Chapter 3 of The play that won is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The play that won is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Quit nothing!” said Joe disgustedly. “You’re going to stick, kid, if I have to lug you out by the feet and larrup you around the track!” Terry smiled faintly at the idea. “You won’t have to, Joe. I was only talking.
Chapter 3 of The play that won is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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to a faint degree or weakly perceived
From this reading “Terry smiled faintly at the idea.”
tell false information to for fun
From this reading ““You’re going to stick, kid, if I have to lug you out by the feet and larrup you around the track!””
carry with difficulty
From this reading ““You’re going to stick, kid, if I have to lug you out by the feet and larrup you around the track!””
put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading ““Quit nothing!” said Joe disgustedly.”
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading ““You’re going to stick, kid, if I have to lug you out by the feet and larrup you around the track!””
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading “I was only talking.”
English actress (1847-1928)
From this reading “Terry smiled faintly at the idea.”
a line or route along which something travels or moves
From this reading ““You’re going to stick, kid, if I have to lug you out by the feet and larrup you around the track!””
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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 “Terry smiled faintly at the idea.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “You’re going to stick, kid, if I have to lug you out by the feet and larrup you around the track!”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “You’re going to stick, kid, if I have to lug you out by the feet and larrup you around the track!”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Terry smiled faintly at the idea.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “You’re going to stick, kid, if I have to lug you out by the feet and larrup you around the track!”
with disgust
From this reading “Quit nothing!” said Joe disgustedly.
to a faint degree or weakly perceived
From this reading Terry smiled faintly at the idea.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading “You’re going to stick, kid, if I have to lug you out by the feet and larrup you around the track!”
the act of departing
From this reading “You’re going to stick, kid, if I have to lug you out by the feet and larrup you around the track!”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You’re going to stick, kid, if I have to lug you out by the feet and larrup you around the track!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “You’re going to stick, kid, if I have to lug you out by the feet and larrup you around the track!”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Terry smiled faintly at the idea.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “You’re going to stick, kid, if I have to lug you out by the feet and larrup you around the track!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Quit nothing!” said Joe disgustedly.
tell false information to for fun
From this reading “You’re going to stick, kid, if I have to lug you out by the feet and larrup you around the track!”
give a spanking to; subject to a spanking
From this reading “You’re going to stick, kid, if I have to lug you out by the feet and larrup you around the track!”
carry with difficulty
From this reading “You’re going to stick, kid, if I have to lug you out by the feet and larrup you around the track!”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Quit nothing!” said Joe disgustedly.
and nothing more
From this reading I was only talking.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “You’re going to stick, kid, if I have to lug you out by the feet and larrup you around the track!”
put an end to a state or an activity
From this reading “Quit nothing!” said Joe disgustedly.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Quit nothing!” said Joe disgustedly.
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Terry smiled faintly at the idea.
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading “You’re going to stick, kid, if I have to lug you out by the feet and larrup you around the track!”
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading I was only talking.
English actress (1847-1928)
From this reading Terry smiled faintly at the idea.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “You’re going to stick, kid, if I have to lug you out by the feet and larrup you around the track!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “You’re going to stick, kid, if I have to lug you out by the feet and larrup you around the track!”
a line or route along which something travels or moves
From this reading “You’re going to stick, kid, if I have to lug you out by the feet and larrup you around the track!”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was only talking.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You won’t have to, Joe.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You’re going to stick, kid, if I have to lug you out by the feet and larrup you around the track!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You’re going to stick, kid, if I have to lug you out by the feet and larrup you around the track!”
Chapter 3 of The play that won by Ralph Henry Barbour holds 432 sentences, grouped into 87 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 3 holds 432 sentences of The play that won, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The play that won by Ralph Henry Barbour exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 432 sentences, grouped into 87 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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