Chapter 10 of The Junior Trophy is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Junior Trophy is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Hello, Fairchild,” he greeted. “Come in, my boy. What can I do for you?” Mr. Folsom held the match to the bowl, emitted a huge cloud of smoke and sighed contentedly. Kid’s eyes surreptitiously searched the table.
Chapter 10 of The Junior Trophy is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids
From this reading “Mr. Folsom held the match to the bowl, emitted a huge cloud of smoke and sighed contentedly.”
with equanimity
From this reading “Mr. Folsom held the match to the bowl, emitted a huge cloud of smoke and sighed contentedly.”
inflected form of “emit” — expel (gases or odors)
From this reading “Mr. Folsom held the match to the bowl, emitted a huge cloud of smoke and sighed contentedly.”
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading ““Hello, Fairchild,” he greeted.”
an expression of greeting
From this reading ““Hello, Fairchild,” he greeted.”
possessive form of “kid” — a young person of either sex
past form of “search” — try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading “Kid’s eyes surreptitiously searched the table.”
in a surreptitious manner
From this reading “Kid’s eyes surreptitiously searched the table.”
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 “Mr. Folsom held the match to the bowl, emitted a huge cloud of smoke and sighed contentedly.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Mr. Folsom held the match to the bowl, emitted a huge cloud of smoke and sighed contentedly.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mr. Folsom held the match to the bowl, emitted a huge cloud of smoke and sighed contentedly.
a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids
From this reading Mr. Folsom held the match to the bowl, emitted a huge cloud of smoke and sighed contentedly.
a youthful male person
From this reading “Come in, my boy.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading What can I do for you?”
make overcast or cloudy
From this reading Mr. Folsom held the match to the bowl, emitted a huge cloud of smoke and sighed contentedly.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come in, my boy.
with equanimity
From this reading Mr. Folsom held the match to the bowl, emitted a huge cloud of smoke and sighed contentedly.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What can I do for you?”
inflected form of “emit” — expel (gases or odors)
From this reading Mr. Folsom held the match to the bowl, emitted a huge cloud of smoke and sighed contentedly.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Kid’s eyes surreptitiously searched the table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hello, Fairchild,” he greeted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Folsom held the match to the bowl, emitted a huge cloud of smoke and sighed contentedly.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading What can I do for you?”
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading “Hello, Fairchild,” he greeted.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Hello, Fairchild,” he greeted.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading Mr. Folsom held the match to the bowl, emitted a huge cloud of smoke and sighed contentedly.
an expression of greeting
From this reading “Hello, Fairchild,” he greeted.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading Mr. Folsom held the match to the bowl, emitted a huge cloud of smoke and sighed contentedly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading What can I do for you?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Come in, my boy.
possessive form of “kid” — a young person of either sex
From this reading Kid’s eyes surreptitiously searched the table.
be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
From this reading Mr. Folsom held the match to the bowl, emitted a huge cloud of smoke and sighed contentedly.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. Folsom held the match to the bowl, emitted a huge cloud of smoke and sighed contentedly.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Come in, my boy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mr. Folsom held the match to the bowl, emitted a huge cloud of smoke and sighed contentedly.
past form of “search” — try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading Kid’s eyes surreptitiously searched the table.
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading Mr. Folsom held the match to the bowl, emitted a huge cloud of smoke and sighed contentedly.
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading Mr. Folsom held the match to the bowl, emitted a huge cloud of smoke and sighed contentedly.
in a surreptitious manner
From this reading Kid’s eyes surreptitiously searched the table.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading Kid’s eyes surreptitiously searched the table.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mr. Folsom held the match to the bowl, emitted a huge cloud of smoke and sighed contentedly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mr. Folsom held the match to the bowl, emitted a huge cloud of smoke and sighed contentedly.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What can I do for you?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What can I do for you?”
Chapter 10 of The Junior Trophy by Ralph Henry Barbour holds 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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 10 holds 405 sentences of The Junior Trophy, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The Junior Trophy by Ralph Henry Barbour exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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.
Work through the 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 81 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 10 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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