Chapter 7 of Barry Wynn is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Barry Wynn is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly: "Barry, this is the happiest day of all the glad new year!" Barry looked at Joe blankly. "Why; what's happened? Have you good news?"
Chapter 7 of Barry Wynn is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a line of approach
From this reading “BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:”
in a blank and uncomprehending manner
From this reading “Barry looked at Joe blankly.”
superlative of “happy” — enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “"Barry, this is the happiest day of all the glad new year!"”
United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961)
From this reading “BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:”
with laughter; while laughing
From this reading “BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:”
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading “BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:”
plural of “stumble” — an unsteady uneven gait
From this reading “BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:”
close enough to be walked to
From this reading “BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:”
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 “BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:”
In this reading “Have you good news?"”
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
In this reading “Barry looked at Joe blankly.”
In this reading “BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:”
In this reading “"Barry, this is the happiest day of all the glad new year!"”
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.
(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 "Barry, this is the happiest day of all the glad new year!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Barry looked at Joe blankly.
a line of approach
From this reading BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:
in a blank and uncomprehending manner
From this reading Barry looked at Joe blankly.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading "Barry, this is the happiest day of all the glad new year!"
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading "Barry, this is the happiest day of all the glad new year!"
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Have you good news?"
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading "Why; what's happened?
superlative of “happy” — enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading "Barry, this is the happiest day of all the glad new year!"
United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961)
From this reading BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have you good news?"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Barry, this is the happiest day of all the glad new year!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:
with laughter; while laughing
From this reading BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Barry looked at Joe blankly.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading "Barry, this is the happiest day of all the glad new year!"
information about recent and important events
From this reading Have you good news?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Barry, this is the happiest day of all the glad new year!"
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:
plural of “stumble” — an unsteady uneven gait
From this reading BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:
happening unexpectedly
From this reading BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Barry, this is the happiest day of all the glad new year!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:
moved around an axis or center
From this reading BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:
close enough to be walked to
From this reading BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why; what's happened?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why; what's happened?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BARRY STUMBLES As Barry Wynn and Joe Hart were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue the following morning, Joe suddenly turned to his friend and exclaimed laughingly:
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading "Barry, this is the happiest day of all the glad new year!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Have you good news?"
Chapter 7 of Barry Wynn by George Barton holds 145 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 7 holds 145 sentences of Barry Wynn, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
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