Chapter 15 of Tom Fairfield's Schooldays is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Tom Fairfield's Schooldays is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MORE TROUBLE “Freshmen win!” “Rah, Freshmen! Elmwood forever! Freshmen win!” “Hurray for Tom Fairfield!”
Chapter 15 of Tom Fairfield's Schooldays is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture
From this reading “Elmwood forever!”
for a limitless time
From this reading “Elmwood forever!”
plural of “freshman” — a first-year undergraduate
From this reading “MORE TROUBLE “Freshmen win!””
male cat
From this reading ““Hurray for Tom Fairfield!””
a source of difficulty
From this reading “MORE TROUBLE “Freshmen win!””
be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious
From this reading “MORE TROUBLE “Freshmen win!””
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In this reading “MORE TROUBLE “Freshmen win!””
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hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture
From this reading Elmwood forever!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hurray for Tom Fairfield!”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Hurray for Tom Fairfield!”
for a limitless time
From this reading Elmwood forever!
plural of “freshman” — a first-year undergraduate
From this reading MORE TROUBLE “Freshmen win!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hurray for Tom Fairfield!”
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading MORE TROUBLE “Freshmen win!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Rah, Freshmen!
male cat
From this reading “Hurray for Tom Fairfield!”
a source of difficulty
From this reading MORE TROUBLE “Freshmen win!”
be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious
From this reading MORE TROUBLE “Freshmen win!”
Chapter 15 of Tom Fairfield's Schooldays by Allen Chapman holds 157 sentences, grouped into 32 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 15 holds 157 sentences of Tom Fairfield's Schooldays, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of Tom Fairfield's Schooldays by Allen Chapman exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 157 sentences, grouped into 32 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.
Work through the 32 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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