Chapter 4 of Betty Lee, Sophomore is here in full — 168 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Betty Lee, Sophomore is here in full — 168 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"We shall not worry about being late, Betty. They have to get through customs first and it is doubtful if all the baggage is off the vessel as yet. It can not have been in long." Nevertheless Betty could see that her father was uneasy. The taxi lost no time in speeding from the ferry to the pier where the great ship stood.
Chapter 4 of Betty Lee, Sophomore is here in full — 168 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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cases used to carry belongings when traveling
From this reading “They have to get through customs first and it is doubtful if all the baggage is off the vessel as yet.”
money collected under a tariff
From this reading “They have to get through customs first and it is doubtful if all the baggage is off the vessel as yet.”
open to doubt or suspicion
From this reading “They have to get through customs first and it is doubtful if all the baggage is off the vessel as yet.”
transport from one place to another
From this reading “The taxi lost no time in speeding from the ferry to the pier where the great ship stood.”
a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
From this reading “The taxi lost no time in speeding from the ferry to the pier where the great ship stood.”
changing location rapidly
From this reading “The taxi lost no time in speeding from the ferry to the pier where the great ship stood.”
travel slowly
From this reading “The taxi lost no time in speeding from the ferry to the pier where the great ship stood.”
lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
From this reading “Nevertheless Betty could see that her father was uneasy.”
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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finish a task completely
In this reading “They have to get through customs first and it is doubtful if all the baggage is off the vessel as yet.”
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.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "We shall not worry about being late, Betty.
(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 They have to get through customs first and it is doubtful if all the baggage is off the vessel as yet.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They have to get through customs first and it is doubtful if all the baggage is off the vessel as yet.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They have to get through customs first and it is doubtful if all the baggage is off the vessel as yet.
cases used to carry belongings when traveling
From this reading They have to get through customs first and it is doubtful if all the baggage is off the vessel as yet.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It can not have been in long."
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading "We shall not worry about being late, Betty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We shall not worry about being late, Betty.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading It can not have been in long."
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Nevertheless Betty could see that her father was uneasy.
money collected under a tariff
From this reading They have to get through customs first and it is doubtful if all the baggage is off the vessel as yet.
open to doubt or suspicion
From this reading They have to get through customs first and it is doubtful if all the baggage is off the vessel as yet.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Nevertheless Betty could see that her father was uneasy.
transport from one place to another
From this reading The taxi lost no time in speeding from the ferry to the pier where the great ship stood.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading They have to get through customs first and it is doubtful if all the baggage is off the vessel as yet.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The taxi lost no time in speeding from the ferry to the pier where the great ship stood.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading They have to get through customs first and it is doubtful if all the baggage is off the vessel as yet.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The taxi lost no time in speeding from the ferry to the pier where the great ship stood.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They have to get through customs first and it is doubtful if all the baggage is off the vessel as yet.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Nevertheless Betty could see that her father was uneasy.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading They have to get through customs first and it is doubtful if all the baggage is off the vessel as yet.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It can not have been in long."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading They have to get through customs first and it is doubtful if all the baggage is off the vessel as yet.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading They have to get through customs first and it is doubtful if all the baggage is off the vessel as yet.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading "We shall not worry about being late, Betty.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading It can not have been in long."
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading The taxi lost no time in speeding from the ferry to the pier where the great ship stood.
in spite of what has just been said
From this reading Nevertheless Betty could see that her father was uneasy.
not any; not one
From this reading The taxi lost no time in speeding from the ferry to the pier where the great ship stood.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "We shall not worry about being late, Betty.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading They have to get through customs first and it is doubtful if all the baggage is off the vessel as yet.
a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
From this reading The taxi lost no time in speeding from the ferry to the pier where the great ship stood.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Nevertheless Betty could see that her father was uneasy.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "We shall not worry about being late, Betty.
transport commercially
From this reading The taxi lost no time in speeding from the ferry to the pier where the great ship stood.
changing location rapidly
From this reading The taxi lost no time in speeding from the ferry to the pier where the great ship stood.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading The taxi lost no time in speeding from the ferry to the pier where the great ship stood.
travel slowly
From this reading The taxi lost no time in speeding from the ferry to the pier where the great ship stood.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Nevertheless Betty could see that her father was uneasy.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They have to get through customs first and it is doubtful if all the baggage is off the vessel as yet.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They have to get through customs first and it is doubtful if all the baggage is off the vessel as yet.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading They have to get through customs first and it is doubtful if all the baggage is off the vessel as yet.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The taxi lost no time in speeding from the ferry to the pier where the great ship stood.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They have to get through customs first and it is doubtful if all the baggage is off the vessel as yet.
lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
From this reading Nevertheless Betty could see that her father was uneasy.
a tube in which a body fluid circulates
From this reading They have to get through customs first and it is doubtful if all the baggage is off the vessel as yet.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Nevertheless Betty could see that her father was uneasy.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We shall not worry about being late, Betty.
in or at the place that
From this reading The taxi lost no time in speeding from the ferry to the pier where the great ship stood.
be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
From this reading "We shall not worry about being late, Betty.
but in spite of that
From this reading They have to get through customs first and it is doubtful if all the baggage is off the vessel as yet.
Chapter 4 of Betty Lee, Sophomore by Harriet Pyne Grove holds 168 sentences, grouped into 34 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.
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