Chapter 29 of The Putnam Hall Rivals is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of The Putnam Hall Rivals is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THREE BOYS AND THREE DOGS “Are you all right, Jack?” “Yes.” “How about you, Pep?” “As right as a button. Say, that was a ride worth talking about, wasn’t it?”
Chapter 29 of The Putnam Hall Rivals is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/21 · 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.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading “THREE BOYS AND THREE DOGS “Are you all right, Jack?””
a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
From this reading ““As right as a button.”
plural of “dog” — a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading “THREE BOYS AND THREE DOGS “Are you all right, Jack?””
a small worthless amount
From this reading “THREE BOYS AND THREE DOGS “Are you all right, Jack?””
liveliness and energy
From this reading ““How about you, Pep?””
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading “Say, that was a ride worth talking about, wasn’t it?””
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading “Say, that was a ride worth talking about, wasn’t it?””
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading “Say, that was a ride worth talking about, wasn’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.
In this reading “Say, that was a ride worth talking about, wasn’t it?””
In this reading “THREE BOYS AND THREE DOGS “Are you all right, Jack?””
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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 “As right as a button.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “How about you, Pep?”
(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 THREE BOYS AND THREE DOGS “Are you all right, Jack?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THREE BOYS AND THREE DOGS “Are you all right, Jack?”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THREE BOYS AND THREE DOGS “Are you all right, Jack?”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “As right as a button.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading THREE BOYS AND THREE DOGS “Are you all right, Jack?”
a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
From this reading “As right as a button.
plural of “dog” — a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading THREE BOYS AND THREE DOGS “Are you all right, Jack?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How about you, Pep?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Say, that was a ride worth talking about, wasn’t it?”
a small worthless amount
From this reading THREE BOYS AND THREE DOGS “Are you all right, Jack?”
liveliness and energy
From this reading “How about you, Pep?”
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading Say, that was a ride worth talking about, wasn’t it?”
precisely, exactly
From this reading THREE BOYS AND THREE DOGS “Are you all right, Jack?”
express in words
From this reading Say, that was a ride worth talking about, wasn’t it?”
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading Say, that was a ride worth talking about, wasn’t it?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Say, that was a ride worth talking about, wasn’t it?”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading THREE BOYS AND THREE DOGS “Are you all right, Jack?”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Say, that was a ride worth talking about, wasn’t it?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Say, that was a ride worth talking about, wasn’t it?”
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading Say, that was a ride worth talking about, wasn’t it?”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THREE BOYS AND THREE DOGS “Are you all right, Jack?”
Chapter 29 of The Putnam Hall Rivals by Edward Stratemeyer holds 108 sentences, grouped into 22 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 29 holds 108 sentences of The Putnam Hall Rivals, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 29 of The Putnam Hall Rivals by Edward Stratemeyer exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 108 sentences, grouped into 22 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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