Chapter 38 of Frank Merriwell's False Friend is here in full — 100 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 38 of Frank Merriwell's False Friend is here in full — 100 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HIS FOES “SCATTERED AROUND.” Buster Bill had met the surprise of his life. He had not dreamed of anything like this. Why, he would have bet his life that he could whip any man in Yale with one hand tied behind his back! That was before the encounter.
Chapter 38 of Frank Merriwell's False Friend is here in full — 100 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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maintain with or as if with a bet
From this reading “Why, he would have bet his life that he could whip any man in Yale with one hand tied behind his back!”
an informal form of address for a man
From this reading “Buster Bill had met the surprise of his life.”
conceived of or imagined or hoped for
From this reading “He had not dreamed of anything like this.”
come together
From this reading “That was before the encounter.”
plural of “foe” — an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
From this reading “HIS FOES “SCATTERED AROUND.””
occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
From this reading “HIS FOES “SCATTERED AROUND.””
beat severely with a whip or rod
From this reading “Why, he would have bet his life that he could whip any man in Yale with one hand tied behind his back!”
a university in Connecticut
From this reading “Why, he would have bet his life that he could whip any man in Yale with one hand tied behind his back!”
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 “Why, he would have bet his life that he could whip any man in Yale with one hand tied behind his back!”
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.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Why, he would have bet his life that he could whip any man in Yale with one hand tied behind his back!
any thing at all
From this reading He had not dreamed of anything like this.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading HIS FOES “SCATTERED AROUND.”
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Why, he would have bet his life that he could whip any man in Yale with one hand tied behind his back!
earlier than; in front of
From this reading That was before the encounter.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Why, he would have bet his life that he could whip any man in Yale with one hand tied behind his back!
maintain with or as if with a bet
From this reading Why, he would have bet his life that he could whip any man in Yale with one hand tied behind his back!
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading Buster Bill had met the surprise of his life.
an informal form of address for a man
From this reading Buster Bill had met the surprise of his life.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Why, he would have bet his life that he could whip any man in Yale with one hand tied behind his back!
conceived of or imagined or hoped for
From this reading He had not dreamed of anything like this.
come together
From this reading That was before the encounter.
plural of “foe” — an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
From this reading HIS FOES “SCATTERED AROUND.”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Buster Bill had met the surprise of his life.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Why, he would have bet his life that he could whip any man in Yale with one hand tied behind his back!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Why, he would have bet his life that he could whip any man in Yale with one hand tied behind his back!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had not dreamed of anything like this.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading HIS FOES “SCATTERED AROUND.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Why, he would have bet his life that he could whip any man in Yale with one hand tied behind his back!
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Buster Bill had met the surprise of his life.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading He had not dreamed of anything like this.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Why, he would have bet his life that he could whip any man in Yale with one hand tied behind his back!
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading Buster Bill had met the surprise of his life.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He had not dreamed of anything like this.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Buster Bill had met the surprise of his life.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Why, he would have bet his life that he could whip any man in Yale with one hand tied behind his back!
occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
From this reading HIS FOES “SCATTERED AROUND.”
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading Buster Bill had met the surprise of his life.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Why, he would have bet his life that he could whip any man in Yale with one hand tied behind his back!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Buster Bill had met the surprise of his life.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He had not dreamed of anything like this.
bound or secured closely
From this reading Why, he would have bet his life that he could whip any man in Yale with one hand tied behind his back!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was before the encounter.
beat severely with a whip or rod
From this reading Why, he would have bet his life that he could whip any man in Yale with one hand tied behind his back!
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, he would have bet his life that he could whip any man in Yale with one hand tied behind his back!
in the company of; together with
From this reading Why, he would have bet his life that he could whip any man in Yale with one hand tied behind his back!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Why, he would have bet his life that he could whip any man in Yale with one hand tied behind his back!
a university in Connecticut
From this reading Why, he would have bet his life that he could whip any man in Yale with one hand tied behind his back!
Chapter 38 of Frank Merriwell's False Friend by Burt L. Standish holds 100 sentences, grouped into 20 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.
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