deal of attention in these running togs.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m awful-l-ly gl-l-lad to meet you!
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading “But we’d better get home, Billy Mac.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bil-l-ly’s tol-l-ld me a l-l-lot about Chip Merriwel-l-l!”
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading “But we’d better get home, Billy Mac.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But we’d better get home, Billy Mac.
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
From this reading Bil-l-ly’s tol-l-ld me a l-l-lot about Chip Merriwel-l-l!”
European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body
From this reading “We seem to have come along just right,” said Merry, shaking hands with Chub.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “We seem to have come along just right,” said Merry, shaking hands with Chub.
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading We seem to attract a good deal of attention in these running togs.”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “But we’d better get home, Billy Mac.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m awful-l-ly gl-l-lad to meet you!
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading We seem to attract a good deal of attention in these running togs.”
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading “We seem to have come along just right,” said Merry, shaking hands with Chub.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “We seem to have come along just right,” said Merry, shaking hands with Chub.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “But we’d better get home, Billy Mac.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m awful-l-ly gl-l-lad to meet you!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We seem to attract a good deal of attention in these running togs.”
and nothing more
From this reading “We seem to have come along just right,” said Merry, shaking hands with Chub.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bil-l-ly’s tol-l-ld me a l-l-lot about Chip Merriwel-l-l!”
a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
From this reading “But we’d better get home, Billy Mac.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Bil-l-ly’s tol-l-ld me a l-l-lot about Chip Merriwel-l-l!”
come together
From this reading “I’m awful-l-ly gl-l-lad to meet you!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bil-l-ly’s tol-l-ld me a l-l-lot about Chip Merriwel-l-l!”
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading “We seem to have come along just right,” said Merry, shaking hands with Chub.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We seem to attract a good deal of attention in these running togs.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “We seem to have come along just right,” said Merry, shaking hands with Chub.
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading We seem to attract a good deal of attention in these running togs.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “We seem to have come along just right,” said Merry, shaking hands with Chub.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “We seem to have come along just right,” said Merry, shaking hands with Chub.
the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements
From this reading “We seem to have come along just right,” said Merry, shaking hands with Chub.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading We seem to attract a good deal of attention in these running togs.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I’m awful-l-ly gl-l-lad to meet you!
informal terms for clothing
From this reading We seem to attract a good deal of attention in these running togs.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bil-l-ly’s tol-l-ld me a l-l-lot about Chip Merriwel-l-l!”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We seem to have come along just right,” said Merry, shaking hands with Chub.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But we’d better get home, Billy Mac.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “We seem to have come along just right,” said Merry, shaking hands with Chub.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I’m awful-l-ly gl-l-lad to meet you!
Chapter 5 of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes by Burt L. Standish holds 143 sentences, grouped into 29 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 5 holds 143 sentences of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes by Burt L. Standish exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 143 sentences, grouped into 29 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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