Chapter 1 of Making the Nine is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Making the Nine is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AN UNWELCOME PROPOSITION “HOW they do yell! Where’s your patriotism, Phil, to be hanging round in this gloomy crowd when all your friends are howling their heads off outside? Don’t you know Yale won the game? Why aren’t you out there with the rest?” Philip Poole looked up with a smile, but did not reply.
Chapter 1 of Making the Nine is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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depressingly dark
From this reading “Where’s your patriotism, Phil, to be hanging round in this gloomy crowd when all your friends are howling their heads off outside?”
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
From this reading “Where’s your patriotism, Phil, to be hanging round in this gloomy crowd when all your friends are howling their heads off outside?”
a long loud emotional utterance
From this reading “Where’s your patriotism, Phil, to be hanging round in this gloomy crowd when all your friends are howling their heads off outside?”
love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
From this reading “Where’s your patriotism, Phil, to be hanging round in this gloomy crowd when all your friends are howling their heads off outside?”
(logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
From this reading “AN UNWELCOME PROPOSITION “HOW they do yell!”
not welcome; not giving pleasure or received with pleasure
From this reading “AN UNWELCOME PROPOSITION “HOW they do yell!”
a university in Connecticut
From this reading “Don’t you know Yale won the game?”
a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading “AN UNWELCOME PROPOSITION “HOW they do yell!”
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In this reading “Where’s your patriotism, Phil, to be hanging round in this gloomy crowd when all your friends are howling their heads off outside?”
seek information from
In this reading “Philip Poole looked up with a smile, but did not reply.”
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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 Philip Poole looked up with a smile, but did not reply.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN UNWELCOME PROPOSITION “HOW they do yell!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
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From this reading Why aren’t you out there with the rest?”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Where’s your patriotism, Phil, to be hanging round in this gloomy crowd when all your friends are howling their heads off outside?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Philip Poole looked up with a smile, but did not reply.
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading Where’s your patriotism, Phil, to be hanging round in this gloomy crowd when all your friends are howling their heads off outside?
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Philip Poole looked up with a smile, but did not reply.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading AN UNWELCOME PROPOSITION “HOW they do yell!
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From this reading Don’t you know Yale won the game?
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Where’s your patriotism, Phil, to be hanging round in this gloomy crowd when all your friends are howling their heads off outside?
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading Don’t you know Yale won the game?
depressingly dark
From this reading Where’s your patriotism, Phil, to be hanging round in this gloomy crowd when all your friends are howling their heads off outside?
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
From this reading Where’s your patriotism, Phil, to be hanging round in this gloomy crowd when all your friends are howling their heads off outside?
plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
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From this reading AN UNWELCOME PROPOSITION “HOW they do yell!
a long loud emotional utterance
From this reading Where’s your patriotism, Phil, to be hanging round in this gloomy crowd when all your friends are howling their heads off outside?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Where’s your patriotism, Phil, to be hanging round in this gloomy crowd when all your friends are howling their heads off outside?
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Don’t you know Yale won the game?
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Philip Poole looked up with a smile, but did not reply.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Philip Poole looked up with a smile, but did not reply.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Where’s your patriotism, Phil, to be hanging round in this gloomy crowd when all your friends are howling their heads off outside?
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Why aren’t you out there with the rest?”
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading Where’s your patriotism, Phil, to be hanging round in this gloomy crowd when all your friends are howling their heads off outside?
love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
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From this reading Where’s your patriotism, Phil, to be hanging round in this gloomy crowd when all your friends are howling their heads off outside?
Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)
From this reading Philip Poole looked up with a smile, but did not reply.
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From this reading Philip Poole looked up with a smile, but did not reply.
(logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
From this reading AN UNWELCOME PROPOSITION “HOW they do yell!
a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
From this reading Philip Poole looked up with a smile, but did not reply.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading Why aren’t you out there with the rest?”
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading Where’s your patriotism, Phil, to be hanging round in this gloomy crowd when all your friends are howling their heads off outside?
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Philip Poole looked up with a smile, but did not reply.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Don’t you know Yale won the game?
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Where’s your patriotism, Phil, to be hanging round in this gloomy crowd when all your friends are howling their heads off outside?
in or at that place or location
From this reading Why aren’t you out there with the rest?”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading AN UNWELCOME PROPOSITION “HOW they do yell!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Where’s your patriotism, Phil, to be hanging round in this gloomy crowd when all your friends are howling their heads off outside?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Where’s your patriotism, Phil, to be hanging round in this gloomy crowd when all your friends are howling their heads off outside?
not welcome; not giving pleasure or received with pleasure
From this reading AN UNWELCOME PROPOSITION “HOW they do yell!
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Philip Poole looked up with a smile, but did not reply.
at the time that
From this reading Where’s your patriotism, Phil, to be hanging round in this gloomy crowd when all your friends are howling their heads off outside?
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From this reading Where’s your patriotism, Phil, to be hanging round in this gloomy crowd when all your friends are howling their heads off outside?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why aren’t you out there with the rest?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Why aren’t you out there with the rest?”
the basic unit of money in South Korea
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a university in Connecticut
From this reading Don’t you know Yale won the game?
a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading AN UNWELCOME PROPOSITION “HOW they do yell!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Don’t you know Yale won the game?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Where’s your patriotism, Phil, to be hanging round in this gloomy crowd when all your friends are howling their heads off outside?
Chapter 1 of Making the Nine by Albertus T. (Albertus True) Dudley holds 126 sentences, grouped into 26 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.
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