Chapter 6 of Tom Fairfield's Schooldays is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Tom Fairfield's Schooldays is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AN ANGRY PROFESSOR “Tom, did you ever balance a water pitcher on your nose? I mean full of water. The pitcher full, that is to say, not the nose.” “Never, and I’m not going to begin now.” “Well, I am.
Chapter 6 of Tom Fairfield's Schooldays is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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feeling or showing anger
From this reading “AN ANGRY PROFESSOR “Tom, did you ever balance a water pitcher on your nose?”
bring into balance or equilibrium
From this reading “AN ANGRY PROFESSOR “Tom, did you ever balance a water pitcher on your nose?”
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading ““Never, and I’m not going to begin now.””
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “I mean full of water.”
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading “AN ANGRY PROFESSOR “Tom, did you ever balance a water pitcher on your nose?”
(baseball) the person who does the pitching
From this reading “AN ANGRY PROFESSOR “Tom, did you ever balance a water pitcher on your nose?”
someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
From this reading “AN ANGRY PROFESSOR “Tom, did you ever balance a water pitcher on your nose?”
male cat
From this reading “AN ANGRY PROFESSOR “Tom, did you ever balance a water pitcher on your nose?”
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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 AN ANGRY PROFESSOR “Tom, did you ever balance a water pitcher on your nose?
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “Well, I am.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN ANGRY PROFESSOR “Tom, did you ever balance a water pitcher on your nose?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Never, and I’m not going to begin now.”
feeling or showing anger
From this reading AN ANGRY PROFESSOR “Tom, did you ever balance a water pitcher on your nose?
bring into balance or equilibrium
From this reading AN ANGRY PROFESSOR “Tom, did you ever balance a water pitcher on your nose?
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “Never, and I’m not going to begin now.”
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading AN ANGRY PROFESSOR “Tom, did you ever balance a water pitcher on your nose?
at any time
From this reading AN ANGRY PROFESSOR “Tom, did you ever balance a water pitcher on your nose?
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading I mean full of water.
the act of departing
From this reading “Never, and I’m not going to begin now.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I mean full of water.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Never, and I’m not going to begin now.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The pitcher full, that is to say, not the nose.”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading I mean full of water.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “Never, and I’m not going to begin now.”
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading AN ANGRY PROFESSOR “Tom, did you ever balance a water pitcher on your nose?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The pitcher full, that is to say, not the nose.”
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “Never, and I’m not going to begin now.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I mean full of water.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading AN ANGRY PROFESSOR “Tom, did you ever balance a water pitcher on your nose?
(baseball) the person who does the pitching
From this reading AN ANGRY PROFESSOR “Tom, did you ever balance a water pitcher on your nose?
someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
From this reading AN ANGRY PROFESSOR “Tom, did you ever balance a water pitcher on your nose?
express in words
From this reading The pitcher full, that is to say, not the nose.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The pitcher full, that is to say, not the nose.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The pitcher full, that is to say, not the nose.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The pitcher full, that is to say, not the nose.”
male cat
From this reading AN ANGRY PROFESSOR “Tom, did you ever balance a water pitcher on your nose?
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading AN ANGRY PROFESSOR “Tom, did you ever balance a water pitcher on your nose?
(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 “Well, I am.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading AN ANGRY PROFESSOR “Tom, did you ever balance a water pitcher on your nose?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading AN ANGRY PROFESSOR “Tom, did you ever balance a water pitcher on your nose?
Chapter 6 of Tom Fairfield's Schooldays by Allen Chapman holds 141 sentences, grouped into 29 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 6 holds 141 sentences of Tom Fairfield's Schooldays, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
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