Chapter 8 of Billy To-Morrow's Chums is here in full — 214 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Billy To-Morrow's Chums is here in full — 214 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Sydney found Max lying in a lumberman’s bunk, partially restored and able to give greeting with both hand and word. “The jig’s up, you runaway; you’ve got to come home with me.” Sydney was still panting from his long run. Max shook his head wearily, but not before his eyes had flashed tell-tale joy at the word “home.” “I can’t, Sydney.
Chapter 8 of Billy To-Morrow's Chums is here in full — 214 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a long trough for feeding cattle
From this reading “Sydney found Max lying in a lumberman’s bunk, partially restored and able to give greeting with both hand and word.”
possessive form of “lumberman” — a person who fells trees
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
From this reading “Sydney found Max lying in a lumberman’s bunk, partially restored and able to give greeting with both hand and word.”
breathing heavily (as after exertion)
From this reading “Sydney was still panting from his long run.”
to some extent; in some degree; not wholly
From this reading “Sydney found Max lying in a lumberman’s bunk, partially restored and able to give greeting with both hand and word.”
an easy victory
From this reading ““The jig’s up, you runaway; you’ve got to come home with me.””
the largest Australian city located in southeastern Australia on the Tasman Sea; state capital of New South Wales; Australia's chief port
From this reading “Sydney found Max lying in a lumberman’s bunk, partially restored and able to give greeting with both hand and word.”
in a weary manner
From this reading “Max shook his head wearily, but not before his eyes had flashed tell-tale joy at the word “home.””
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.
become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
In this reading ““The jig’s up, you runaway; you’ve got to come home with me.””
In this reading “Sydney was still panting from his long run.”
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 Sydney found Max lying in a lumberman’s bunk, partially restored and able to give greeting with both hand and word.
(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading Sydney found Max lying in a lumberman’s bunk, partially restored and able to give greeting with both hand and word.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sydney found Max lying in a lumberman’s bunk, partially restored and able to give greeting with both hand and word.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Max shook his head wearily, but not before his eyes had flashed tell-tale joy at the word “home.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Max shook his head wearily, but not before his eyes had flashed tell-tale joy at the word “home.”
the two together, not just one
From this reading Sydney found Max lying in a lumberman’s bunk, partially restored and able to give greeting with both hand and word.
a long trough for feeding cattle
From this reading Sydney found Max lying in a lumberman’s bunk, partially restored and able to give greeting with both hand and word.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Max shook his head wearily, but not before his eyes had flashed tell-tale joy at the word “home.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I can’t, Sydney.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “The jig’s up, you runaway; you’ve got to come home with me.”
opinion or judgment
From this reading Max shook his head wearily, but not before his eyes had flashed tell-tale joy at the word “home.”
past form of “flash” — gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading Max shook his head wearily, but not before his eyes had flashed tell-tale joy at the word “home.”
set up or found
From this reading Sydney found Max lying in a lumberman’s bunk, partially restored and able to give greeting with both hand and word.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Sydney was still panting from his long run.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Sydney found Max lying in a lumberman’s bunk, partially restored and able to give greeting with both hand and word.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “The jig’s up, you runaway; you’ve got to come home with me.”
(usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
From this reading Sydney found Max lying in a lumberman’s bunk, partially restored and able to give greeting with both hand and word.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Max shook his head wearily, but not before his eyes had flashed tell-tale joy at the word “home.”
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Sydney found Max lying in a lumberman’s bunk, partially restored and able to give greeting with both hand and word.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Max shook his head wearily, but not before his eyes had flashed tell-tale joy at the word “home.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Sydney was still panting from his long run.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “The jig’s up, you runaway; you’ve got to come home with me.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I can’t, Sydney.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Sydney found Max lying in a lumberman’s bunk, partially restored and able to give greeting with both hand and word.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The jig’s up, you runaway; you’ve got to come home with me.”
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading Max shook his head wearily, but not before his eyes had flashed tell-tale joy at the word “home.”
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 Sydney was still panting from his long run.
possessive form of “lumberman” — a person who fells trees
From this reading Sydney found Max lying in a lumberman’s bunk, partially restored and able to give greeting with both hand and word.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading Sydney found Max lying in a lumberman’s bunk, partially restored and able to give greeting with both hand and word.
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
From this reading Sydney found Max lying in a lumberman’s bunk, partially restored and able to give greeting with both hand and word.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “The jig’s up, you runaway; you’ve got to come home with me.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Max shook his head wearily, but not before his eyes had flashed tell-tale joy at the word “home.”
breathing heavily (as after exertion)
From this reading Sydney was still panting from his long run.
to some extent; in some degree; not wholly
From this reading Sydney found Max lying in a lumberman’s bunk, partially restored and able to give greeting with both hand and word.
past form of “restore” — return to its original or usable and functioning condition
From this reading Sydney found Max lying in a lumberman’s bunk, partially restored and able to give greeting with both hand and word.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading Sydney was still panting from his long run.
an easy victory
From this reading “The jig’s up, you runaway; you’ve got to come home with me.”
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading Max shook his head wearily, but not before his eyes had flashed tell-tale joy at the word “home.”
not in physical motion
From this reading Sydney was still panting from his long run.
the largest Australian city located in southeastern Australia on the Tasman Sea; state capital of New South Wales; Australia's chief port
From this reading Sydney found Max lying in a lumberman’s bunk, partially restored and able to give greeting with both hand and word.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Max shook his head wearily, but not before his eyes had flashed tell-tale joy at the word “home.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The jig’s up, you runaway; you’ve got to come home with me.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sydney found Max lying in a lumberman’s bunk, partially restored and able to give greeting with both hand and word.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “The jig’s up, you runaway; you’ve got to come home with me.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Sydney was still panting from his long run.
in a weary manner
From this reading Max shook his head wearily, but not before his eyes had flashed tell-tale joy at the word “home.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Sydney found Max lying in a lumberman’s bunk, partially restored and able to give greeting with both hand and word.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading Sydney found Max lying in a lumberman’s bunk, partially restored and able to give greeting with both hand and word.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “The jig’s up, you runaway; you’ve got to come home with me.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “The jig’s up, you runaway; you’ve got to come home with me.”
Chapter 8 of Billy To-Morrow's Chums by Sarah Pratt Carr holds 214 sentences, grouped into 43 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 214 sentences of Billy To-Morrow's Chums, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
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