Chapter 8 of Billy To-morrow is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Billy To-morrow is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice. “Billy,” she called. “Don’t, mother! Mother, don’t come in here! Don’t come in the same room with me,--I’m not fit for-- O mother, I’ve hurt Jimmy for life!”
Chapter 8 of Billy To-morrow is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/24 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading “ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.”
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
From this reading “Don’t come in the same room with me,--I’m not fit for-- O mother, I’ve hurt Jimmy for life!””
raise from a lower to a higher position
From this reading “ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.”
a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
From this reading “ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.”
plural of “sea” — a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading “ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.”
make steady
From this reading “ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.”
(especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion
From this reading “ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.”
an effortful attempt to attain a goal
From this reading “ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.”
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 “ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.”
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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 ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Billy,” she called.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Mother, don’t come in here!
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Don’t, mother!
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading Don’t come in the same room with me,--I’m not fit for-- O mother, I’ve hurt Jimmy for life!”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Don’t come in the same room with me,--I’m not fit for-- O mother, I’ve hurt Jimmy for life!”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Mother, don’t come in here!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.
be the source of pain
From this reading Don’t come in the same room with me,--I’m not fit for-- O mother, I’ve hurt Jimmy for life!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don’t come in the same room with me,--I’m not fit for-- O mother, I’ve hurt Jimmy for life!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don’t come in the same room with me,--I’m not fit for-- O mother, I’ve hurt Jimmy for life!”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mother, don’t come in here!
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
From this reading Don’t come in the same room with me,--I’m not fit for-- O mother, I’ve hurt Jimmy for life!”
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Don’t come in the same room with me,--I’m not fit for-- O mother, I’ve hurt Jimmy for life!”
raise from a lower to a higher position
From this reading ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Don’t come in the same room with me,--I’m not fit for-- O mother, I’ve hurt Jimmy for life!”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “Don’t, mother!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.
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 Don’t come in the same room with me,--I’m not fit for-- O mother, I’ve hurt Jimmy for life!”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.
a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
From this reading ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Don’t come in the same room with me,--I’m not fit for-- O mother, I’ve hurt Jimmy for life!”
Identical; not different.
From this reading Don’t come in the same room with me,--I’m not fit for-- O mother, I’ve hurt Jimmy for life!”
plural of “sea” — a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Billy,” she called.
make steady
From this reading ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.
(especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion
From this reading ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.
an effortful attempt to attain a goal
From this reading ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ON STORMY SEAS Billy did not lift his face from the pillow; he was striving to steady throat and voice.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Don’t come in the same room with me,--I’m not fit for-- O mother, I’ve hurt Jimmy for life!”
Chapter 8 of Billy To-morrow by Sarah Pratt Carr holds 123 sentences, grouped into 25 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 8 holds 123 sentences of Billy To-morrow, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Billy To-morrow by Sarah Pratt Carr exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 123 sentences, grouped into 25 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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