Chapter VI of The Putnam Hall Champions, “The Interview in the Office,” is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VI of The Putnam Hall Champions, “The Interview in the Office,” is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Hi, you—er—you let me alone!” sputtered Mumps. “Oh, my back! What did you want to put ice down my back for? Oh, dear, I’ll be all froze up!” And he danced around and let the two pitchers fall to the floor with a crash.
Chapter VI of The Putnam Hall Champions, “The Interview in the Office,” is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
fall or come down violently
From this reading “And he danced around and let the two pitchers fall to the floor with a crash.”
past form of “dance” — move in a graceful and rhythmical way
From this reading “And he danced around and let the two pitchers fall to the floor with a crash.”
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading “And he danced around and let the two pitchers fall to the floor with a crash.”
inflected form of “freeze” — stop moving or become immobilized
From this reading “Oh, dear, I’ll be all froze up!””
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading “What did you want to put ice down my back for?”
an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands
From this reading ““Hi, you—er—you let me alone!” sputtered Mumps.”
plural of “pitcher” — (baseball) the person who does the pitching
From this reading “And he danced around and let the two pitchers fall to the floor with a crash.”
past form of “sputter” — make an explosive sound
From this reading ““Hi, you—er—you let me alone!” sputtered Mumps.”
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.
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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 And he danced around and let the two pitchers fall to the floor with a crash.
(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 Oh, dear, I’ll be all froze up!”
Having no one else present.
From this reading “Hi, you—er—you let me alone!” sputtered Mumps.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And he danced around and let the two pitchers fall to the floor with a crash.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading And he danced around and let the two pitchers fall to the floor with a crash.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “Oh, my back!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Oh, dear, I’ll be all froze up!”
fall or come down violently
From this reading And he danced around and let the two pitchers fall to the floor with a crash.
past form of “dance” — move in a graceful and rhythmical way
From this reading And he danced around and let the two pitchers fall to the floor with a crash.
dearly loved
From this reading Oh, dear, I’ll be all froze up!”
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading What did you want to put ice down my back for?
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading What did you want to put ice down my back for?
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
From this reading “Hi, you—er—you let me alone!” sputtered Mumps.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading And he danced around and let the two pitchers fall to the floor with a crash.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading And he danced around and let the two pitchers fall to the floor with a crash.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading What did you want to put ice down my back for?
inflected form of “freeze” — stop moving or become immobilized
From this reading Oh, dear, I’ll be all froze up!”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And he danced around and let the two pitchers fall to the floor with a crash.
an expression of greeting
From this reading “Hi, you—er—you let me alone!” sputtered Mumps.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, dear, I’ll be all froze up!”
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading What did you want to put ice down my back for?
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Hi, you—er—you let me alone!” sputtered Mumps.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Hi, you—er—you let me alone!” sputtered Mumps.
an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands
From this reading “Hi, you—er—you let me alone!” sputtered Mumps.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Oh, my back!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, my back!
plural of “pitcher” — (baseball) the person who does the pitching
From this reading And he danced around and let the two pitchers fall to the floor with a crash.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading What did you want to put ice down my back for?
past form of “sputter” — make an explosive sound
From this reading “Hi, you—er—you let me alone!” sputtered Mumps.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And he danced around and let the two pitchers fall to the floor with a crash.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What did you want to put ice down my back for?
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading And he danced around and let the two pitchers fall to the floor with a crash.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Oh, dear, I’ll be all froze up!”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading What did you want to put ice down my back for?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What did you want to put ice down my back for?
in the company of; together with
From this reading And he danced around and let the two pitchers fall to the floor with a crash.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Hi, you—er—you let me alone!” sputtered Mumps.
Chapter 6 of The Putnam Hall Champions by Edward Stratemeyer holds 158 sentences, grouped into 32 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 6 holds 158 sentences of The Putnam Hall Champions, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
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