Chapter 7 of Rivals for the Team is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Rivals for the Team is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“HIS GRACE, THE DUKE” Hugh Ordway was a success from the start. Everyone who met him found him interesting and attractive. They didn’t put it in just that way. Nick said: “His Grace, the Duke of Glyndestoke, is a little bit of all-right.” Pop Driver said, “A clever lad, that Ordway.
Chapter 7 of Rivals for the Team is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm
From this reading “Everyone who met him found him interesting and attractive.”
showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
From this reading “Pop Driver said, “A clever lad, that Ordway.”
the operator of a motor vehicle
From this reading “Pop Driver said, “A clever lad, that Ordway.”
a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading ““HIS GRACE, THE DUKE” Hugh Ordway was a success from the start.”
every person
From this reading “Everyone who met him found him interesting and attractive.”
arousing or holding the attention
From this reading “Everyone who met him found him interesting and attractive.”
cut slightly, with a razor
From this reading “Nick said: “His Grace, the Duke of Glyndestoke, is a little bit of all-right.””
bulge outward
From this reading “Pop Driver said, “A clever lad, that Ordway.”
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In this reading “Nick said: “His Grace, the Duke of Glyndestoke, is a little bit of all-right.””
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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 “HIS GRACE, THE DUKE” Hugh Ordway was a success from the start.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nick said: “His Grace, the Duke of Glyndestoke, is a little bit of all-right.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Everyone who met him found him interesting and attractive.
pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm
From this reading Everyone who met him found him interesting and attractive.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading Nick said: “His Grace, the Duke of Glyndestoke, is a little bit of all-right.”
showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
From this reading Pop Driver said, “A clever lad, that Ordway.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They didn’t put it in just that way.
the operator of a motor vehicle
From this reading Pop Driver said, “A clever lad, that Ordway.
a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading “HIS GRACE, THE DUKE” Hugh Ordway was a success from the start.
every person
From this reading Everyone who met him found him interesting and attractive.
set up or found
From this reading Everyone who met him found him interesting and attractive.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “HIS GRACE, THE DUKE” Hugh Ordway was a success from the start.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nick said: “His Grace, the Duke of Glyndestoke, is a little bit of all-right.”
(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
From this reading “HIS GRACE, THE DUKE” Hugh Ordway was a success from the start.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Everyone who met him found him interesting and attractive.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “HIS GRACE, THE DUKE” Hugh Ordway was a success from the start.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “HIS GRACE, THE DUKE” Hugh Ordway was a success from the start.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They didn’t put it in just that way.
arousing or holding the attention
From this reading Everyone who met him found him interesting and attractive.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Nick said: “His Grace, the Duke of Glyndestoke, is a little bit of all-right.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They didn’t put it in just that way.
and nothing more
From this reading They didn’t put it in just that way.
a boy or man
From this reading Pop Driver said, “A clever lad, that Ordway.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Nick said: “His Grace, the Duke of Glyndestoke, is a little bit of all-right.”
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading Everyone who met him found him interesting and attractive.
cut slightly, with a razor
From this reading Nick said: “His Grace, the Duke of Glyndestoke, is a little bit of all-right.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Nick said: “His Grace, the Duke of Glyndestoke, is a little bit of all-right.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “HIS GRACE, THE DUKE” Hugh Ordway was a success from the start.
bulge outward
From this reading Pop Driver said, “A clever lad, that Ordway.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading They didn’t put it in just that way.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Nick said: “His Grace, the Duke of Glyndestoke, is a little bit of all-right.”
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “HIS GRACE, THE DUKE” Hugh Ordway was a success from the start.
an event that accomplishes its intended purpose
From this reading “HIS GRACE, THE DUKE” Hugh Ordway was a success from the start.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They didn’t put it in just that way.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “HIS GRACE, THE DUKE” Hugh Ordway was a success from the start.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They didn’t put it in just that way.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “HIS GRACE, THE DUKE” Hugh Ordway was a success from the start.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading They didn’t put it in just that way.
which person or people
From this reading Everyone who met him found him interesting and attractive.
Chapter 7 of Rivals for the Team by Ralph Henry Barbour holds 119 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 7 holds 119 sentences of Rivals for the Team, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
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