Chapter 4 of The Grammar School Boys of Gridley is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Grammar School Boys of Gridley is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AB. DEXTER'S TEMPER IS SQUALLY "You're taking a lot upon yourself!" ventured Dick Prescott angrily. "That's all right," laughed Dexter savagely. "Come along with me and I'll show you something really funny." With that the man caught young Prescott up, starting across the field with him.
Chapter 4 of The Grammar School Boys of Gridley is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with anger
From this reading “DEXTER'S TEMPER IS SQUALLY "You're taking a lot upon yourself!" ventured Dick Prescott angrily.”
on or starting from the wearer's right
From this reading “DEXTER'S TEMPER IS SQUALLY "You're taking a lot upon yourself!" ventured Dick Prescott angrily.”
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading “"Come along with me and I'll show you something really funny."”
a town in central Arizona
From this reading “DEXTER'S TEMPER IS SQUALLY "You're taking a lot upon yourself!" ventured Dick Prescott angrily.”
in a vicious manner
From this reading “"That's all right," laughed Dexter savagely.”
(especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear
From this reading “With that the man caught young Prescott up, starting across the field with him.”
a sudden outburst of anger
From this reading “DEXTER'S TEMPER IS SQUALLY "You're taking a lot upon yourself!" ventured Dick Prescott angrily.”
past form of “venture” — proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
From this reading “DEXTER'S TEMPER IS SQUALLY "You're taking a lot upon yourself!" ventured Dick Prescott angrily.”
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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 DEXTER'S TEMPER IS SQUALLY "You're taking a lot upon yourself!" ventured Dick Prescott angrily.
a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences
From this reading AB.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading With that the man caught young Prescott up, starting across the field with him.
(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 "That's all right," laughed Dexter savagely.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading "Come along with me and I'll show you something really funny."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Come along with me and I'll show you something really funny."
with anger
From this reading DEXTER'S TEMPER IS SQUALLY "You're taking a lot upon yourself!" ventured Dick Prescott angrily.
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading With that the man caught young Prescott up, starting across the field with him.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Come along with me and I'll show you something really funny."
on or starting from the wearer's right
From this reading "That's all right," laughed Dexter savagely.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DEXTER'S TEMPER IS SQUALLY "You're taking a lot upon yourself!" ventured Dick Prescott angrily.
someone who is a detective
From this reading DEXTER'S TEMPER IS SQUALLY "You're taking a lot upon yourself!" ventured Dick Prescott angrily.
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading With that the man caught young Prescott up, starting across the field with him.
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading "Come along with me and I'll show you something really funny."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading With that the man caught young Prescott up, starting across the field with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Come along with me and I'll show you something really funny."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading DEXTER'S TEMPER IS SQUALLY "You're taking a lot upon yourself!" ventured Dick Prescott angrily.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading "That's all right," laughed Dexter savagely.
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading DEXTER'S TEMPER IS SQUALLY "You're taking a lot upon yourself!" ventured Dick Prescott angrily.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading With that the man caught young Prescott up, starting across the field with him.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Come along with me and I'll show you something really funny."
a town in central Arizona
From this reading DEXTER'S TEMPER IS SQUALLY "You're taking a lot upon yourself!" ventured Dick Prescott angrily.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading "Come along with me and I'll show you something really funny."
precisely, exactly
From this reading "That's all right," laughed Dexter savagely.
in a vicious manner
From this reading "That's all right," laughed Dexter savagely.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading "Come along with me and I'll show you something really funny."
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "Come along with me and I'll show you something really funny."
characterized by short periods of noisy commotion
From this reading DEXTER'S TEMPER IS SQUALLY "You're taking a lot upon yourself!" ventured Dick Prescott angrily.
(especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear
From this reading With that the man caught young Prescott up, starting across the field with him.
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading DEXTER'S TEMPER IS SQUALLY "You're taking a lot upon yourself!" ventured Dick Prescott angrily.
a sudden outburst of anger
From this reading DEXTER'S TEMPER IS SQUALLY "You're taking a lot upon yourself!" ventured Dick Prescott angrily.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading With that the man caught young Prescott up, starting across the field with him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's all right," laughed Dexter savagely.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With that the man caught young Prescott up, starting across the field with him.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading With that the man caught young Prescott up, starting across the field with him.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading DEXTER'S TEMPER IS SQUALLY "You're taking a lot upon yourself!" ventured Dick Prescott angrily.
past form of “venture” — proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
From this reading DEXTER'S TEMPER IS SQUALLY "You're taking a lot upon yourself!" ventured Dick Prescott angrily.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Come along with me and I'll show you something really funny."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Come along with me and I'll show you something really funny."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DEXTER'S TEMPER IS SQUALLY "You're taking a lot upon yourself!" ventured Dick Prescott angrily.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading With that the man caught young Prescott up, starting across the field with him.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading DEXTER'S TEMPER IS SQUALLY "You're taking a lot upon yourself!" ventured Dick Prescott angrily.
Chapter 4 of The Grammar School Boys of Gridley by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock holds 162 sentences, grouped into 33 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.
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