Chapter 9 of Those Smith Boys on the Diamond is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Those Smith Boys on the Diamond is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BILL IS HIT “Well,” asked Mr. Windam, as Cap stood before him. “What name?” “Smith—John.” “Um. Spell it with a ‘Y’” “Not much.
Chapter 9 of Those Smith Boys on the Diamond is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading “BILL IS HIT “Well,” asked Mr. Windam, as Cap stood before him.”
a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading “BILL IS HIT “Well,” asked Mr. Windam, as Cap stood before him.”
cause to move by striking
From this reading “BILL IS HIT “Well,” asked Mr. Windam, as Cap stood before him.”
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading ““Smith—John.””
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading ““What name?””
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading ““Smith—John.””
orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of
From this reading “Spell it with a ‘Y’” “Not much.”
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading “BILL IS HIT “Well,” asked Mr. Windam, as Cap stood before him.”
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 “BILL IS HIT “Well,” asked Mr. Windam, as Cap stood before him.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Spell it with a ‘Y’” “Not much.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading BILL IS HIT “Well,” asked Mr. Windam, as Cap stood before him.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading BILL IS HIT “Well,” asked Mr. Windam, as Cap stood before him.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading BILL IS HIT “Well,” asked Mr. Windam, as Cap stood before him.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading BILL IS HIT “Well,” asked Mr. Windam, as Cap stood before him.
a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading BILL IS HIT “Well,” asked Mr. Windam, as Cap stood before him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading BILL IS HIT “Well,” asked Mr. Windam, as Cap stood before him.
cause to move by striking
From this reading BILL IS HIT “Well,” asked Mr. Windam, as Cap stood before him.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BILL IS HIT “Well,” asked Mr. Windam, as Cap stood before him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Spell it with a ‘Y’” “Not much.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading “Smith—John.”
a form of address for a man
From this reading BILL IS HIT “Well,” asked Mr. Windam, as Cap stood before him.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Spell it with a ‘Y’” “Not much.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “What name?”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Spell it with a ‘Y’” “Not much.
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading “Smith—John.”
orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of
From this reading Spell it with a ‘Y’” “Not much.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading BILL IS HIT “Well,” asked Mr. Windam, as Cap stood before him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Um.
(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 BILL IS HIT “Well,” asked Mr. Windam, as Cap stood before him.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What name?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BILL IS HIT “Well,” asked Mr. Windam, as Cap stood before him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Spell it with a ‘Y’” “Not much.
a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys
From this reading Spell it with a ‘Y’” “Not much.
Chapter 9 of Those Smith Boys on the Diamond by Howard Roger Garis holds 134 sentences, grouped into 27 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 134 sentences of Those Smith Boys on the Diamond, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
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