Chapter 35 of The Eight-Oared Victors is here in full — 273 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 35 of The Eight-Oared Victors is here in full — 273 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE EIGHT-OARED VICTORS "Here they come, boys! Get ready!" yelled Bean Perkins, wildly waving his megaphone. "Here they come!" "Oh wow!" shouted Joe Jackson. "For the love of Cæsar tell us who's ahead."
Chapter 35 of The Eight-Oared Victors is here in full — 273 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
From this reading “Get ready!" yelled Bean Perkins, wildly waving his megaphone.”
English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936)
From this reading “"Oh wow!" shouted Joe Jackson.”
a cone-shaped acoustic device held to the mouth to intensify and direct the human voice
From this reading “Get ready!" yelled Bean Perkins, wildly waving his megaphone.”
plural of “victor” — a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
From this reading “THE EIGHT-OARED VICTORS "Here they come, boys!”
the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
From this reading “Get ready!" yelled Bean Perkins, wildly waving his megaphone.”
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
From this reading “Get ready!" yelled Bean Perkins, wildly waving his megaphone.”
a joke that seems extremely funny
From this reading “"Oh wow!" shouted Joe Jackson.”
in a vehement outcry
From this reading “Get ready!" yelled Bean Perkins, wildly waving his megaphone.”
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.
In this reading “Get ready!" yelled Bean Perkins, wildly waving his megaphone.”
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at or in the front
From this reading "For the love of Cæsar tell us who's ahead."
any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
From this reading Get ready!" yelled Bean Perkins, wildly waving his megaphone.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading THE EIGHT-OARED VICTORS "Here they come, boys!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading THE EIGHT-OARED VICTORS "Here they come, boys!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "For the love of Cæsar tell us who's ahead."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE EIGHT-OARED VICTORS "Here they come, boys!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "For the love of Cæsar tell us who's ahead."
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Get ready!" yelled Bean Perkins, wildly waving his megaphone.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading THE EIGHT-OARED VICTORS "Here they come, boys!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Get ready!" yelled Bean Perkins, wildly waving his megaphone.
English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936)
From this reading "Oh wow!" shouted Joe Jackson.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh wow!" shouted Joe Jackson.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading "For the love of Cæsar tell us who's ahead."
a cone-shaped acoustic device held to the mouth to intensify and direct the human voice
From this reading Get ready!" yelled Bean Perkins, wildly waving his megaphone.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "For the love of Cæsar tell us who's ahead."
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh wow!" shouted Joe Jackson.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Get ready!" yelled Bean Perkins, wildly waving his megaphone.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading Get ready!" yelled Bean Perkins, wildly waving his megaphone.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading "Oh wow!" shouted Joe Jackson.
express in words
From this reading "For the love of Cæsar tell us who's ahead."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE EIGHT-OARED VICTORS "Here they come, boys!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE EIGHT-OARED VICTORS "Here they come, boys!
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "For the love of Cæsar tell us who's ahead."
plural of “victor” — a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
From this reading THE EIGHT-OARED VICTORS "Here they come, boys!
the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
From this reading Get ready!" yelled Bean Perkins, wildly waving his megaphone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "For the love of Cæsar tell us who's ahead."
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
From this reading Get ready!" yelled Bean Perkins, wildly waving his megaphone.
a joke that seems extremely funny
From this reading "Oh wow!" shouted Joe Jackson.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading Get ready!" yelled Bean Perkins, wildly waving his megaphone.
Chapter 35 of The Eight-Oared Victors by Lester Chadwick holds 273 sentences, grouped into 55 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 35 holds 273 sentences of The Eight-Oared Victors, unabridged, divided into 55 reading sections.
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