Chapter 14 of The Putnam Hall Champions is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Putnam Hall Champions is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FUN WITH PELEG SNUGGERS “What’s this?” “Crows, I declare!” “They are dropping cards!” “Say, this is the limit, isn’t it?” “Hurrah, Pornell has got to eat crow to-day!” cried one Putnam Hall cadet.
Chapter 14 of The Putnam Hall Champions is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a military trainee (as at a military academy)
From this reading ““Hurrah, Pornell has got to eat crow to-day!” cried one Putnam Hall cadet.”
a game played with playing cards
From this reading ““They are dropping cards!””
dwell on with satisfaction
From this reading ““Hurrah, Pornell has got to eat crow to-day!” cried one Putnam Hall cadet.”
plural of “crow” — black birds having a raucous call
From this reading ““Crows, I declare!””
state emphatically and authoritatively
From this reading ““Crows, I declare!””
coming down freely under the influence of gravity
From this reading ““They are dropping cards!””
a victory cheer
From this reading ““Hurrah, Pornell has got to eat crow to-day!” cried one Putnam Hall cadet.”
the greatest possible degree of something
From this reading ““Say, this is the limit, isn’t it?””
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “They are dropping cards!”
a military trainee (as at a military academy)
From this reading “Hurrah, Pornell has got to eat crow to-day!” cried one Putnam Hall cadet.
a game played with playing cards
From this reading “They are dropping cards!”
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “Hurrah, Pornell has got to eat crow to-day!” cried one Putnam Hall cadet.
dwell on with satisfaction
From this reading “Hurrah, Pornell has got to eat crow to-day!” cried one Putnam Hall cadet.
plural of “crow” — black birds having a raucous call
From this reading “Crows, I declare!”
state emphatically and authoritatively
From this reading “Crows, I declare!”
coming down freely under the influence of gravity
From this reading “They are dropping cards!”
take in solid food
From this reading “Hurrah, Pornell has got to eat crow to-day!” cried one Putnam Hall cadet.
activities that are enjoyable or amusing
From this reading FUN WITH PELEG SNUGGERS “What’s this?”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Hurrah, Pornell has got to eat crow to-day!” cried one Putnam Hall cadet.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading “Hurrah, Pornell has got to eat crow to-day!” cried one Putnam Hall cadet.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Hurrah, Pornell has got to eat crow to-day!” cried one Putnam Hall cadet.
a victory cheer
From this reading “Hurrah, Pornell has got to eat crow to-day!” cried one Putnam Hall cadet.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Crows, I declare!”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Say, this is the limit, isn’t it?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Say, this is the limit, isn’t it?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Say, this is the limit, isn’t it?”
the greatest possible degree of something
From this reading “Say, this is the limit, isn’t it?”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Hurrah, Pornell has got to eat crow to-day!” cried one Putnam Hall cadet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FUN WITH PELEG SNUGGERS “What’s this?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hurrah, Pornell has got to eat crow to-day!” cried one Putnam Hall cadet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hurrah, Pornell has got to eat crow to-day!” cried one Putnam Hall cadet.
express in words
From this reading “Say, this is the limit, isn’t it?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FUN WITH PELEG SNUGGERS “What’s this?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Say, this is the limit, isn’t it?”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “They are dropping cards!”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading FUN WITH PELEG SNUGGERS “What’s this?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Hurrah, Pornell has got to eat crow to-day!” cried one Putnam Hall cadet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hurrah, Pornell has got to eat crow to-day!” cried one Putnam Hall cadet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FUN WITH PELEG SNUGGERS “What’s this?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading FUN WITH PELEG SNUGGERS “What’s this?”
Chapter 14 of The Putnam Hall Champions by Edward Stratemeyer holds 148 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 14 holds 148 sentences of The Putnam Hall Champions, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of The Putnam Hall Champions by Edward Stratemeyer exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 148 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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