Chapter 35 of Frank Merriwell's Races is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 35 of Frank Merriwell's Races is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE TOURNAMENT. The interior of Madison Square Garden was decorated with the colors of a dozen colleges, and was aglow with hundreds of bright lights. The rows of seats, tier upon tier, were packed with people. The private boxes were all taken. A band was playing a lively air, and the tournament was on.
Chapter 35 of Frank Merriwell's Races is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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softly bright or radiant
From this reading “The interior of Madison Square Garden was decorated with the colors of a dozen colleges, and was aglow with hundreds of bright lights.”
plural of “college” — the body of faculty and students of a college
From this reading “The interior of Madison Square Garden was decorated with the colors of a dozen colleges, and was aglow with hundreds of bright lights.”
a flag that shows its nationality
From this reading “The interior of Madison Square Garden was decorated with the colors of a dozen colleges, and was aglow with hundreds of bright lights.”
provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction
From this reading “The interior of Madison Square Garden was decorated with the colors of a dozen colleges, and was aglow with hundreds of bright lights.”
4th President of the United States; member of the Continental Congress and rapporteur at the Constitutional Convention in 1776; helped frame the Bill of Rights (1751-1836)
From this reading “The interior of Madison Square Garden was decorated with the colors of a dozen colleges, and was aglow with hundreds of bright lights.”
plural of “row” — an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
From this reading “The rows of seats, tier upon tier, were packed with people.”
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
From this reading “The rows of seats, tier upon tier, were packed with people.”
a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
From this reading “THE TOURNAMENT.”
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 The interior of Madison Square Garden was decorated with the colors of a dozen colleges, and was aglow with hundreds of bright lights.
softly bright or radiant
From this reading The interior of Madison Square Garden was decorated with the colors of a dozen colleges, and was aglow with hundreds of bright lights.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading A band was playing a lively air, and the tournament was on.
(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 private boxes were all taken.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The interior of Madison Square Garden was decorated with the colors of a dozen colleges, and was aglow with hundreds of bright lights.
an unofficial association of people or groups
From this reading A band was playing a lively air, and the tournament was on.
plural of “box” — a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
From this reading The private boxes were all taken.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading The interior of Madison Square Garden was decorated with the colors of a dozen colleges, and was aglow with hundreds of bright lights.
plural of “college” — the body of faculty and students of a college
From this reading The interior of Madison Square Garden was decorated with the colors of a dozen colleges, and was aglow with hundreds of bright lights.
a flag that shows its nationality
From this reading The interior of Madison Square Garden was decorated with the colors of a dozen colleges, and was aglow with hundreds of bright lights.
provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction
From this reading The interior of Madison Square Garden was decorated with the colors of a dozen colleges, and was aglow with hundreds of bright lights.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading The interior of Madison Square Garden was decorated with the colors of a dozen colleges, and was aglow with hundreds of bright lights.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading The interior of Madison Square Garden was decorated with the colors of a dozen colleges, and was aglow with hundreds of bright lights.
plural of “hundred” — ten 10s
From this reading The interior of Madison Square Garden was decorated with the colors of a dozen colleges, and was aglow with hundreds of bright lights.
situated within or suitable for inside a building
From this reading The interior of Madison Square Garden was decorated with the colors of a dozen colleges, and was aglow with hundreds of bright lights.
plural of “light” — (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
From this reading The interior of Madison Square Garden was decorated with the colors of a dozen colleges, and was aglow with hundreds of bright lights.
full of life and energy
From this reading A band was playing a lively air, and the tournament was on.
4th President of the United States; member of the Continental Congress and rapporteur at the Constitutional Convention in 1776; helped frame the Bill of Rights (1751-1836)
From this reading The interior of Madison Square Garden was decorated with the colors of a dozen colleges, and was aglow with hundreds of bright lights.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The interior of Madison Square Garden was decorated with the colors of a dozen colleges, and was aglow with hundreds of bright lights.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A band was playing a lively air, and the tournament was on.
extremely crowed or filled to capacity
From this reading The rows of seats, tier upon tier, were packed with people.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading The rows of seats, tier upon tier, were packed with people.
the act of playing a musical instrument
From this reading A band was playing a lively air, and the tournament was on.
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
From this reading The private boxes were all taken.
plural of “row” — an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line
From this reading The rows of seats, tier upon tier, were packed with people.
an area that includes places where several people can sit
From this reading The rows of seats, tier upon tier, were packed with people.
make square
From this reading The interior of Madison Square Garden was decorated with the colors of a dozen colleges, and was aglow with hundreds of bright lights.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading The private boxes were all taken.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TOURNAMENT.
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
From this reading The rows of seats, tier upon tier, were packed with people.
a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
From this reading THE TOURNAMENT.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The rows of seats, tier upon tier, were packed with people.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The interior of Madison Square Garden was decorated with the colors of a dozen colleges, and was aglow with hundreds of bright lights.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The rows of seats, tier upon tier, were packed with people.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The interior of Madison Square Garden was decorated with the colors of a dozen colleges, and was aglow with hundreds of bright lights.
Chapter 35 of Frank Merriwell's Races by Burt L. Standish holds 112 sentences, grouped into 23 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 35 holds 112 sentences of Frank Merriwell's Races, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
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