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Chapter 1 of Winning His "Y": A Story of School Athletics is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GERALD EVENS OLD SCORES “All together! Cheer on cheer! Now we’re charging down the field! See how Broadwood pales with fear, Knowing we will never yield! Wave on high your banner blue, Cheer for comrades staunch and true; We are here to die or do, Fighting for old Yardley!”
Chapter 1 of Winning His "Y": A Story of School Athletics is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising
From this reading “Wave on high your banner blue, Cheer for comrades staunch and true; We are here to die or do, Fighting for old Yardley!””
-ing form of “charge” — to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
From this reading “Now we’re charging down the field!”
plural of “comrade” — a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading “Wave on high your banner blue, Cheer for comrades staunch and true; We are here to die or do, Fighting for old Yardley!””
plural of “even” — the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading “GERALD EVENS OLD SCORES “All together!”
plural of “pale” — a wooden strip forming part of a fence
From this reading “See how Broadwood pales with fear, Knowing we will never yield!”
a large number or amount
From this reading “GERALD EVENS OLD SCORES “All together!”
firm and dependable especially in loyalty
From this reading “Wave on high your banner blue, Cheer for comrades staunch and true; We are here to die or do, Fighting for old Yardley!””
be the cause or source of
From this reading “See how Broadwood pales with fear, Knowing we will never yield!”
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 “GERALD EVENS OLD SCORES “All together!”
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(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 GERALD EVENS OLD SCORES “All together!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Wave on high your banner blue, Cheer for comrades staunch and true; We are here to die or do, Fighting for old Yardley!”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Wave on high your banner blue, Cheer for comrades staunch and true; We are here to die or do, Fighting for old Yardley!”
long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising
From this reading Wave on high your banner blue, Cheer for comrades staunch and true; We are here to die or do, Fighting for old Yardley!”
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading Wave on high your banner blue, Cheer for comrades staunch and true; We are here to die or do, Fighting for old Yardley!”
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From this reading See how Broadwood pales with fear, Knowing we will never yield!
-ing form of “charge” — to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
From this reading Now we’re charging down the field!
give encouragement to
From this reading Cheer on cheer!
plural of “comrade” — a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading Wave on high your banner blue, Cheer for comrades staunch and true; We are here to die or do, Fighting for old Yardley!”
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Wave on high your banner blue, Cheer for comrades staunch and true; We are here to die or do, Fighting for old Yardley!”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Wave on high your banner blue, Cheer for comrades staunch and true; We are here to die or do, Fighting for old Yardley!”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Now we’re charging down the field!
plural of “even” — the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading GERALD EVENS OLD SCORES “All together!
be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading See how Broadwood pales with fear, Knowing we will never yield!
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading Now we’re charging down the field!
the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
From this reading Wave on high your banner blue, Cheer for comrades staunch and true; We are here to die or do, Fighting for old Yardley!”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Wave on high your banner blue, Cheer for comrades staunch and true; We are here to die or do, Fighting for old Yardley!”
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From this reading GERALD EVENS OLD SCORES “All together!
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Wave on high your banner blue, Cheer for comrades staunch and true; We are here to die or do, Fighting for old Yardley!”
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Wave on high your banner blue, Cheer for comrades staunch and true; We are here to die or do, Fighting for old Yardley!”
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From this reading See how Broadwood pales with fear, Knowing we will never yield!
evidencing the possession of inside information
From this reading See how Broadwood pales with fear, Knowing we will never yield!
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading See how Broadwood pales with fear, Knowing we will never yield!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now we’re charging down the field!
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading GERALD EVENS OLD SCORES “All together!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Cheer on cheer!
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Wave on high your banner blue, Cheer for comrades staunch and true; We are here to die or do, Fighting for old Yardley!”
plural of “pale” — a wooden strip forming part of a fence
From this reading See how Broadwood pales with fear, Knowing we will never yield!
a large number or amount
From this reading GERALD EVENS OLD SCORES “All together!
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See how Broadwood pales with fear, Knowing we will never yield!
firm and dependable especially in loyalty
From this reading Wave on high your banner blue, Cheer for comrades staunch and true; We are here to die or do, Fighting for old Yardley!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Now we’re charging down the field!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Wave on high your banner blue, Cheer for comrades staunch and true; We are here to die or do, Fighting for old Yardley!”
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading GERALD EVENS OLD SCORES “All together!
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading Wave on high your banner blue, Cheer for comrades staunch and true; We are here to die or do, Fighting for old Yardley!”
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading Wave on high your banner blue, Cheer for comrades staunch and true; We are here to die or do, Fighting for old Yardley!”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading See how Broadwood pales with fear, Knowing we will never yield!
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From this reading Now we’re charging down the field!
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading See how Broadwood pales with fear, Knowing we will never yield!
in the company of; together with
From this reading See how Broadwood pales with fear, Knowing we will never yield!
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From this reading Wave on high your banner blue, Cheer for comrades staunch and true; We are here to die or do, Fighting for old Yardley!”
be the cause or source of
From this reading See how Broadwood pales with fear, Knowing we will never yield!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Wave on high your banner blue, Cheer for comrades staunch and true; We are here to die or do, Fighting for old Yardley!”
Chapter 1 of Winning His "Y": A Story of School Athletics by Ralph Henry Barbour holds 229 sentences, grouped into 46 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 229 sentences of Winning His "Y": A Story of School Athletics, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
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