Chapter 12 of Billie Bradley and the School Mystery is here in full — 94 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Billie Bradley and the School Mystery is here in full — 94 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A PERFECT DAY Billie Bradley found Miss Arbuckle and the girls impatiently awaiting her at the Busy Bee. “We’re starving!” they cried reproachfully. “What has been keeping you?” “And where’s the lion cub?” another wanted to know. Billie smiled mysteriously.
Chapter 12 of Billie Bradley and the School Mystery is here in full — 94 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/18 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
-ing form of “await” — look forward to the probable occurrence of
From this reading “A PERFECT DAY Billie Bradley found Miss Arbuckle and the girls impatiently awaiting her at the Busy Bee.”
any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
From this reading “A PERFECT DAY Billie Bradley found Miss Arbuckle and the girls impatiently awaiting her at the Busy Bee.”
United States politician who was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles (1917-1998)
From this reading “A PERFECT DAY Billie Bradley found Miss Arbuckle and the girls impatiently awaiting her at the Busy Bee.”
an awkward and inexperienced youth
From this reading ““And where’s the lion cub?” another wanted to know.”
with impatience; in an impatient manner
From this reading “A PERFECT DAY Billie Bradley found Miss Arbuckle and the girls impatiently awaiting her at the Busy Bee.”
large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
From this reading ““And where’s the lion cub?” another wanted to know.”
in a cryptic manner
From this reading “Billie smiled mysteriously.”
suffering from lack of food
From this reading ““We’re starving!” they cried reproachfully.”
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.
an alert and energetic person
In this reading “A PERFECT DAY Billie Bradley found Miss Arbuckle and the girls impatiently awaiting her at the Busy Bee.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A PERFECT DAY Billie Bradley found Miss Arbuckle and the girls impatiently awaiting her at the Busy Bee.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A PERFECT DAY Billie Bradley found Miss Arbuckle and the girls impatiently awaiting her at the Busy Bee.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading “And where’s the lion cub?” another wanted to know.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A PERFECT DAY Billie Bradley found Miss Arbuckle and the girls impatiently awaiting her at the Busy Bee.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A PERFECT DAY Billie Bradley found Miss Arbuckle and the girls impatiently awaiting her at the Busy Bee.
-ing form of “await” — look forward to the probable occurrence of
From this reading A PERFECT DAY Billie Bradley found Miss Arbuckle and the girls impatiently awaiting her at the Busy Bee.
any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
From this reading A PERFECT DAY Billie Bradley found Miss Arbuckle and the girls impatiently awaiting her at the Busy Bee.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “What has been keeping you?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A PERFECT DAY Billie Bradley found Miss Arbuckle and the girls impatiently awaiting her at the Busy Bee.
United States politician who was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles (1917-1998)
From this reading A PERFECT DAY Billie Bradley found Miss Arbuckle and the girls impatiently awaiting her at the Busy Bee.
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading A PERFECT DAY Billie Bradley found Miss Arbuckle and the girls impatiently awaiting her at the Busy Bee.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “We’re starving!” they cried reproachfully.
an awkward and inexperienced youth
From this reading “And where’s the lion cub?” another wanted to know.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading A PERFECT DAY Billie Bradley found Miss Arbuckle and the girls impatiently awaiting her at the Busy Bee.
set up or found
From this reading A PERFECT DAY Billie Bradley found Miss Arbuckle and the girls impatiently awaiting her at the Busy Bee.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading A PERFECT DAY Billie Bradley found Miss Arbuckle and the girls impatiently awaiting her at the Busy Bee.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “What has been keeping you?”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A PERFECT DAY Billie Bradley found Miss Arbuckle and the girls impatiently awaiting her at the Busy Bee.
with impatience; in an impatient manner
From this reading A PERFECT DAY Billie Bradley found Miss Arbuckle and the girls impatiently awaiting her at the Busy Bee.
conformity or harmony
From this reading “What has been keeping you?”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “And where’s the lion cub?” another wanted to know.
large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
From this reading “And where’s the lion cub?” another wanted to know.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading A PERFECT DAY Billie Bradley found Miss Arbuckle and the girls impatiently awaiting her at the Busy Bee.
in a cryptic manner
From this reading Billie smiled mysteriously.
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
From this reading A PERFECT DAY Billie Bradley found Miss Arbuckle and the girls impatiently awaiting her at the Busy Bee.
in a reproving or reproachful manner
From this reading “We’re starving!” they cried reproachfully.
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Billie smiled mysteriously.
suffering from lack of food
From this reading “We’re starving!” they cried reproachfully.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A PERFECT DAY Billie Bradley found Miss Arbuckle and the girls impatiently awaiting her at the Busy Bee.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “We’re starving!” they cried reproachfully.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “And where’s the lion cub?” another wanted to know.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading “And where’s the lion cub?” another wanted to know.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “We’re starving!” they cried reproachfully.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What has been keeping you?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And where’s the lion cub?” another wanted to know.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What has been keeping you?”
Chapter 12 of Billie Bradley and the School Mystery by Janet D. Wheeler holds 94 sentences, grouped into 19 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 12 holds 94 sentences of Billie Bradley and the School Mystery, unabridged, divided into 19 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Billie Bradley and the School Mystery by Janet D. Wheeler exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 94 sentences, grouped into 19 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.
Work through the 19 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 19 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 12 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading Billie Bradley and the School Mystery by Janet D. Wheeler on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 3452 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #50157 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #50157, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 287 minutes of reading across 691 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Billie Bradley and the School Mystery section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 25 chapters of Billie Bradley and the School Mystery to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Billie Bradley and the School Mystery, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
