Chapter 9 of Bill Bolton and the Winged Cartwheels is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Bill Bolton and the Winged Cartwheels is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AT A DEAD END “Here—just a minute—” cried Bill, “yes, by Jove! I believe we can do it!” Osceola turned back. “Not that chimney you’re staring at! It’s got funnels at the top.
Chapter 9 of Bill Bolton and the Winged Cartwheels is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “I believe we can do it!””
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading “AT A DEAD END “Here—just a minute—” cried Bill, “yes, by Jove!”
a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building
From this reading ““Not that chimney you’re staring at!”
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading “AT A DEAD END “Here—just a minute—” cried Bill, “yes, by Jove!”
plural of “funnel” — a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends
From this reading “It’s got funnels at the top.”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “AT A DEAD END “Here—just a minute—” cried Bill, “yes, by Jove!”
(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
From this reading ““Not that chimney you’re staring at!”
the upper part of anything
From this reading “It’s got funnels at the top.”
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.
In this reading “It’s got funnels at the top.”
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 AT A DEAD END “Here—just a minute—” cried Bill, “yes, by Jove!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT A DEAD END “Here—just a minute—” cried Bill, “yes, by Jove!
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Osceola turned back.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading I believe we can do it!”
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading AT A DEAD END “Here—just a minute—” cried Bill, “yes, by Jove!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading AT A DEAD END “Here—just a minute—” cried Bill, “yes, by Jove!
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I believe we can do it!”
a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building
From this reading “Not that chimney you’re staring at!
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading AT A DEAD END “Here—just a minute—” cried Bill, “yes, by Jove!
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading AT A DEAD END “Here—just a minute—” cried Bill, “yes, by Jove!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I believe we can do it!”
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading AT A DEAD END “Here—just a minute—” cried Bill, “yes, by Jove!
plural of “funnel” — a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends
From this reading It’s got funnels at the top.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading It’s got funnels at the top.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading AT A DEAD END “Here—just a minute—” cried Bill, “yes, by Jove!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I believe we can do it!”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I believe we can do it!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s got funnels at the top.
(Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus
From this reading AT A DEAD END “Here—just a minute—” cried Bill, “yes, by Jove!
and nothing more
From this reading AT A DEAD END “Here—just a minute—” cried Bill, “yes, by Jove!
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading AT A DEAD END “Here—just a minute—” cried Bill, “yes, by Jove!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Not that chimney you’re staring at!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Osceola turned back.
(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
From this reading “Not that chimney you’re staring at!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Not that chimney you’re staring at!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It’s got funnels at the top.
the upper part of anything
From this reading It’s got funnels at the top.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Osceola turned back.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I believe we can do it!”
an affirmative
From this reading AT A DEAD END “Here—just a minute—” cried Bill, “yes, by Jove!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Not that chimney you’re staring at!
Chapter 9 of Bill Bolton and the Winged Cartwheels by Noel Sainsbury holds 182 sentences, grouped into 37 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 9 holds 182 sentences of Bill Bolton and the Winged Cartwheels, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Bill Bolton and the Winged Cartwheels by Noel Sainsbury exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 182 sentences, grouped into 37 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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