Chapter 40 of Frank Merriwell's False Friend is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 40 of Frank Merriwell's False Friend is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
VICTORY OF THE STROKE. The race was on! Down the lake they came, the freshmen and sophomores neck and neck. The great crowd shouted and cheered. Colors waved everywhere.
Chapter 40 of Frank Merriwell's False Friend is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “cheer” — give encouragement to
From this reading “The great crowd shouted and cheered.”
a flag that shows its nationality
From this reading “Colors waved everywhere.”
to or in any or all places
From this reading “Colors waved everywhere.”
plural of “freshman” — a first-year undergraduate
From this reading “Down the lake they came, the freshmen and sophomores neck and neck.”
plural of “sophomore” — a second-year undergraduate
From this reading “Down the lake they came, the freshmen and sophomores neck and neck.”
(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
From this reading “VICTORY OF THE STROKE.”
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading “VICTORY OF THE STROKE.”
past form of “wave” — signal with the hands or nod
From this reading “Colors waved everywhere.”
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.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Down the lake they came, the freshmen and sophomores neck and neck.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Down the lake they came, the freshmen and sophomores neck and neck.
past form of “cheer” — give encouragement to
From this reading The great crowd shouted and cheered.
a flag that shows its nationality
From this reading Colors waved everywhere.
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading The great crowd shouted and cheered.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Down the lake they came, the freshmen and sophomores neck and neck.
to or in any or all places
From this reading Colors waved everywhere.
plural of “freshman” — a first-year undergraduate
From this reading Down the lake they came, the freshmen and sophomores neck and neck.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The great crowd shouted and cheered.
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading Down the lake they came, the freshmen and sophomores neck and neck.
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading Down the lake they came, the freshmen and sophomores neck and neck.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading VICTORY OF THE STROKE.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The race was on!
any competition
From this reading The race was on!
in a vehement outcry
From this reading The great crowd shouted and cheered.
plural of “sophomore” — a second-year undergraduate
From this reading Down the lake they came, the freshmen and sophomores neck and neck.
(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
From this reading VICTORY OF THE STROKE.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading VICTORY OF THE STROKE.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Down the lake they came, the freshmen and sophomores neck and neck.
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading VICTORY OF THE STROKE.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The race was on!
past form of “wave” — signal with the hands or nod
From this reading Colors waved everywhere.
Chapter 40 of Frank Merriwell's False Friend by Burt L. Standish holds 154 sentences, grouped into 31 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 40 holds 154 sentences of Frank Merriwell's False Friend, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
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