Chapter 4 of Frank Merriwell's Pursuit is here in full — 242 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Frank Merriwell's Pursuit is here in full — 242 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE WOLVES. The pavilion was brilliantly lighted. Hundreds of Chinese lanterns were suspended from the beams and cross timbers. The musicians were hidden by an arbor of green at one end of the floor. The floor itself swarmed with dancers wearing all sorts of grotesque and beautiful costumes.
Chapter 4 of Frank Merriwell's Pursuit is here in full — 242 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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tree (as opposed to shrub)
From this reading “The musicians were hidden by an arbor of green at one end of the floor.”
with brightness
From this reading “The pavilion was brilliantly lighted.”
plural of “costume” — the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
From this reading “The floor itself swarmed with dancers wearing all sorts of grotesque and beautiful costumes.”
plural of “dancer” — a performer who dances professionally
From this reading “The floor itself swarmed with dancers wearing all sorts of grotesque and beautiful costumes.”
plural of “lantern” — light in a transparent protective case
From this reading “Hundreds of Chinese lanterns were suspended from the beams and cross timbers.”
plural of “musician” — someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
From this reading “The musicians were hidden by an arbor of green at one end of the floor.”
past form of “swarm” — be teeming, be abuzz
From this reading “The floor itself swarmed with dancers wearing all sorts of grotesque and beautiful costumes.”
plural of “timber” — the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
From this reading “Hundreds of Chinese lanterns were suspended from the beams and cross timbers.”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading The floor itself swarmed with dancers wearing all sorts of grotesque and beautiful costumes.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The musicians were hidden by an arbor of green at one end of the floor.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Hundreds of Chinese lanterns were suspended from the beams and cross timbers.
tree (as opposed to shrub)
From this reading The musicians were hidden by an arbor of green at one end of the floor.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The musicians were hidden by an arbor of green at one end of the floor.
plural of “beam” — a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather
From this reading Hundreds of Chinese lanterns were suspended from the beams and cross timbers.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading The floor itself swarmed with dancers wearing all sorts of grotesque and beautiful costumes.
with brightness
From this reading The pavilion was brilliantly lighted.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The musicians were hidden by an arbor of green at one end of the floor.
any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
From this reading Hundreds of Chinese lanterns were suspended from the beams and cross timbers.
plural of “costume” — the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
From this reading The floor itself swarmed with dancers wearing all sorts of grotesque and beautiful costumes.
travel across or pass over
From this reading Hundreds of Chinese lanterns were suspended from the beams and cross timbers.
plural of “dancer” — a performer who dances professionally
From this reading The floor itself swarmed with dancers wearing all sorts of grotesque and beautiful costumes.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading The musicians were hidden by an arbor of green at one end of the floor.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading The musicians were hidden by an arbor of green at one end of the floor.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Hundreds of Chinese lanterns were suspended from the beams and cross timbers.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading The musicians were hidden by an arbor of green at one end of the floor.
distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous
From this reading The floor itself swarmed with dancers wearing all sorts of grotesque and beautiful costumes.
not accessible to view
From this reading The musicians were hidden by an arbor of green at one end of the floor.
plural of “hundred” — ten 10s
From this reading Hundreds of Chinese lanterns were suspended from the beams and cross timbers.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The floor itself swarmed with dancers wearing all sorts of grotesque and beautiful costumes.
plural of “lantern” — light in a transparent protective case
From this reading Hundreds of Chinese lanterns were suspended from the beams and cross timbers.
set afire or burning
From this reading The pavilion was brilliantly lighted.
plural of “musician” — someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
From this reading The musicians were hidden by an arbor of green at one end of the floor.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Hundreds of Chinese lanterns were suspended from the beams and cross timbers.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The musicians were hidden by an arbor of green at one end of the floor.
large and often sumptuous tent
From this reading The pavilion was brilliantly lighted.
plural of “sort” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading The floor itself swarmed with dancers wearing all sorts of grotesque and beautiful costumes.
(of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment
From this reading Hundreds of Chinese lanterns were suspended from the beams and cross timbers.
past form of “swarm” — be teeming, be abuzz
From this reading The floor itself swarmed with dancers wearing all sorts of grotesque and beautiful costumes.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WOLVES.
plural of “timber” — the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
From this reading Hundreds of Chinese lanterns were suspended from the beams and cross timbers.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The pavilion was brilliantly lighted.
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
From this reading The floor itself swarmed with dancers wearing all sorts of grotesque and beautiful costumes.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Hundreds of Chinese lanterns were suspended from the beams and cross timbers.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The floor itself swarmed with dancers wearing all sorts of grotesque and beautiful costumes.
plural of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading THE WOLVES.
Chapter 4 of Frank Merriwell's Pursuit by Burt L. Standish holds 242 sentences, grouped into 49 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 4 holds 242 sentences of Frank Merriwell's Pursuit, unabridged, divided into 49 reading sections.
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