Chapter 1 of The Eight-Oared Victors is here in full — 225 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Eight-Oared Victors is here in full — 225 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Eight-Oared Victors is here in full — 225 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
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a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
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a historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain
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plural of “pitcher” — (baseball) the person who does the pitching
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pull or pull out sharply
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plural of “sport” — an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
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a score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents' goal line
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a university in Connecticut
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a United States military decoration for gallantry in action
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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in or near a particular place or position
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
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artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading Cloth.
the body of faculty and students of a college
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an institution created to conduct business
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a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
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past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading Illustrated.
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a historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain
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an indefinitely short time
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not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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plural of “pitcher” — (baseball) the person who does the pitching
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pull or pull out sharply
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be equal to in quality or ability
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perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
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similar things placed in order or happening one after another
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a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
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plural of “sport” — an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
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plural of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
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a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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a score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents' goal line
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binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
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having won
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a university in Connecticut
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the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
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