Chapter 18 of Betty Wales decides is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Betty Wales decides is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MONTANA MARIE DISAPPEARS Mr. Morton answered Betty’s telegram with another: “Coach and Six not a bit too big for my notions. Thursday O. K. for me. Young Watson to plan improvements. Depend on you to keep him docile.”
Chapter 18 of Betty Wales decides is here in full — 203 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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third-person singular of “disappear” — get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading “MONTANA MARIE DISAPPEARS Mr. Morton answered Betty’s telegram with another:”
willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed
From this reading “Depend on you to keep him docile.””
plural of “improvement” — a change for the better; progress in development
From this reading “Young Watson to plan improvements.”
a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border
From this reading “MONTANA MARIE DISAPPEARS Mr. Morton answered Betty’s telegram with another:”
United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)
From this reading “MONTANA MARIE DISAPPEARS Mr. Morton answered Betty’s telegram with another:”
plural of “notion” — a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
From this reading ““Coach and Six not a bit too big for my notions.”
the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day
From this reading “Thursday O. K. for me.”
United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934)
From this reading “Young Watson to plan improvements.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
be contingent on
In this reading “Depend on you to keep him docile.””
In this reading ““Coach and Six not a bit too big for my notions.”
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 “Coach and Six not a bit too big for my notions.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Coach and Six not a bit too big for my notions.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading MONTANA MARIE DISAPPEARS Mr. Morton answered Betty’s telegram with another:
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading MONTANA MARIE DISAPPEARS Mr. Morton answered Betty’s telegram with another:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MONTANA MARIE DISAPPEARS Mr. Morton answered Betty’s telegram with another:
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Coach and Six not a bit too big for my notions.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading “Coach and Six not a bit too big for my notions.
teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports
From this reading “Coach and Six not a bit too big for my notions.
be contingent upon (something that is elided)
From this reading Depend on you to keep him docile.”
third-person singular of “disappear” — get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading MONTANA MARIE DISAPPEARS Mr. Morton answered Betty’s telegram with another:
willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed
From this reading Depend on you to keep him docile.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Coach and Six not a bit too big for my notions.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Depend on you to keep him docile.”
plural of “improvement” — a change for the better; progress in development
From this reading Young Watson to plan improvements.
the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Thursday O. K. for me.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Depend on you to keep him docile.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MONTANA MARIE DISAPPEARS Mr. Morton answered Betty’s telegram with another:
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Thursday O. K. for me.
a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border
From this reading MONTANA MARIE DISAPPEARS Mr. Morton answered Betty’s telegram with another:
United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)
From this reading MONTANA MARIE DISAPPEARS Mr. Morton answered Betty’s telegram with another:
a form of address for a man
From this reading MONTANA MARIE DISAPPEARS Mr. Morton answered Betty’s telegram with another:
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Coach and Six not a bit too big for my notions.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Coach and Six not a bit too big for my notions.
plural of “notion” — a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
From this reading “Coach and Six not a bit too big for my notions.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Thursday O. K. for me.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Depend on you to keep him docile.”
have the will and intention to carry out some action
From this reading Young Watson to plan improvements.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading “Coach and Six not a bit too big for my notions.
a message transmitted by telegraph
From this reading MONTANA MARIE DISAPPEARS Mr. Morton answered Betty’s telegram with another:
the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day
From this reading Thursday O. K. for me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Young Watson to plan improvements.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading “Coach and Six not a bit too big for my notions.
United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934)
From this reading Young Watson to plan improvements.
in the company of; together with
From this reading MONTANA MARIE DISAPPEARS Mr. Morton answered Betty’s telegram with another:
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Depend on you to keep him docile.”
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Young Watson to plan improvements.
Chapter 18 of Betty Wales decides by Edith K. (Edith Kellogg) Dunton holds 203 sentences, grouped into 41 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 18 holds 203 sentences of Betty Wales decides, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
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