Chapter 33 of Those Smith Boys on the Diamond is here in full — 217 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 33 of Those Smith Boys on the Diamond is here in full — 217 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers. “Can we do it?” “We’ve got to,” answered Bill. “You make a home run, I’ll limp along after you, and Pete can follow,” suggested Bill. “That will do the business.”
Chapter 33 of Those Smith Boys on the Diamond is here in full — 217 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/43 · 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.
a long seat for more than one person
From this reading “WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.”
plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.”
a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading “WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.”
walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
From this reading ““You make a home run, I’ll limp along after you, and Pete can follow,” suggested Bill.”
the award given to the champion
From this reading “WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.”
neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
From this reading “WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.”
be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious
From this reading “WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.”
having won
From this reading “WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.”
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.
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In this reading ““You make a home run, I’ll limp along after you, and Pete can follow,” suggested Bill.”
In this reading “WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.”
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 WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.
later than; following
From this reading “You make a home run, I’ll limp along after you, and Pete can follow,” suggested Bill.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “You make a home run, I’ll limp along after you, and Pete can follow,” suggested Bill.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading “We’ve got to,” answered Bill.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.
a long seat for more than one person
From this reading WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading “We’ve got to,” answered Bill.
plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading “That will do the business.”
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Can we do it?”
a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Can we do it?”
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading “You make a home run, I’ll limp along after you, and Pete can follow,” suggested Bill.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “We’ve got to,” answered Bill.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “You make a home run, I’ll limp along after you, and Pete can follow,” suggested Bill.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You make a home run, I’ll limp along after you, and Pete can follow,” suggested Bill.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.
walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
From this reading “You make a home run, I’ll limp along after you, and Pete can follow,” suggested Bill.
engage in
From this reading WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.
the award given to the champion
From this reading WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You make a home run, I’ll limp along after you, and Pete can follow,” suggested Bill.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading “You make a home run, I’ll limp along after you, and Pete can follow,” suggested Bill.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That will do the business.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.
neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
From this reading WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Can we do it?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We’ve got to,” answered Bill.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “That will do the business.”
be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious
From this reading WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.
having won
From this reading WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.
in the company of; together with
From this reading WINNING THE PENNANT “One run to tie, two to win and three to make a good job of it,” murmured Cap, as he walked to the bench with his brothers.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You make a home run, I’ll limp along after you, and Pete can follow,” suggested Bill.
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