Chapter 8 of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
That evening, the McQuade homestead thrummed with eager voices. Six of the best local players, carefully picked by McCarthy, had gathered. A good many more had offered their services, but most of these had more enthusiasm than baseball knowledge. “We sure need a first baseman,” exclaimed Spaulding. Merry smiled.
Chapter 8 of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
From this reading “A good many more had offered their services, but most of these had more enthusiasm than baseball knowledge.”
a feeling of excitement
From this reading “A good many more had offered their services, but most of these had more enthusiasm than baseball knowledge.”
the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
From this reading “That evening, the McQuade homestead thrummed with eager voices.”
relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area
From this reading “Six of the best local players, carefully picked by McCarthy, had gathered.”
United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989)
From this reading “Six of the best local players, carefully picked by McCarthy, had gathered.”
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading “Merry smiled.”
plural of “player” — a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
From this reading “Six of the best local players, carefully picked by McCarthy, had gathered.”
performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others
From this reading “A good many more had offered their services, but most of these had more enthusiasm than baseball knowledge.”
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 “That evening, the McQuade homestead thrummed with eager voices.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 good many more had offered their services, but most of these had more enthusiasm than baseball knowledge.
a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
From this reading A good many more had offered their services, but most of these had more enthusiasm than baseball knowledge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We sure need a first baseman,” exclaimed Spaulding.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading Six of the best local players, carefully picked by McCarthy, had gathered.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A good many more had offered their services, but most of these had more enthusiasm than baseball knowledge.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Six of the best local players, carefully picked by McCarthy, had gathered.
taking care or paying attention
From this reading Six of the best local players, carefully picked by McCarthy, had gathered.
having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
From this reading That evening, the McQuade homestead thrummed with eager voices.
a feeling of excitement
From this reading A good many more had offered their services, but most of these had more enthusiasm than baseball knowledge.
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading That evening, the McQuade homestead thrummed with eager voices.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading “We sure need a first baseman,” exclaimed Spaulding.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading “We sure need a first baseman,” exclaimed Spaulding.
brought together in one place
From this reading Six of the best local players, carefully picked by McCarthy, had gathered.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading A good many more had offered their services, but most of these had more enthusiasm than baseball knowledge.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Six of the best local players, carefully picked by McCarthy, had gathered.
the home and adjacent grounds occupied by a family
From this reading That evening, the McQuade homestead thrummed with eager voices.
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
From this reading A good many more had offered their services, but most of these had more enthusiasm than baseball knowledge.
relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area
From this reading Six of the best local players, carefully picked by McCarthy, had gathered.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading A good many more had offered their services, but most of these had more enthusiasm than baseball knowledge.
United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989)
From this reading Six of the best local players, carefully picked by McCarthy, had gathered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That evening, the McQuade homestead thrummed with eager voices.
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading Merry smiled.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading A good many more had offered their services, but most of these had more enthusiasm than baseball knowledge.
used to form the superlative
From this reading A good many more had offered their services, but most of these had more enthusiasm than baseball knowledge.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading “We sure need a first baseman,” exclaimed Spaulding.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Six of the best local players, carefully picked by McCarthy, had gathered.
past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading A good many more had offered their services, but most of these had more enthusiasm than baseball knowledge.
past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group
From this reading Six of the best local players, carefully picked by McCarthy, had gathered.
plural of “player” — a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
From this reading Six of the best local players, carefully picked by McCarthy, had gathered.
performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others
From this reading A good many more had offered their services, but most of these had more enthusiasm than baseball knowledge.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading Six of the best local players, carefully picked by McCarthy, had gathered.
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Merry smiled.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We sure need a first baseman,” exclaimed Spaulding.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “We sure need a first baseman,” exclaimed Spaulding.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading A good many more had offered their services, but most of these had more enthusiasm than baseball knowledge.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That evening, the McQuade homestead thrummed with eager voices.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That evening, the McQuade homestead thrummed with eager voices.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A good many more had offered their services, but most of these had more enthusiasm than baseball knowledge.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading A good many more had offered their services, but most of these had more enthusiasm than baseball knowledge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That evening, the McQuade homestead thrummed with eager voices.
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading That evening, the McQuade homestead thrummed with eager voices.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We sure need a first baseman,” exclaimed Spaulding.
in the company of; together with
From this reading That evening, the McQuade homestead thrummed with eager voices.
Chapter 8 of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes by Burt L. Standish holds 160 sentences, grouped into 32 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 8 holds 160 sentences of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
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