Chapter 16 of Full-Back Foster is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Full-Back Foster is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CONSPIRACY "Full-back!" exclaimed Myron. "Why, I never played it! I don't know it! I----" "Piffle! What's the difference?
Chapter 16 of Full-Back Foster is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/39 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
From this reading “CONSPIRACY "Full-back!" exclaimed Myron.”
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
From this reading “What's the difference?”
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading “CONSPIRACY "Full-back!" exclaimed Myron.”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “I don't know it!”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “"Why, I never played it!”
(of games) engaged in
From this reading “"Why, I never played it!”
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a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
From this reading CONSPIRACY "Full-back!" exclaimed Myron.
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
From this reading What's the difference?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I don't know it!
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading CONSPIRACY "Full-back!" exclaimed Myron.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CONSPIRACY "Full-back!" exclaimed Myron.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Why, I never played it!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Why, I never played it!
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I don't know it!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CONSPIRACY "Full-back!" exclaimed Myron.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "Why, I never played it!
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
From this reading I----" "Piffle!
(of games) engaged in
From this reading "Why, I never played it!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What's the difference?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What's the difference?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why, I never played it!
Chapter 16 of Full-Back Foster by Ralph Henry Barbour holds 196 sentences, grouped into 40 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 16 holds 196 sentences of Full-Back Foster, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of Full-Back Foster by Ralph Henry Barbour exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 196 sentences, grouped into 40 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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