Chapter 6 of Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PICKING OUT A TEAM. "One, two, drop!" At the word there was a sudden thud as four bodies fell to the ground. Immediately afterward there was a creaking and a sound of straining as the four prostrate men pulled with all their might at a rope. Then there were long breaths and grunts, and presently one of the four exclaimed:
Chapter 6 of Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “breath” — the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading “Then there were long breaths and grunts, and presently one of the four exclaimed:”
a squeaking sound
From this reading “Immediately afterward there was a creaking and a sound of straining as the four prostrate men pulled with all their might at a rope.”
plural of “grunt” — the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
From this reading “Then there were long breaths and grunts, and presently one of the four exclaimed:”
the quantity of a crop that is harvested
From this reading “PICKING OUT A TEAM.”
get into a prostrate position, as in submission
From this reading “Immediately afterward there was a creaking and a sound of straining as the four prostrate men pulled with all their might at a rope.”
an intense or violent exertion
From this reading “Immediately afterward there was a creaking and a sound of straining as the four prostrate men pulled with all their might at a rope.”
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
From this reading “PICKING OUT A TEAM.”
make a dull sound
From this reading “At the word there was a sudden thud as four bodies fell to the ground.”
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 “Then there were long breaths and grunts, and presently one of the four exclaimed:”
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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 PICKING OUT A TEAM.
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading Immediately afterward there was a creaking and a sound of straining as the four prostrate men pulled with all their might at a rope.
(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 Immediately afterward there was a creaking and a sound of straining as the four prostrate men pulled with all their might at a rope.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Immediately afterward there was a creaking and a sound of straining as the four prostrate men pulled with all their might at a rope.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading At the word there was a sudden thud as four bodies fell to the ground.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the word there was a sudden thud as four bodies fell to the ground.
plural of “body” — the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading At the word there was a sudden thud as four bodies fell to the ground.
plural of “breath” — the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading Then there were long breaths and grunts, and presently one of the four exclaimed:
a squeaking sound
From this reading Immediately afterward there was a creaking and a sound of straining as the four prostrate men pulled with all their might at a rope.
let fall to the ground
From this reading "One, two, drop!"
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading Then there were long breaths and grunts, and presently one of the four exclaimed:
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading At the word there was a sudden thud as four bodies fell to the ground.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading At the word there was a sudden thud as four bodies fell to the ground.
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading At the word there was a sudden thud as four bodies fell to the ground.
plural of “grunt” — the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
From this reading Then there were long breaths and grunts, and presently one of the four exclaimed:
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading Immediately afterward there was a creaking and a sound of straining as the four prostrate men pulled with all their might at a rope.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Then there were long breaths and grunts, and presently one of the four exclaimed:
the force of workers available
From this reading Immediately afterward there was a creaking and a sound of straining as the four prostrate men pulled with all their might at a rope.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Immediately afterward there was a creaking and a sound of straining as the four prostrate men pulled with all their might at a rope.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Immediately afterward there was a creaking and a sound of straining as the four prostrate men pulled with all their might at a rope.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "One, two, drop!"
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading PICKING OUT A TEAM.
the quantity of a crop that is harvested
From this reading PICKING OUT A TEAM.
in the near future
From this reading Then there were long breaths and grunts, and presently one of the four exclaimed:
get into a prostrate position, as in submission
From this reading Immediately afterward there was a creaking and a sound of straining as the four prostrate men pulled with all their might at a rope.
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading Immediately afterward there was a creaking and a sound of straining as the four prostrate men pulled with all their might at a rope.
a strong line
From this reading Immediately afterward there was a creaking and a sound of straining as the four prostrate men pulled with all their might at a rope.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading Immediately afterward there was a creaking and a sound of straining as the four prostrate men pulled with all their might at a rope.
an intense or violent exertion
From this reading Immediately afterward there was a creaking and a sound of straining as the four prostrate men pulled with all their might at a rope.
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading At the word there was a sudden thud as four bodies fell to the ground.
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
From this reading PICKING OUT A TEAM.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At the word there was a sudden thud as four bodies fell to the ground.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Immediately afterward there was a creaking and a sound of straining as the four prostrate men pulled with all their might at a rope.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then there were long breaths and grunts, and presently one of the four exclaimed:
in or at that place or location
From this reading At the word there was a sudden thud as four bodies fell to the ground.
make a dull sound
From this reading At the word there was a sudden thud as four bodies fell to the ground.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At the word there was a sudden thud as four bodies fell to the ground.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading "One, two, drop!"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At the word there was a sudden thud as four bodies fell to the ground.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Then there were long breaths and grunts, and presently one of the four exclaimed:
in the company of; together with
From this reading Immediately afterward there was a creaking and a sound of straining as the four prostrate men pulled with all their might at a rope.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading At the word there was a sudden thud as four bodies fell to the ground.
Chapter 6 of Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale by Burt L. Standish holds 107 sentences, grouped into 22 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 6 holds 107 sentences of Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
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