Chapter 3 of Billie Bradley and the School Mystery is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Billie Bradley and the School Mystery is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
EDINA TO THE RESCUE At Billie Bradley’s desperate cry, Laura flung herself at the edge of the cliff. “I’m coming, Billie!” she shouted. “I’ll get to you some way, if I break my own neck.” Vi caught her and dragged her back. “Wait!” she cried.
Chapter 3 of Billie Bradley and the School Mystery is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessive form of “bradley” — United States politician who was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles (1917-1998)
a steep high face of rock
From this reading “EDINA TO THE RESCUE At Billie Bradley’s desperate cry, Laura flung herself at the edge of the cliff.”
arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
From this reading “EDINA TO THE RESCUE At Billie Bradley’s desperate cry, Laura flung herself at the edge of the cliff.”
inflected form of “drag” — pull, as against a resistance
From this reading “Vi caught her and dragged her back.”
the boundary of a surface
From this reading “EDINA TO THE RESCUE At Billie Bradley’s desperate cry, Laura flung herself at the edge of the cliff.”
inflected form of “fling” — throw with force or recklessness
From this reading “EDINA TO THE RESCUE At Billie Bradley’s desperate cry, Laura flung herself at the edge of the cliff.”
free from harm or evil
From this reading “EDINA TO THE RESCUE At Billie Bradley’s desperate cry, Laura flung herself at the edge of the cliff.”
in a vehement outcry
From this reading ““I’m coming, Billie!” she shouted.”
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 “EDINA TO THE RESCUE At Billie Bradley’s desperate cry, Laura flung herself at the edge of the cliff.”
In this reading ““I’ll get to you some way, if I break my own neck.””
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.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Vi caught her and dragged her back.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading EDINA TO THE RESCUE At Billie Bradley’s desperate cry, Laura flung herself at the edge of the cliff.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Vi caught her and dragged her back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading EDINA TO THE RESCUE At Billie Bradley’s desperate cry, Laura flung herself at the edge of the cliff.
possessive form of “bradley” — United States politician who was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles (1917-1998)
From this reading EDINA TO THE RESCUE At Billie Bradley’s desperate cry, Laura flung herself at the edge of the cliff.
terminate
From this reading “I’ll get to you some way, if I break my own neck.”
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading Vi caught her and dragged her back.
a steep high face of rock
From this reading EDINA TO THE RESCUE At Billie Bradley’s desperate cry, Laura flung herself at the edge of the cliff.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “I’m coming, Billie!” she shouted.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “Wait!” she cried.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading EDINA TO THE RESCUE At Billie Bradley’s desperate cry, Laura flung herself at the edge of the cliff.
arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
From this reading EDINA TO THE RESCUE At Billie Bradley’s desperate cry, Laura flung herself at the edge of the cliff.
inflected form of “drag” — pull, as against a resistance
From this reading Vi caught her and dragged her back.
the boundary of a surface
From this reading EDINA TO THE RESCUE At Billie Bradley’s desperate cry, Laura flung herself at the edge of the cliff.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading EDINA TO THE RESCUE At Billie Bradley’s desperate cry, Laura flung herself at the edge of the cliff.
inflected form of “fling” — throw with force or recklessness
From this reading EDINA TO THE RESCUE At Billie Bradley’s desperate cry, Laura flung herself at the edge of the cliff.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “I’ll get to you some way, if I break my own neck.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Vi caught her and dragged her back.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading EDINA TO THE RESCUE At Billie Bradley’s desperate cry, Laura flung herself at the edge of the cliff.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I’ll get to you some way, if I break my own neck.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ll get to you some way, if I break my own neck.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m coming, Billie!” she shouted.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “I’ll get to you some way, if I break my own neck.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading EDINA TO THE RESCUE At Billie Bradley’s desperate cry, Laura flung herself at the edge of the cliff.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I’ll get to you some way, if I break my own neck.”
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading “I’ll get to you some way, if I break my own neck.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading EDINA TO THE RESCUE At Billie Bradley’s desperate cry, Laura flung herself at the edge of the cliff.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading “I’ll get to you some way, if I break my own neck.”
free from harm or evil
From this reading EDINA TO THE RESCUE At Billie Bradley’s desperate cry, Laura flung herself at the edge of the cliff.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I’m coming, Billie!” she shouted.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading “I’m coming, Billie!” she shouted.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “I’ll get to you some way, if I break my own neck.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading EDINA TO THE RESCUE At Billie Bradley’s desperate cry, Laura flung herself at the edge of the cliff.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading EDINA TO THE RESCUE At Billie Bradley’s desperate cry, Laura flung herself at the edge of the cliff.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading Vi caught her and dragged her back.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “Wait!” she cried.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “I’ll get to you some way, if I break my own neck.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I’ll get to you some way, if I break my own neck.”
Chapter 3 of Billie Bradley and the School Mystery by Janet D. Wheeler holds 108 sentences, grouped into 22 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 3 holds 108 sentences of Billie Bradley and the School Mystery, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
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