Chapter 1 of Those Smith Boys on the Diamond is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Those Smith Boys on the Diamond is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Author of Uncle Wiggily and Alice in Wonderland, Uncle Wiggily Longears, Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose, Uncle Wiggily’s Arabian Nights_ MADE IN U. S. A. Made in U. S. A. “Come on now, Bateye, soak it in!” “Say, are you going to hold that ball all day?” “What’s the matter with you; didn’t you ever see a horsehide before?”
Chapter 1 of Those Smith Boys on the Diamond is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
From this reading “_Author of Uncle Wiggily and Alice in Wonderland, Uncle Wiggily Longears, Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose, Uncle Wiggily’s Arabian Nights_ MADE IN U. S. A.”
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
From this reading ““Say, are you going to hold that ball all day?””
web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
From this reading “_Author of Uncle Wiggily and Alice in Wonderland, Uncle Wiggily Longears, Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose, Uncle Wiggily’s Arabian Nights_ MADE IN U. S. A.”
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
submerge in a liquid
From this reading ““Come on now, Bateye, soak it in!””
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading “_Author of Uncle Wiggily and Alice in Wonderland, Uncle Wiggily Longears, Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose, Uncle Wiggily’s Arabian Nights_ MADE IN U. S. A.”
a place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder
From this reading “_Author of Uncle Wiggily and Alice in Wonderland, Uncle Wiggily Longears, Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose, Uncle Wiggily’s Arabian Nights_ MADE IN U. S. A.”
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, are you going to hold that ball all day?””
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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 _Author of Uncle Wiggily and Alice in Wonderland, Uncle Wiggily Longears, Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose, Uncle Wiggily’s Arabian Nights_ MADE IN U. S. A.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Author of Uncle Wiggily and Alice in Wonderland, Uncle Wiggily Longears, Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose, Uncle Wiggily’s Arabian Nights_ MADE IN U. S. A.
(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 “Say, are you going to hold that ball all day?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Author of Uncle Wiggily and Alice in Wonderland, Uncle Wiggily Longears, Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose, Uncle Wiggily’s Arabian Nights_ MADE IN U. S. A.
a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
From this reading _Author of Uncle Wiggily and Alice in Wonderland, Uncle Wiggily Longears, Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose, Uncle Wiggily’s Arabian Nights_ MADE IN U. S. A.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Say, are you going to hold that ball all day?”
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading _Author of Uncle Wiggily and Alice in Wonderland, Uncle Wiggily Longears, Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose, Uncle Wiggily’s Arabian Nights_ MADE IN U. S. A.
round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
From this reading “Say, are you going to hold that ball all day?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Come on now, Bateye, soak it in!”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “What’s the matter with you; didn’t you ever see a horsehide before?”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come on now, Bateye, soak it in!”
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading “Say, are you going to hold that ball all day?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What’s the matter with you; didn’t you ever see a horsehide before?”
at any time
From this reading “What’s the matter with you; didn’t you ever see a horsehide before?”
the act of departing
From this reading “Say, are you going to hold that ball all day?”
web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
From this reading _Author of Uncle Wiggily and Alice in Wonderland, Uncle Wiggily Longears, Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose, Uncle Wiggily’s Arabian Nights_ MADE IN U. S. A.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading “Say, are you going to hold that ball all day?”
leather from the hide of a horse
From this reading “What’s the matter with you; didn’t you ever see a horsehide before?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Author of Uncle Wiggily and Alice in Wonderland, Uncle Wiggily Longears, Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose, Uncle Wiggily’s Arabian Nights_ MADE IN U. S. A.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Come on now, Bateye, soak it in!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Author of Uncle Wiggily and Alice in Wonderland, Uncle Wiggily Longears, Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose, Uncle Wiggily’s Arabian Nights_ MADE IN U. S. A.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading _Author of Uncle Wiggily and Alice in Wonderland, Uncle Wiggily Longears, Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose, Uncle Wiggily’s Arabian Nights_ MADE IN U. S. A.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “What’s the matter with you; didn’t you ever see a horsehide before?”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading _Author of Uncle Wiggily and Alice in Wonderland, Uncle Wiggily Longears, Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose, Uncle Wiggily’s Arabian Nights_ MADE IN U. S. A.
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading _Author of Uncle Wiggily and Alice in Wonderland, Uncle Wiggily Longears, Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose, Uncle Wiggily’s Arabian Nights_ MADE IN U. S. A.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “Come on now, Bateye, soak it in!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Author of Uncle Wiggily and Alice in Wonderland, Uncle Wiggily Longears, Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose, Uncle Wiggily’s Arabian Nights_ MADE IN U. S. A.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Come on now, Bateye, soak it in!”
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading _Author of Uncle Wiggily and Alice in Wonderland, Uncle Wiggily Longears, Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose, Uncle Wiggily’s Arabian Nights_ MADE IN U. S. A.
express in words
From this reading “Say, are you going to hold that ball all day?”
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “What’s the matter with you; didn’t you ever see a horsehide before?”
submerge in a liquid
From this reading “Come on now, Bateye, soak it in!”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Say, are you going to hold that ball all day?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “What’s the matter with you; didn’t you ever see a horsehide before?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Say, are you going to hold that ball all day?”
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading _Author of Uncle Wiggily and Alice in Wonderland, Uncle Wiggily Longears, Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose, Uncle Wiggily’s Arabian Nights_ MADE IN U. S. A.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading _Author of Uncle Wiggily and Alice in Wonderland, Uncle Wiggily Longears, Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose, Uncle Wiggily’s Arabian Nights_ MADE IN U. S. A.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What’s the matter with you; didn’t you ever see a horsehide before?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Author of Uncle Wiggily and Alice in Wonderland, Uncle Wiggily Longears, Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose, Uncle Wiggily’s Arabian Nights_ MADE IN U. S. A.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Author of Uncle Wiggily and Alice in Wonderland, Uncle Wiggily Longears, Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose, Uncle Wiggily’s Arabian Nights_ MADE IN U. S. A.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “What’s the matter with you; didn’t you ever see a horsehide before?”
a place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder
From this reading _Author of Uncle Wiggily and Alice in Wonderland, Uncle Wiggily Longears, Uncle Wiggily and Mother Goose, Uncle Wiggily’s Arabian Nights_ MADE IN U. S. A.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Say, are you going to hold that ball all day?”
Chapter 1 of Those Smith Boys on the Diamond by Howard Roger Garis holds 163 sentences, grouped into 33 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 1 holds 163 sentences of Those Smith Boys on the Diamond, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
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