Chapter 9 of The Young Pitcher is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Young Pitcher is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Once in the eighth inning Ken became aware that Worry was punching him in the back and muttering: "Look out, Peg! Listen! Murphy'll get one in Reddy's groove this time.... Oh-h!"
Chapter 9 of The Young Pitcher is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position
From this reading “Once in the eighth inning Ken became aware that Worry was punching him in the back and muttering:”
a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
From this reading “Murphy'll get one in Reddy's groove this time....”
(baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat
From this reading “Once in the eighth inning Ken became aware that Worry was punching him in the back and muttering:”
range of what one can know or understand
From this reading “Once in the eighth inning Ken became aware that Worry was punching him in the back and muttering:”
a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
From this reading “Once in the eighth inning Ken became aware that Worry was punching him in the back and muttering:”
a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
From this reading “"Look out, Peg!”
-ing form of “punch” — deliver a quick blow to
From this reading “Once in the eighth inning Ken became aware that Worry was punching him in the back and muttering:”
be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
From this reading “Once in the eighth inning Ken became aware that Worry was punching him in the back and muttering:”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Once in the eighth inning Ken became aware that Worry was punching him in the back and muttering:
(sometimes followed by “of”) having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
From this reading Once in the eighth inning Ken became aware that Worry was punching him in the back and muttering:
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Once in the eighth inning Ken became aware that Worry was punching him in the back and muttering:
inflected form of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading Once in the eighth inning Ken became aware that Worry was punching him in the back and muttering:
coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position
From this reading Once in the eighth inning Ken became aware that Worry was punching him in the back and muttering:
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Murphy'll get one in Reddy's groove this time....
a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
From this reading Murphy'll get one in Reddy's groove this time....
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Once in the eighth inning Ken became aware that Worry was punching him in the back and muttering:
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Once in the eighth inning Ken became aware that Worry was punching him in the back and muttering:
(baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat
From this reading Once in the eighth inning Ken became aware that Worry was punching him in the back and muttering:
range of what one can know or understand
From this reading Once in the eighth inning Ken became aware that Worry was punching him in the back and muttering:
hear with intention
From this reading Listen!
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "Look out, Peg!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Murphy'll get one in Reddy's groove this time....
a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
From this reading Once in the eighth inning Ken became aware that Worry was punching him in the back and muttering:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh-h!"
on one occasion
From this reading Once in the eighth inning Ken became aware that Worry was punching him in the back and muttering:
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Murphy'll get one in Reddy's groove this time....
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Look out, Peg!
a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
From this reading "Look out, Peg!
-ing form of “punch” — deliver a quick blow to
From this reading Once in the eighth inning Ken became aware that Worry was punching him in the back and muttering:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Murphy'll get one in Reddy's groove this time....
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Once in the eighth inning Ken became aware that Worry was punching him in the back and muttering:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Once in the eighth inning Ken became aware that Worry was punching him in the back and muttering:
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Murphy'll get one in Reddy's groove this time....
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Murphy'll get one in Reddy's groove this time....
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Once in the eighth inning Ken became aware that Worry was punching him in the back and muttering:
be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
From this reading Once in the eighth inning Ken became aware that Worry was punching him in the back and muttering:
Chapter 9 of The Young Pitcher by Zane Grey holds 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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 9 holds 420 sentences of The Young Pitcher, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Young Pitcher by Zane Grey exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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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