Chapter 20 of Frank Merriwell's Fun is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of Frank Merriwell's Fun is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE LION HEART. In the Yale dressing-rooms there was excitement. The men were being hastily rubbed down. They were sore and dispirited. Some men had come down from the pine seats.
Chapter 20 of Frank Merriwell's Fun is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm
From this reading “They were sore and dispirited.”
in a hurried or hasty manner
From this reading “The men were being hastily rubbed down.”
large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
From this reading “THE LION HEART.”
a coniferous tree
From this reading “Some men had come down from the pine seats.”
inflected form of “rub” — move over something with pressure
From this reading “The men were being hastily rubbed down.”
an area that includes places where several people can sit
From this reading “Some men had come down from the pine seats.”
hurting
From this reading “They were sore and dispirited.”
a university in Connecticut
From this reading “In the Yale dressing-rooms there was excitement.”
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.
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
In this reading “Some men had come down from the pine seats.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They were sore and dispirited.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The men were being hastily rubbed down.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Some men had come down from the pine seats.
marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm
From this reading They were sore and dispirited.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The men were being hastily rubbed down.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the Yale dressing-rooms there was excitement.
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
From this reading In the Yale dressing-rooms there was excitement.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Some men had come down from the pine seats.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Some men had come down from the pine seats.
in a hurried or hasty manner
From this reading The men were being hastily rubbed down.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading THE LION HEART.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the Yale dressing-rooms there was excitement.
large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
From this reading THE LION HEART.
the force of workers available
From this reading The men were being hastily rubbed down.
a coniferous tree
From this reading Some men had come down from the pine seats.
inflected form of “rub” — move over something with pressure
From this reading The men were being hastily rubbed down.
an area that includes places where several people can sit
From this reading Some men had come down from the pine seats.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Some men had come down from the pine seats.
hurting
From this reading They were sore and dispirited.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LION HEART.
in or at that place or location
From this reading In the Yale dressing-rooms there was excitement.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were sore and dispirited.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the Yale dressing-rooms there was excitement.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The men were being hastily rubbed down.
a university in Connecticut
From this reading In the Yale dressing-rooms there was excitement.
Chapter 20 of Frank Merriwell's Fun by Burt L. Standish holds 182 sentences, grouped into 37 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 20 holds 182 sentences of Frank Merriwell's Fun, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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