Chapter 15 of The Eight-Oared Victors is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The Eight-Oared Victors is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE OLD GRADUATE "Say, did you think to bring any spoons, Tom?" "What about the condensed milk?" "And say, Tom, this isn't a good brand of coffee!" "What made you get all canned corn? Why didn't you include some beans, Tom?"
Chapter 15 of The Eight-Oared Victors is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bean” — any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
From this reading “Why didn't you include some beans, Tom?"”
a name given to a product or service
From this reading “"And say, Tom, this isn't a good brand of coffee!"”
recorded for broadcast
From this reading “"What made you get all canned corn?”
past form of “condense” — undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
From this reading “"What about the condensed milk?"”
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
From this reading “"What made you get all canned corn?”
receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies
From this reading “THE OLD GRADUATE "Say, did you think to bring any spoons, Tom?"”
have as a part, be made up out of
From this reading “Why didn't you include some beans, Tom?"”
plural of “spoon” — a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
From this reading “THE OLD GRADUATE "Say, did you think to bring any spoons, Tom?"”
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In this reading “"What about the condensed milk?"”
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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 "And say, Tom, this isn't a good brand of coffee!"
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "What about the condensed milk?"
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "What made you get all canned corn?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And say, Tom, this isn't a good brand of coffee!"
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading THE OLD GRADUATE "Say, did you think to bring any spoons, Tom?"
plural of “bean” — any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
From this reading Why didn't you include some beans, Tom?"
a name given to a product or service
From this reading "And say, Tom, this isn't a good brand of coffee!"
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading THE OLD GRADUATE "Say, did you think to bring any spoons, Tom?"
recorded for broadcast
From this reading "What made you get all canned corn?
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading "And say, Tom, this isn't a good brand of coffee!"
past form of “condense” — undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
From this reading "What about the condensed milk?"
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
From this reading "What made you get all canned corn?
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading THE OLD GRADUATE "Say, did you think to bring any spoons, Tom?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why didn't you include some beans, Tom?"
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "What made you get all canned corn?
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "And say, Tom, this isn't a good brand of coffee!"
receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies
From this reading THE OLD GRADUATE "Say, did you think to bring any spoons, Tom?"
have as a part, be made up out of
From this reading Why didn't you include some beans, Tom?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And say, Tom, this isn't a good brand of coffee!"
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "What made you get all canned corn?
a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
From this reading "What about the condensed milk?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "And say, Tom, this isn't a good brand of coffee!"
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading THE OLD GRADUATE "Say, did you think to bring any spoons, Tom?"
express in words
From this reading THE OLD GRADUATE "Say, did you think to bring any spoons, Tom?"
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Why didn't you include some beans, Tom?"
plural of “spoon” — a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
From this reading THE OLD GRADUATE "Say, did you think to bring any spoons, Tom?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE OLD GRADUATE "Say, did you think to bring any spoons, Tom?"
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading THE OLD GRADUATE "Say, did you think to bring any spoons, Tom?"
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "And say, Tom, this isn't a good brand of coffee!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE OLD GRADUATE "Say, did you think to bring any spoons, Tom?"
male cat
From this reading THE OLD GRADUATE "Say, did you think to bring any spoons, Tom?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What about the condensed milk?"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why didn't you include some beans, Tom?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE OLD GRADUATE "Say, did you think to bring any spoons, Tom?"
Chapter 15 of The Eight-Oared Victors by Lester Chadwick holds 153 sentences, grouped into 31 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 15 holds 153 sentences of The Eight-Oared Victors, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
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