Chapter 17 of Garry Grayson at Lenox High is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Garry Grayson at Lenox High is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field. His heart was beating like a triphammer. He was really playing on the first team! He was playing in the place of Dittler, a star! Could he really fill the position?
Chapter 17 of Garry Grayson at Lenox High is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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the act of overcoming or outdoing
From this reading “His heart was beating like a triphammer.”
bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
From this reading “WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.”
make full, also in a metaphorical sense
From this reading “Could he really fill the position?”
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading “WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.”
inflected form of “speed” — move hurridly
From this reading “WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.”
plural of “spur” — a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
From this reading “WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.”
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
From this reading “He was really playing on the first team!”
having won
From this reading “WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.”
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.
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get rid of
In this reading “WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.”
In this reading “WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
the act of overcoming or outdoing
From this reading His heart was beating like a triphammer.
bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Could he really fill the position?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He was playing in the place of Dittler, a star!
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
make full, also in a metaphorical sense
From this reading Could he really fill the position?
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading He was really playing on the first team!
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was really playing on the first team!
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading His heart was beating like a triphammer.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was playing in the place of Dittler, a star!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was playing in the place of Dittler, a star!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He was really playing on the first team!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading He was playing in the place of Dittler, a star!
the act of playing a musical instrument
From this reading He was really playing on the first team!
the particular portion of space occupied by something
From this reading Could he really fill the position?
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading He was really playing on the first team!
inflected form of “speed” — move hurridly
From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
plural of “spur” — a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading He was playing in the place of Dittler, a star!
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
From this reading He was really playing on the first team!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
inflected form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
a massive power hammer; raised by a cam until released to fall under gravity
From this reading His heart was beating like a triphammer.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His heart was beating like a triphammer.
having won
From this reading WINNING HIS SPURS Like a flash Garry Grayson threw off his blanket and sped out into the field.
Chapter 17 of Garry Grayson at Lenox High by Edward Stratemeyer holds 116 sentences, grouped into 24 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 17 holds 116 sentences of Garry Grayson at Lenox High, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
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