Chapter 25 of The rival bicyclists is here in full — 56 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of The rival bicyclists is here in full — 56 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JOE’S TRIP TO BOSTON. The summer holidays were now at hand and Joe took again to his wheel, in company with Dick Burns. “Baseball is all well enough,” he said. “But wheeling is the better sport of the two after all.” “I am with you on that,” replied Dick.
Chapter 25 of The rival bicyclists is here in full — 56 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
From this reading ““Baseball is all well enough,” he said.”
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading “JOE’S TRIP TO BOSTON.”
United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
From this reading “The summer holidays were now at hand and Joe took again to his wheel, in company with Dick Burns.”
plural of “holiday” — leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
From this reading “The summer holidays were now at hand and Joe took again to his wheel, in company with Dick Burns.”
an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
From this reading ““But wheeling is the better sport of the two after all.””
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading “JOE’S TRIP TO BOSTON.”
change directions as if revolving on a pivot
From this reading “The summer holidays were now at hand and Joe took again to his wheel, in company with Dick Burns.”
a city in the northern panhandle of West Virginia on the Ohio river
From this reading ““But wheeling is the better sport of the two after all.””
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In this reading “The summer holidays were now at hand and Joe took again to his wheel, in company with Dick Burns.”
close in space; within reach
In this reading “The summer holidays were now at hand and Joe took again to his wheel, in company with Dick Burns.”
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later than; following
From this reading “But wheeling is the better sport of the two after all.”
anew
From this reading The summer holidays were now at hand and Joe took again to his wheel, in company with Dick Burns.
(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 “Baseball is all well enough,” he said.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “I am with you on that,” replied Dick.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The summer holidays were now at hand and Joe took again to his wheel, in company with Dick Burns.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The summer holidays were now at hand and Joe took again to his wheel, in company with Dick Burns.
a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
From this reading “Baseball is all well enough,” he said.
(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 “But wheeling is the better sport of the two after all.”
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading JOE’S TRIP TO BOSTON.
United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
From this reading The summer holidays were now at hand and Joe took again to his wheel, in company with Dick Burns.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But wheeling is the better sport of the two after all.”
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading The summer holidays were now at hand and Joe took again to his wheel, in company with Dick Burns.
someone who is a detective
From this reading The summer holidays were now at hand and Joe took again to his wheel, in company with Dick Burns.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading “Baseball is all well enough,” he said.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading The summer holidays were now at hand and Joe took again to his wheel, in company with Dick Burns.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Baseball is all well enough,” he said.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The summer holidays were now at hand and Joe took again to his wheel, in company with Dick Burns.
plural of “holiday” — leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
From this reading The summer holidays were now at hand and Joe took again to his wheel, in company with Dick Burns.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I am with you on that,” replied Dick.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The summer holidays were now at hand and Joe took again to his wheel, in company with Dick Burns.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Baseball is all well enough,” he said.
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From this reading The summer holidays were now at hand and Joe took again to his wheel, in company with Dick Burns.
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From this reading JOE’S TRIP TO BOSTON.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading The summer holidays were now at hand and Joe took again to his wheel, in company with Dick Burns.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “But wheeling is the better sport of the two after all.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “I am with you on that,” replied Dick.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “I am with you on that,” replied Dick.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Baseball is all well enough,” he said.
an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
From this reading “But wheeling is the better sport of the two after all.”
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading The summer holidays were now at hand and Joe took again to his wheel, in company with Dick Burns.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I am with you on that,” replied Dick.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The summer holidays were now at hand and Joe took again to his wheel, in company with Dick Burns.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading JOE’S TRIP TO BOSTON.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading The summer holidays were now at hand and Joe took again to his wheel, in company with Dick Burns.
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading JOE’S TRIP TO BOSTON.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading “But wheeling is the better sport of the two after all.”
(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 “Baseball is all well enough,” he said.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The summer holidays were now at hand and Joe took again to his wheel, in company with Dick Burns.
change directions as if revolving on a pivot
From this reading The summer holidays were now at hand and Joe took again to his wheel, in company with Dick Burns.
a city in the northern panhandle of West Virginia on the Ohio river
From this reading “But wheeling is the better sport of the two after all.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading The summer holidays were now at hand and Joe took again to his wheel, in company with Dick Burns.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I am with you on that,” replied Dick.
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