Chapter 6 of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes is here in full — 144 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes is here in full — 144 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“When are them guys coming?” “They’ll be along pretty quick, Bully. I hear there ain’t any game Saturday?” “No. There’s been a flood down the valley, and them Greenville scrubs wired that they wouldn’t be up. They’re all helpin’ flood sufferers.
Chapter 6 of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes is here in full — 144 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a cruel and brutal fellow
From this reading ““They’ll be along pretty quick, Bully.”
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
From this reading ““No. There’s been a flood down the valley, and them Greenville scrubs wired that they wouldn’t be up.”
a town in northwest South Carolina in the Piedmont
From this reading ““No. There’s been a flood down the valley, and them Greenville scrubs wired that they wouldn’t be up.”
plural of “guy” — an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading ““When are them guys coming?””
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading “I hear there ain’t any game Saturday?””
plural of “sufferer” — a person suffering from an illness
From this reading “They’re all helpin’ flood sufferers.”
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading ““No. There’s been a flood down the valley, and them Greenville scrubs wired that they wouldn’t be up.”
equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service
From this reading ““No. There’s been a flood down the valley, and them Greenville scrubs wired that they wouldn’t be up.”
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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 “No. There’s been a flood down the valley, and them Greenville scrubs wired that they wouldn’t be up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I hear there ain’t any game Saturday?”
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading They’re all helpin’ flood sufferers.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “They’ll be along pretty quick, Bully.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “No. There’s been a flood down the valley, and them Greenville scrubs wired that they wouldn’t be up.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading I hear there ain’t any game Saturday?”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “When are them guys coming?”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “They’ll be along pretty quick, Bully.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “No. There’s been a flood down the valley, and them Greenville scrubs wired that they wouldn’t be up.
a cruel and brutal fellow
From this reading “They’ll be along pretty quick, Bully.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “When are them guys coming?”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “No. There’s been a flood down the valley, and them Greenville scrubs wired that they wouldn’t be up.
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
From this reading “No. There’s been a flood down the valley, and them Greenville scrubs wired that they wouldn’t be up.
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading I hear there ain’t any game Saturday?”
a town in northwest South Carolina in the Piedmont
From this reading “No. There’s been a flood down the valley, and them Greenville scrubs wired that they wouldn’t be up.
plural of “guy” — an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading “When are them guys coming?”
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading I hear there ain’t any game Saturday?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They’re all helpin’ flood sufferers.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I hear there ain’t any game Saturday?”
not any; not one
From this reading “No. There’s been a flood down the valley, and them Greenville scrubs wired that they wouldn’t be up.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading “They’ll be along pretty quick, Bully.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading “They’ll be along pretty quick, Bully.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading I hear there ain’t any game Saturday?”
protective garment worn by surgeons during operations
From this reading “No. There’s been a flood down the valley, and them Greenville scrubs wired that they wouldn’t be up.
plural of “sufferer” — a person suffering from an illness
From this reading They’re all helpin’ flood sufferers.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “No. There’s been a flood down the valley, and them Greenville scrubs wired that they wouldn’t be up.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “No. There’s been a flood down the valley, and them Greenville scrubs wired that they wouldn’t be up.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “When are them guys coming?”
in or at that place or location
From this reading I hear there ain’t any game Saturday?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No. There’s been a flood down the valley, and them Greenville scrubs wired that they wouldn’t be up.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “No. There’s been a flood down the valley, and them Greenville scrubs wired that they wouldn’t be up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They’ll be along pretty quick, Bully.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They’re all helpin’ flood sufferers.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “No. There’s been a flood down the valley, and them Greenville scrubs wired that they wouldn’t be up.
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading “No. There’s been a flood down the valley, and them Greenville scrubs wired that they wouldn’t be up.
at the time that
From this reading “When are them guys coming?”
equipped with wire or wires especially for electric or telephone service
From this reading “No. There’s been a flood down the valley, and them Greenville scrubs wired that they wouldn’t be up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No. There’s been a flood down the valley, and them Greenville scrubs wired that they wouldn’t be up.
Chapter 6 of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes by Burt L. Standish holds 144 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 6 holds 144 sentences of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes by Burt L. Standish exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 144 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.
Work through the 29 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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