Chapter 9 of Frank Merriwell's Races is here in full — 270 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Frank Merriwell's Races is here in full — 270 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A FIGHT AGAINST ODDS. "Diamond!" "Great Scott!" "Here's trouble!" The lads about the table sprang to their feet, giving utterance to these exclamations.
Chapter 9 of Frank Merriwell's Races is here in full — 270 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
From this reading “"Diamond!"”
plural of “exclamation” — an abrupt excited utterance
From this reading “The lads about the table sprang to their feet, giving utterance to these exclamations.”
the act of giving
From this reading “The lads about the table sprang to their feet, giving utterance to these exclamations.”
plural of “lad” — a boy or man
From this reading “The lads about the table sprang to their feet, giving utterance to these exclamations.”
the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
From this reading “A FIGHT AGAINST ODDS.”
award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)
From this reading “"Great Scott!"”
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “The lads about the table sprang to their feet, giving utterance to these exclamations.”
the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
From this reading “The lads about the table sprang to their feet, giving utterance to these exclamations.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A FIGHT AGAINST ODDS.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The lads about the table sprang to their feet, giving utterance to these exclamations.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading A FIGHT AGAINST ODDS.
a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
From this reading "Diamond!"
plural of “exclamation” — an abrupt excited utterance
From this reading The lads about the table sprang to their feet, giving utterance to these exclamations.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading The lads about the table sprang to their feet, giving utterance to these exclamations.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading A FIGHT AGAINST ODDS.
the act of giving
From this reading The lads about the table sprang to their feet, giving utterance to these exclamations.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading "Great Scott!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Here's trouble!"
plural of “lad” — a boy or man
From this reading The lads about the table sprang to their feet, giving utterance to these exclamations.
the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
From this reading A FIGHT AGAINST ODDS.
award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)
From this reading "Great Scott!"
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading The lads about the table sprang to their feet, giving utterance to these exclamations.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading The lads about the table sprang to their feet, giving utterance to these exclamations.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The lads about the table sprang to their feet, giving utterance to these exclamations.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The lads about the table sprang to their feet, giving utterance to these exclamations.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The lads about the table sprang to their feet, giving utterance to these exclamations.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The lads about the table sprang to their feet, giving utterance to these exclamations.
a source of difficulty
From this reading "Here's trouble!"
the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
From this reading The lads about the table sprang to their feet, giving utterance to these exclamations.
Chapter 9 of Frank Merriwell's Races by Burt L. Standish holds 270 sentences, grouped into 54 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 9 holds 270 sentences of Frank Merriwell's Races, unabridged, divided into 54 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Frank Merriwell's Races by Burt L. Standish exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 270 sentences, grouped into 54 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.
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