Chapter 4 of Bill Bruce on Forest Patrol is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Bill Bruce on Forest Patrol is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“There’s no fire, Bill,” said Bob. “You smell the smoke from our fire. When we put it out, it smoked terribly and the odor is all around us.” “No, Bob, our fire has been out too long. There’s a fire somewhere near here sure as shooting.
Chapter 4 of Bill Bruce on Forest Patrol is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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move up and down repeatedly
From this reading ““There’s no fire, Bill,” said Bob.”
any property detected by the olfactory system
From this reading “When we put it out, it smoked terribly and the odor is all around us.””
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading “There’s a fire somewhere near here sure as shooting.”
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading ““You smell the smoke from our fire.”
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading ““You smell the smoke from our fire.”
(used especially of meats and fish) dried and cured by hanging in wood smoke
From this reading “When we put it out, it smoked terribly and the odor is all around us.””
in or at or to some place
From this reading “There’s a fire somewhere near here sure as shooting.”
used as intensifiers
From this reading “When we put it out, it smoked terribly and the odor is all around us.””
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 ““No, Bob, our fire has been out too long.”
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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 There’s a fire somewhere near here sure as shooting.
(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 When we put it out, it smoked terribly and the odor is all around us.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When we put it out, it smoked terribly and the odor is all around us.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading When we put it out, it smoked terribly and the odor is all around us.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There’s a fire somewhere near here sure as shooting.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “No, Bob, our fire has been out too long.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading “There’s no fire, Bill,” said Bob.
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading “There’s no fire, Bill,” said Bob.
start firing a weapon
From this reading “There’s no fire, Bill,” said Bob.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “You smell the smoke from our fire.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “No, Bob, our fire has been out too long.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading There’s a fire somewhere near here sure as shooting.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When we put it out, it smoked terribly and the odor is all around us.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading When we put it out, it smoked terribly and the odor is all around us.”
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 “No, Bob, our fire has been out too long.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading There’s a fire somewhere near here sure as shooting.
not any; not one
From this reading “There’s no fire, Bill,” said Bob.
any property detected by the olfactory system
From this reading When we put it out, it smoked terribly and the odor is all around us.”
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “You smell the smoke from our fire.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading When we put it out, it smoked terribly and the odor is all around us.”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading When we put it out, it smoked terribly and the odor is all around us.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “There’s no fire, Bill,” said Bob.
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading There’s a fire somewhere near here sure as shooting.
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading “You smell the smoke from our fire.
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading “You smell the smoke from our fire.
(used especially of meats and fish) dried and cured by hanging in wood smoke
From this reading When we put it out, it smoked terribly and the odor is all around us.”
in or at or to some place
From this reading There’s a fire somewhere near here sure as shooting.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading There’s a fire somewhere near here sure as shooting.
used as intensifiers
From this reading When we put it out, it smoked terribly and the odor is all around us.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “You smell the smoke from our fire.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s no fire, Bill,” said Bob.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading “No, Bob, our fire has been out too long.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When we put it out, it smoked terribly and the odor is all around us.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading When we put it out, it smoked terribly and the odor is all around us.”
at the time that
From this reading When we put it out, it smoked terribly and the odor is all around us.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You smell the smoke from our fire.
Chapter 4 of Bill Bruce on Forest Patrol by Henry Harley Arnold holds 147 sentences, grouped into 30 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 4 holds 147 sentences of Bill Bruce on Forest Patrol, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
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