Chapter 3 of The Arrival of Jimpson, and Other Stories for Boys About Boys is here in full — 445 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Arrival of Jimpson, and Other Stories for Boys About Boys is here in full — 445 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Come on! Come on, Marty!” shrieked Bob. The boy’s twinkling feet spurned the third bag and he swung homeward. The ball was settling into the second-baseman’s hands. The latter turned quickly and threw it straight, swift, unswerving toward the plate.
Chapter 3 of The Arrival of Jimpson, and Other Stories for Boys About Boys is here in full — 445 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessive form of “boy” — a youthful male person
toward home
From this reading “The boy’s twinkling feet spurned the third bag and he swung homeward.”
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
From this reading “The latter turned quickly and threw it straight, swift, unswerving toward the plate.”
a gradual sinking to a lower level
From this reading “The ball was settling into the second-baseman’s hands.”
uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror
From this reading “Come on, Marty!” shrieked Bob.”
rebuffed (by a lover) without warning
From this reading “The boy’s twinkling feet spurned the third bag and he swung homeward.”
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
From this reading “The boy’s twinkling feet spurned the third bag and he swung homeward.”
going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside
From this reading “The latter turned quickly and threw it straight, swift, unswerving toward the plate.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The boy’s twinkling feet spurned the third bag and he swung homeward.
a flexible container with a single opening
From this reading The boy’s twinkling feet spurned the third bag and he swung homeward.
round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
From this reading The ball was settling into the second-baseman’s hands.
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading Come on, Marty!” shrieked Bob.
possessive form of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading The boy’s twinkling feet spurned the third bag and he swung homeward.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come on!
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading The boy’s twinkling feet spurned the third bag and he swung homeward.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading The ball was settling into the second-baseman’s hands.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The boy’s twinkling feet spurned the third bag and he swung homeward.
toward home
From this reading The boy’s twinkling feet spurned the third bag and he swung homeward.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The ball was settling into the second-baseman’s hands.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The latter turned quickly and threw it straight, swift, unswerving toward the plate.
referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)
From this reading The latter turned quickly and threw it straight, swift, unswerving toward the plate.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Come on, Marty!” shrieked Bob.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Come on!
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
From this reading The latter turned quickly and threw it straight, swift, unswerving toward the plate.
with speed
From this reading The latter turned quickly and threw it straight, swift, unswerving toward the plate.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The ball was settling into the second-baseman’s hands.
a gradual sinking to a lower level
From this reading The ball was settling into the second-baseman’s hands.
uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror
From this reading Come on, Marty!” shrieked Bob.
rebuffed (by a lover) without warning
From this reading The boy’s twinkling feet spurned the third bag and he swung homeward.
successive (without a break)
From this reading The latter turned quickly and threw it straight, swift, unswerving toward the plate.
moving very fast
From this reading The latter turned quickly and threw it straight, swift, unswerving toward the plate.
inflected form of “swing” — move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
From this reading The boy’s twinkling feet spurned the third bag and he swung homeward.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The boy’s twinkling feet spurned the third bag and he swung homeward.
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading The boy’s twinkling feet spurned the third bag and he swung homeward.
inflected form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading The latter turned quickly and threw it straight, swift, unswerving toward the plate.
in the direction of
From this reading The latter turned quickly and threw it straight, swift, unswerving toward the plate.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading The latter turned quickly and threw it straight, swift, unswerving toward the plate.
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
From this reading The boy’s twinkling feet spurned the third bag and he swung homeward.
going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside
From this reading The latter turned quickly and threw it straight, swift, unswerving toward the plate.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The ball was settling into the second-baseman’s hands.
Chapter 3 of The Arrival of Jimpson, and Other Stories for Boys About Boys by Ralph Henry Barbour holds 445 sentences, grouped into 89 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 3 holds 445 sentences of The Arrival of Jimpson, and Other Stories for Boys About Boys, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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