Chapter 7 of Billy To-morrow Stands the Test is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Billy To-morrow Stands the Test is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“DO YOUR BEST AND THEN——WHISTLE” “BILLY! My son!” Mrs. Bennett started forward as he opened her door, and threw her arms around his neck. “Did she—did a girl telephone you that I was all right, mother?” “Yes.
Chapter 7 of Billy To-morrow Stands the Test is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928)
From this reading “Mrs. Bennett started forward as he opened her door, and threw her arms around his neck.”
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading ““DO YOUR BEST AND THEN——WHISTLE” “BILLY!”
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading “Mrs. Bennett started forward as he opened her door, and threw her arms around his neck.”
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading “Mrs. Bennett started forward as he opened her door, and threw her arms around his neck.”
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “Mrs. Bennett started forward as he opened her door, and threw her arms around his neck.”
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading ““Did she—did a girl telephone you that I was all right, mother?””
inflected form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading “Mrs. Bennett started forward as he opened her door, and threw her arms around his neck.”
make whistling sounds
From this reading ““DO YOUR BEST AND THEN——WHISTLE” “BILLY!”
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 “Mrs. Bennett started forward as he opened her door, and threw her arms around his 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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “Did she—did a girl telephone you that I was all right, mother?”
(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 “Did she—did a girl telephone you that I was all right, mother?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “DO YOUR BEST AND THEN——WHISTLE” “BILLY!
weapons considered collectively
From this reading Mrs. Bennett started forward as he opened her door, and threw her arms around his neck.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Mrs. Bennett started forward as he opened her door, and threw her arms around his neck.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Mrs. Bennett started forward as he opened her door, and threw her arms around his neck.
United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928)
From this reading Mrs. Bennett started forward as he opened her door, and threw her arms around his neck.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading “DO YOUR BEST AND THEN——WHISTLE” “BILLY!
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading “DO YOUR BEST AND THEN——WHISTLE” “BILLY!
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Did she—did a girl telephone you that I was all right, mother?”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “DO YOUR BEST AND THEN——WHISTLE” “BILLY!
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Mrs. Bennett started forward as he opened her door, and threw her arms around his neck.
at or to or toward the front
From this reading Mrs. Bennett started forward as he opened her door, and threw her arms around his neck.
a young female
From this reading “Did she—did a girl telephone you that I was all right, mother?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mrs. Bennett started forward as he opened her door, and threw her arms around his neck.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Bennett started forward as he opened her door, and threw her arms around his neck.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Bennett started forward as he opened her door, and threw her arms around his neck.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Did she—did a girl telephone you that I was all right, mother?”
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading “Did she—did a girl telephone you that I was all right, mother?”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Bennett started forward as he opened her door, and threw her arms around his neck.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My son!”
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading Mrs. Bennett started forward as he opened her door, and threw her arms around his neck.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading Mrs. Bennett started forward as he opened her door, and threw her arms around his neck.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “Did she—did a girl telephone you that I was all right, mother?”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Did she—did a girl telephone you that I was all right, mother?”
a male human offspring
From this reading My son!”
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Mrs. Bennett started forward as he opened her door, and threw her arms around his neck.
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading “Did she—did a girl telephone you that I was all right, mother?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Did she—did a girl telephone you that I was all right, mother?”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “DO YOUR BEST AND THEN——WHISTLE” “BILLY!
inflected form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading Mrs. Bennett started forward as he opened her door, and threw her arms around his neck.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Did she—did a girl telephone you that I was all right, mother?”
make whistling sounds
From this reading “DO YOUR BEST AND THEN——WHISTLE” “BILLY!
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Did she—did a girl telephone you that I was all right, mother?”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “DO YOUR BEST AND THEN——WHISTLE” “BILLY!
Chapter 7 of Billy To-morrow Stands the Test by Sarah Pratt Carr holds 166 sentences, grouped into 34 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 7 holds 166 sentences of Billy To-morrow Stands the Test, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Billy To-morrow Stands the Test by Sarah Pratt Carr exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 166 sentences, grouped into 34 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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