Chapter 20 of Good men and true, and Hit the line hard is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of Good men and true, and Hit the line hard is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Roger Drake caught his breath. “Sir, do you inhale it or do you use a needle? Can you prove any of that?” “Prove it!” returned Neighbor indignantly. “I don’t have to prove it--I know it.
Chapter 20 of Good men and true, and Hit the line hard is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading “Roger Drake caught his breath.”
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading “Roger Drake caught his breath.”
English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
From this reading “Roger Drake caught his breath.”
in an indignant manner
From this reading ““Prove it!” returned Neighbor indignantly.”
draw deep into the lungs in by breathing
From this reading ““Sir, do you inhale it or do you use a needle?”
the leaf of a conifer
From this reading ““Sir, do you inhale it or do you use a needle?”
a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading ““Prove it!” returned Neighbor indignantly.”
be shown or be found to be
From this reading “Can you prove any of that?””
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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 “Sir, do you inhale it or do you use a needle?
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Can you prove any of that?”
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading Roger Drake caught his breath.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Can you prove any of that?”
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading Roger Drake caught his breath.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Sir, do you inhale it or do you use a needle?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I don’t have to prove it--I know it.
English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
From this reading Roger Drake caught his breath.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I don’t have to prove it--I know it.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Roger Drake caught his breath.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I don’t have to prove it--I know it.
in an indignant manner
From this reading “Prove it!” returned Neighbor indignantly.
draw deep into the lungs in by breathing
From this reading “Sir, do you inhale it or do you use a needle?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Sir, do you inhale it or do you use a needle?
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “I don’t have to prove it--I know it.
the leaf of a conifer
From this reading “Sir, do you inhale it or do you use a needle?
a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading “Prove it!” returned Neighbor indignantly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Can you prove any of that?”
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “Sir, do you inhale it or do you use a needle?
be shown or be found to be
From this reading Can you prove any of that?”
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading “Prove it!” returned Neighbor indignantly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Roger Drake caught his breath.
term of address for a man
From this reading “Sir, do you inhale it or do you use a needle?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Can you prove any of that?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I don’t have to prove it--I know it.
the act of using
From this reading “Sir, do you inhale it or do you use a needle?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Sir, do you inhale it or do you use a needle?
Chapter 20 of Good men and true, and Hit the line hard by Eugene Manlove Rhodes holds 147 sentences, grouped into 30 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 20 holds 147 sentences of Good men and true, and Hit the line hard, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
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