Chapter 32 of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 32 of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“How’s everything, Chip?” “Great, Mr. Trayne! We’re going to do some topside playing this afternoon!” “Glad to hear it,” said the coach, with a smile. “Have you decided to keep Kess at second?”
Chapter 32 of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading “We’re going to do some topside playing this afternoon!””
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
From this reading ““How’s everything, Chip?””
teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports
From this reading ““Glad to hear it,” said the coach, with a smile.”
recognizable; marked
From this reading ““Have you decided to keep Kess at second?””
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading ““Glad to hear it,” said the coach, with a smile.”
the act of playing a musical instrument
From this reading “We’re going to do some topside playing this afternoon!””
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading ““Have you decided to keep Kess at second?””
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading ““Glad to hear it,” said the coach, with a smile.”
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.
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 “Glad to hear it,” said the coach, with a smile.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading We’re going to do some topside playing this afternoon!”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Have you decided to keep Kess at second?”
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
From this reading “How’s everything, Chip?”
teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports
From this reading “Glad to hear it,” said the coach, with a smile.
recognizable; marked
From this reading “Have you decided to keep Kess at second?”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading We’re going to do some topside playing this afternoon!”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “How’s everything, Chip?”
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading “Glad to hear it,” said the coach, with a smile.
the act of departing
From this reading We’re going to do some topside playing this afternoon!”
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading “Great, Mr. Trayne!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have you decided to keep Kess at second?”
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading “Glad to hear it,” said the coach, with a smile.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How’s everything, Chip?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Glad to hear it,” said the coach, with a smile.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading “Have you decided to keep Kess at second?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Have you decided to keep Kess at second?”
a form of address for a man
From this reading “Great, Mr. Trayne!
the act of playing a musical instrument
From this reading We’re going to do some topside playing this afternoon!”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Glad to hear it,” said the coach, with a smile.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading “Have you decided to keep Kess at second?”
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading “Glad to hear it,” said the coach, with a smile.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading We’re going to do some topside playing this afternoon!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Glad to hear it,” said the coach, with a smile.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading We’re going to do some topside playing this afternoon!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We’re going to do some topside playing this afternoon!”
(usually plural) weather deck; the part of a ship's hull that is above the waterline
From this reading We’re going to do some topside playing this afternoon!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Great, Mr. Trayne!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We’re going to do some topside playing this afternoon!”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Glad to hear it,” said the coach, with a smile.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Have you decided to keep Kess at second?”
Chapter 32 of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes by Burt L. Standish holds 146 sentences, grouped into 30 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 32 holds 146 sentences of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 32 of Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes by Burt L. Standish exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 146 sentences, grouped into 30 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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