Chapter 25 of Frank Merriwell's Reward is here in full — 225 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of Frank Merriwell's Reward is here in full — 225 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE GHOST OF BARNEY MULLOY. "Another calm!" Bart growled, in disgust. Night was approaching, and the _Sarah Jane_ lay becalmed a mile from shore and nearly ten miles from Sea Cove. The shore, high and sandy, was plainly visible, with pretty cottages among some trees a short distance back from the edge of the water.
Chapter 25 of Frank Merriwell's Reward is here in full — 225 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight
From this reading “Bart growled, in disgust.”
rendered motionless for lack of wind
From this reading “Night was approaching, and the _Sarah Jane_ lay becalmed a mile from shore and nearly ten miles from Sea Cove.”
plural of “cottage” — a small house with a single story
From this reading “The shore, high and sandy, was plainly visible, with pretty cottages among some trees a short distance back from the edge of the water.”
a small inlet
From this reading “Night was approaching, and the _Sarah Jane_ lay becalmed a mile from shore and nearly ten miles from Sea Cove.”
fill with distaste
From this reading “Bart growled, in disgust.”
past form of “growl” — to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
From this reading “Bart growled, in disgust.”
of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown
From this reading “The shore, high and sandy, was plainly visible, with pretty cottages among some trees a short distance back from the edge of the water.”
(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
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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 Night was approaching, and the _Sarah Jane_ lay becalmed a mile from shore and nearly ten miles from Sea Cove.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The shore, high and sandy, was plainly visible, with pretty cottages among some trees a short distance back from the edge of the water.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Night was approaching, and the _Sarah Jane_ lay becalmed a mile from shore and nearly ten miles from Sea Cove.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading "Another calm!"
the event of one object coming closer to another
From this reading Night was approaching, and the _Sarah Jane_ lay becalmed a mile from shore and nearly ten miles from Sea Cove.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading The shore, high and sandy, was plainly visible, with pretty cottages among some trees a short distance back from the edge of the water.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE GHOST OF BARNEY MULLOY.
a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight
From this reading Bart growled, in disgust.
rendered motionless for lack of wind
From this reading Night was approaching, and the _Sarah Jane_ lay becalmed a mile from shore and nearly ten miles from Sea Cove.
make calm or still
From this reading "Another calm!"
plural of “cottage” — a small house with a single story
From this reading The shore, high and sandy, was plainly visible, with pretty cottages among some trees a short distance back from the edge of the water.
a small inlet
From this reading Night was approaching, and the _Sarah Jane_ lay becalmed a mile from shore and nearly ten miles from Sea Cove.
fill with distaste
From this reading Bart growled, in disgust.
the property created by the space between two objects or points
From this reading The shore, high and sandy, was plainly visible, with pretty cottages among some trees a short distance back from the edge of the water.
the boundary of a surface
From this reading The shore, high and sandy, was plainly visible, with pretty cottages among some trees a short distance back from the edge of the water.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Night was approaching, and the _Sarah Jane_ lay becalmed a mile from shore and nearly ten miles from Sea Cove.
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading THE GHOST OF BARNEY MULLOY.
past form of “growl” — to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
From this reading Bart growled, in disgust.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading The shore, high and sandy, was plainly visible, with pretty cottages among some trees a short distance back from the edge of the water.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Bart growled, in disgust.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Night was approaching, and the _Sarah Jane_ lay becalmed a mile from shore and nearly ten miles from Sea Cove.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Night was approaching, and the _Sarah Jane_ lay becalmed a mile from shore and nearly ten miles from Sea Cove.
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading Night was approaching, and the _Sarah Jane_ lay becalmed a mile from shore and nearly ten miles from Sea Cove.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading Night was approaching, and the _Sarah Jane_ lay becalmed a mile from shore and nearly ten miles from Sea Cove.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE GHOST OF BARNEY MULLOY.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Night was approaching, and the _Sarah Jane_ lay becalmed a mile from shore and nearly ten miles from Sea Cove.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Night was approaching, and the _Sarah Jane_ lay becalmed a mile from shore and nearly ten miles from Sea Cove.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE GHOST OF BARNEY MULLOY.
unmistakably (“plain” is often used informally for “plainly”)
From this reading The shore, high and sandy, was plainly visible, with pretty cottages among some trees a short distance back from the edge of the water.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading The shore, high and sandy, was plainly visible, with pretty cottages among some trees a short distance back from the edge of the water.
of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown
From this reading The shore, high and sandy, was plainly visible, with pretty cottages among some trees a short distance back from the edge of the water.
(Old Testament) the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac
From this reading Night was approaching, and the _Sarah Jane_ lay becalmed a mile from shore and nearly ten miles from Sea Cove.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading Night was approaching, and the _Sarah Jane_ lay becalmed a mile from shore and nearly ten miles from Sea Cove.
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading Night was approaching, and the _Sarah Jane_ lay becalmed a mile from shore and nearly ten miles from Sea Cove.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading The shore, high and sandy, was plainly visible, with pretty cottages among some trees a short distance back from the edge of the water.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading The shore, high and sandy, was plainly visible, with pretty cottages among some trees a short distance back from the edge of the water.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading Night was approaching, and the _Sarah Jane_ lay becalmed a mile from shore and nearly ten miles from Sea Cove.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GHOST OF BARNEY MULLOY.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading The shore, high and sandy, was plainly visible, with pretty cottages among some trees a short distance back from the edge of the water.
capable of being seen; or open to easy view
From this reading The shore, high and sandy, was plainly visible, with pretty cottages among some trees a short distance back from the edge of the water.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Night was approaching, and the _Sarah Jane_ lay becalmed a mile from shore and nearly ten miles from Sea Cove.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading The shore, high and sandy, was plainly visible, with pretty cottages among some trees a short distance back from the edge of the water.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The shore, high and sandy, was plainly visible, with pretty cottages among some trees a short distance back from the edge of the water.
Chapter 25 of Frank Merriwell's Reward by Burt L. Standish holds 225 sentences, grouped into 45 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 25 holds 225 sentences of Frank Merriwell's Reward, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
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