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Chapter 1 of The New Boy at Hilltop, and Other Stories is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
If you can throw goals well, you'll stand a good show of making the team as a substitute. You'd better get out there with the others and warm up." III Kenneth's first week at Hilltop passed busily and happily. There had been no more talk on Joe's part about getting rid of his roommate. The two had become fast friends.
Chapter 1 of The New Boy at Hilltop, and Other Stories is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 63/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 311–315
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in a busy manner
From this reading “III Kenneth's first week at Hilltop passed busily and happily.”
plural of “goal” — the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
From this reading “If you can throw goals well, you'll stand a good show of making the team as a substitute.”
in a joyous manner
From this reading “III Kenneth's first week at Hilltop passed busily and happily.”
the peak of a hill
From this reading “III Kenneth's first week at Hilltop passed busily and happily.”
relieve from
From this reading “There had been no more talk on Joe's part about getting rid of his roommate.”
an associate who shares a room with you
From this reading “There had been no more talk on Joe's part about getting rid of his roommate.”
put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
From this reading “If you can throw goals well, you'll stand a good show of making the team as a substitute.”
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
From this reading “If you can throw goals well, you'll stand a good show of making the team as a substitute.”
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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 If you can throw goals well, you'll stand a good show of making the team as a substitute.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There had been no more talk on Joe's part about getting rid of his roommate.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You'd better get out there with the others and warm up."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading If you can throw goals well, you'll stand a good show of making the team as a substitute.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading III Kenneth's first week at Hilltop passed busily and happily.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading The two had become fast friends.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There had been no more talk on Joe's part about getting rid of his roommate.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading You'd better get out there with the others and warm up."
in a busy manner
From this reading III Kenneth's first week at Hilltop passed busily and happily.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading If you can throw goals well, you'll stand a good show of making the team as a substitute.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading The two had become fast friends.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading III Kenneth's first week at Hilltop passed busily and happily.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading The two had become fast friends.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading You'd better get out there with the others and warm up."
the act of acquiring something
From this reading There had been no more talk on Joe's part about getting rid of his roommate.
plural of “goal” — the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
From this reading If you can throw goals well, you'll stand a good show of making the team as a substitute.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading If you can throw goals well, you'll stand a good show of making the team as a substitute.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There had been no more talk on Joe's part about getting rid of his roommate.
in a joyous manner
From this reading III Kenneth's first week at Hilltop passed busily and happily.
the peak of a hill
From this reading III Kenneth's first week at Hilltop passed busily and happily.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading There had been no more talk on Joe's part about getting rid of his roommate.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you can throw goals well, you'll stand a good show of making the team as a substitute.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading III Kenneth's first week at Hilltop passed busily and happily.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There had been no more talk on Joe's part about getting rid of his roommate.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading III Kenneth's first week at Hilltop passed busily and happily.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading If you can throw goals well, you'll stand a good show of making the team as a substitute.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading There had been no more talk on Joe's part about getting rid of his roommate.
not any; not one
From this reading There had been no more talk on Joe's part about getting rid of his roommate.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading If you can throw goals well, you'll stand a good show of making the team as a substitute.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There had been no more talk on Joe's part about getting rid of his roommate.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You'd better get out there with the others and warm up."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading You'd better get out there with the others and warm up."
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading There had been no more talk on Joe's part about getting rid of his roommate.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading III Kenneth's first week at Hilltop passed busily and happily.
relieve from
From this reading There had been no more talk on Joe's part about getting rid of his roommate.
an associate who shares a room with you
From this reading There had been no more talk on Joe's part about getting rid of his roommate.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading If you can throw goals well, you'll stand a good show of making the team as a substitute.
be standing; be upright
From this reading If you can throw goals well, you'll stand a good show of making the team as a substitute.
put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
From this reading If you can throw goals well, you'll stand a good show of making the team as a substitute.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading There had been no more talk on Joe's part about getting rid of his roommate.
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
From this reading If you can throw goals well, you'll stand a good show of making the team as a substitute.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading If you can throw goals well, you'll stand a good show of making the team as a substitute.
in or at that place or location
From this reading You'd better get out there with the others and warm up."
propel through the air
From this reading If you can throw goals well, you'll stand a good show of making the team as a substitute.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading The two had become fast friends.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading You'd better get out there with the others and warm up."
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading You'd better get out there with the others and warm up."
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading III Kenneth's first week at Hilltop passed busily and happily.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading If you can throw goals well, you'll stand a good show of making the team as a substitute.
in the company of; together with
From this reading You'd better get out there with the others and warm up."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If you can throw goals well, you'll stand a good show of making the team as a substitute.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You'd better get out there with the others and warm up."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If you can throw goals well, you'll stand a good show of making the team as a substitute.
Chapter 1 of The New Boy at Hilltop, and Other Stories by Ralph Henry Barbour holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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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