Chapter 11 of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Carsonville was emptying itself. Every person in town, young and old, was a baseball enthusiast. The grand stand and bleachers of the club grounds were invariably crowded every Saturday. But on this one Saturday it seemed as though the town had gone crazy over the game. So, after a fashion, it had.
Chapter 11 of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes is here in full — 159 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 “Every person in town, young and old, was a baseball enthusiast.”
(used in the plural) an outdoor grandstand without a roof; patrons are exposed to the sun as linens are when they are bleached
From this reading “The grand stand and bleachers of the club grounds were invariably crowded every Saturday.”
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading “But on this one Saturday it seemed as though the town had gone crazy over the game.”
the act of removing the contents of something
From this reading “Carsonville was emptying itself.”
an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
From this reading “Every person in town, young and old, was a baseball enthusiast.”
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
From this reading “The grand stand and bleachers of the club grounds were invariably crowded every Saturday.”
without variation or change, in every case
From this reading “The grand stand and bleachers of the club grounds were invariably crowded every Saturday.”
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading “The grand stand and bleachers of the club grounds were invariably crowded every Saturday.”
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.
to some extent; not very well
In this reading “So, after a fashion, it had.”
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 Every person in town, young and old, was a baseball enthusiast.
later than; following
From this reading So, after a fashion, it had.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Every person in town, young and old, was a baseball enthusiast.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But on this one Saturday it seemed as though the town had gone crazy over the game.
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 Every person in town, young and old, was a baseball enthusiast.
(used in the plural) an outdoor grandstand without a roof; patrons are exposed to the sun as linens are when they are bleached
From this reading The grand stand and bleachers of the club grounds were invariably crowded every Saturday.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But on this one Saturday it seemed as though the town had gone crazy over the game.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Carsonville was emptying itself.
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading The grand stand and bleachers of the club grounds were invariably crowded every Saturday.
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading But on this one Saturday it seemed as though the town had gone crazy over the game.
overfilled or compacted or concentrated
From this reading The grand stand and bleachers of the club grounds were invariably crowded every Saturday.
the act of removing the contents of something
From this reading Carsonville was emptying itself.
an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
From this reading Every person in town, young and old, was a baseball enthusiast.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every person in town, young and old, was a baseball enthusiast.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading So, after a fashion, it had.
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading But on this one Saturday it seemed as though the town had gone crazy over the game.
destroyed or killed
From this reading But on this one Saturday it seemed as though the town had gone crazy over the game.
of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
From this reading The grand stand and bleachers of the club grounds were invariably crowded every Saturday.
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
From this reading The grand stand and bleachers of the club grounds were invariably crowded every Saturday.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But on this one Saturday it seemed as though the town had gone crazy over the game.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Every person in town, young and old, was a baseball enthusiast.
without variation or change, in every case
From this reading The grand stand and bleachers of the club grounds were invariably crowded every Saturday.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But on this one Saturday it seemed as though the town had gone crazy over the game.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Carsonville was emptying itself.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The grand stand and bleachers of the club grounds were invariably crowded every Saturday.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Every person in town, young and old, was a baseball enthusiast.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But on this one Saturday it seemed as though the town had gone crazy over the game.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But on this one Saturday it seemed as though the town had gone crazy over the game.
above and across; more than
From this reading But on this one Saturday it seemed as though the town had gone crazy over the game.
a human being
From this reading Every person in town, young and old, was a baseball enthusiast.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading The grand stand and bleachers of the club grounds were invariably crowded every Saturday.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading But on this one Saturday it seemed as though the town had gone crazy over the game.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So, after a fashion, it had.
be standing; be upright
From this reading The grand stand and bleachers of the club grounds were invariably crowded every Saturday.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The grand stand and bleachers of the club grounds were invariably crowded every Saturday.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But on this one Saturday it seemed as though the town had gone crazy over the game.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading But on this one Saturday it seemed as though the town had gone crazy over the game.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading Every person in town, young and old, was a baseball enthusiast.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Carsonville was emptying itself.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The grand stand and bleachers of the club grounds were invariably crowded every Saturday.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Every person in town, young and old, was a baseball enthusiast.
Chapter 11 of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes by Burt L. Standish holds 159 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 11 holds 159 sentences of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
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