Chapter 9 of The High School Pitcher is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The High School Pitcher is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FRED PITCHES A BOMBSHELL INTO TRAINING CAMP "One, two, three, four! One, two, three, four! "Halt! Rest!" "Attention!
Chapter 9 of The High School Pitcher is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading “"Attention!”
an entertainer who has a sensational effect
From this reading “FRED PITCHES A BOMBSHELL INTO TRAINING CAMP "One, two, three, four!”
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading “FRED PITCHES A BOMBSHELL INTO TRAINING CAMP "One, two, three, four!”
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading “FRED PITCHES A BOMBSHELL INTO TRAINING CAMP "One, two, three, four!”
cause to stop
From this reading “"Halt!”
plural of “pitch” — the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
From this reading “FRED PITCHES A BOMBSHELL INTO TRAINING CAMP "One, two, three, four!”
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading “Rest!"”
activity leading to skilled behavior
From this reading “FRED PITCHES A BOMBSHELL INTO TRAINING CAMP "One, two, three, four!”
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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 FRED PITCHES A BOMBSHELL INTO TRAINING CAMP "One, two, three, four!
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading "Attention!
an entertainer who has a sensational effect
From this reading FRED PITCHES A BOMBSHELL INTO TRAINING CAMP "One, two, three, four!
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading FRED PITCHES A BOMBSHELL INTO TRAINING CAMP "One, two, three, four!
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading FRED PITCHES A BOMBSHELL INTO TRAINING CAMP "One, two, three, four!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FRED PITCHES A BOMBSHELL INTO TRAINING CAMP "One, two, three, four!
cause to stop
From this reading "Halt!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading FRED PITCHES A BOMBSHELL INTO TRAINING CAMP "One, two, three, four!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading FRED PITCHES A BOMBSHELL INTO TRAINING CAMP "One, two, three, four!
plural of “pitch” — the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
From this reading FRED PITCHES A BOMBSHELL INTO TRAINING CAMP "One, two, three, four!
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading Rest!"
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading FRED PITCHES A BOMBSHELL INTO TRAINING CAMP "One, two, three, four!
activity leading to skilled behavior
From this reading FRED PITCHES A BOMBSHELL INTO TRAINING CAMP "One, two, three, four!
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading FRED PITCHES A BOMBSHELL INTO TRAINING CAMP "One, two, three, four!
Chapter 9 of The High School Pitcher by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock holds 149 sentences, grouped into 30 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 9 holds 149 sentences of The High School Pitcher, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The High School Pitcher by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 149 sentences, grouped into 30 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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