Chapter 22 of Benton's Venture is here in full — 144 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Benton's Venture is here in full — 144 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence. When Tom had finished telling about it, “What do you think, sir?” he asked. Mr. Benton considered a minute. “It sounds all right, son,” he answered at last. “It all comes to this.
Chapter 22 of Benton's Venture is here in full — 144 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States artist whose paintings portrayed life in the Midwest and South (1889-1975)
From this reading “THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.”
freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
From this reading “THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.”
a period of time spent sleeping
From this reading “THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.”
a person's partner in marriage
From this reading “THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.”
plural of “sound” — the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading ““It sounds all right, son,” he answered at last.”
first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading “THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.”
possessive form of “tom” — male cat
any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
From this reading “THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.”
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 “THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.”
recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost
In this reading “THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading When Tom had finished telling about it, “What do you think, sir?” he asked.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
(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 “It sounds all right, son,” he answered at last.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading “It sounds all right, son,” he answered at last.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading When Tom had finished telling about it, “What do you think, sir?” he asked.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “It sounds all right, son,” he answered at last.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
United States artist whose paintings portrayed life in the Midwest and South (1889-1975)
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading “It all comes to this.
freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
carefully weighed
From this reading Mr. Benton considered a minute.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading When Tom had finished telling about it, “What do you think, sir?” he asked.
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
From this reading When Tom had finished telling about it, “What do you think, sir?” he asked.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When Tom had finished telling about it, “What do you think, sir?” he asked.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Tom had finished telling about it, “What do you think, sir?” he asked.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When Tom had finished telling about it, “What do you think, sir?” he asked.
and nothing more
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
immediately past
From this reading “It sounds all right, son,” he answered at last.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading Mr. Benton considered a minute.
a form of address for a man
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
a period of time spent sleeping
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
a person's partner in marriage
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “It sounds all right, son,” he answered at last.
term of address for a man
From this reading When Tom had finished telling about it, “What do you think, sir?” he asked.
a male human offspring
From this reading “It sounds all right, son,” he answered at last.
plural of “sound” — the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading “It sounds all right, son,” he answered at last.
not in physical motion
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
carry out
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading When Tom had finished telling about it, “What do you think, sir?” he asked.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading When Tom had finished telling about it, “What do you think, sir?” he asked.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “It all comes to this.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
male cat
From this reading When Tom had finished telling about it, “What do you think, sir?” he asked.
possessive form of “tom” — male cat
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE BOYS TAKE A PARTNER The boys got back to Tom’s house still full of the new venture, and Mr. Benton, just up from his Sunday afternoon nap, was taken into their confidence.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading When Tom had finished telling about it, “What do you think, sir?” he asked.
at the time that
From this reading When Tom had finished telling about it, “What do you think, sir?” he asked.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading When Tom had finished telling about it, “What do you think, sir?” he asked.
Chapter 22 of Benton's Venture by Ralph Henry Barbour holds 144 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 22 holds 144 sentences of Benton's Venture, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
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