Chapter 15 of Frank Merriwell's Fun is here in full — 231 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Frank Merriwell's Fun is here in full — 231 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
REAL FRIENDS. “Here, here, what in blazes do you think you are doing――catching balloons? Use your hands, you chump! What are your hands made for, anyway?” “You fall on the ball like a lobster!
Chapter 15 of Frank Merriwell's Fun is here in full — 231 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading “What are your hands made for, anyway?””
round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
From this reading ““You fall on the ball like a lobster!”
plural of “balloon” — large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
From this reading ““Here, here, what in blazes do you think you are doing――catching balloons?”
plural of “blaze” — a strong flame that burns brightly
From this reading ““Here, here, what in blazes do you think you are doing――catching balloons?”
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
From this reading ““Here, here, what in blazes do you think you are doing――catching balloons?”
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
From this reading “Use your hands, you chump!”
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading ““You fall on the ball like a lobster!”
flesh of a lobster
From this reading ““You fall on the ball like a lobster!”
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 ““You fall on the ball like a lobster!”
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 “You fall on the ball like a lobster!
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading What are your hands made for, anyway?”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Here, here, what in blazes do you think you are doing――catching balloons?
round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
From this reading “You fall on the ball like a lobster!
plural of “balloon” — large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
From this reading “Here, here, what in blazes do you think you are doing――catching balloons?
plural of “blaze” — a strong flame that burns brightly
From this reading “Here, here, what in blazes do you think you are doing――catching balloons?
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
From this reading “Here, here, what in blazes do you think you are doing――catching balloons?
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
From this reading Use your hands, you chump!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Here, here, what in blazes do you think you are doing――catching balloons?
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading “Here, here, what in blazes do you think you are doing――catching balloons?
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading “You fall on the ball like a lobster!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading What are your hands made for, anyway?”
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading REAL FRIENDS.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Use your hands, you chump!
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Here, here, what in blazes do you think you are doing――catching balloons?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Here, here, what in blazes do you think you are doing――catching balloons?
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “You fall on the ball like a lobster!
flesh of a lobster
From this reading “You fall on the ball like a lobster!
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading What are your hands made for, anyway?”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “You fall on the ball like a lobster!
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading REAL FRIENDS.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “You fall on the ball like a lobster!
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “Here, here, what in blazes do you think you are doing――catching balloons?
the act of using
From this reading Use your hands, you chump!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Here, here, what in blazes do you think you are doing――catching balloons?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Here, here, what in blazes do you think you are doing――catching balloons?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Use your hands, you chump!
Chapter 15 of Frank Merriwell's Fun by Burt L. Standish holds 231 sentences, grouped into 47 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 15 holds 231 sentences of Frank Merriwell's Fun, unabridged, divided into 47 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of Frank Merriwell's Fun by Burt L. Standish exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 231 sentences, grouped into 47 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.
Work through the 47 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 47 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 15 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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