Chapter 1 of Billy Whiskers' Travels is here in full — 530 sentences across 106 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Billy Whiskers' Travels is here in full — 530 sentences across 106 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MADE IN U. S. A. I. Billy Runs Away from Home II. He Loses his Mother III. Billy Sees his Mother Again IV. The Burgomaster is Bumped V. The Wooden Goat VI.
Chapter 1 of Billy Whiskers' Travels is here in full — 530 sentences across 106 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading “I. Billy Runs Away from Home II.”
past form of “bump” — knock against with force or violence
From this reading “The Burgomaster is Bumped V. The Wooden Goat VI.”
a mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria
From this reading “The Burgomaster is Bumped V. The Wooden Goat VI.”
any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
From this reading “The Burgomaster is Bumped V. The Wooden Goat VI.”
third-person singular of “lose” — fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “He Loses his Mother III.”
plural of “run” — a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
From this reading “I. Billy Runs Away from Home II.”
plural of “see” — the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
From this reading “Billy Sees his Mother Again IV.”
made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood
From this reading “The Burgomaster is Bumped V. The Wooden Goat VI.”
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.
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
In this reading “I. Billy Runs Away from Home II.”
In this reading “I. Billy Runs Away from Home II.”
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 MADE IN U. S. A.
anew
From this reading Billy Sees his Mother Again IV.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I. Billy Runs Away from Home II.
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading I. Billy Runs Away from Home II.
past form of “bump” — knock against with force or violence
From this reading The Burgomaster is Bumped V. The Wooden Goat VI.
a mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria
From this reading The Burgomaster is Bumped V. The Wooden Goat VI.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I. Billy Runs Away from Home II.
any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
From this reading The Burgomaster is Bumped V. The Wooden Goat VI.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He Loses his Mother III.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He Loses his Mother III.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading I. Billy Runs Away from Home II.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I. Billy Runs Away from Home II.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading I. Billy Runs Away from Home II.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading He Loses his Mother III.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading MADE IN U. S. A.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Burgomaster is Bumped V. The Wooden Goat VI.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading Billy Sees his Mother Again IV.
third-person singular of “lose” — fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading He Loses his Mother III.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading MADE IN U. S. A.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading He Loses his Mother III.
plural of “run” — a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
From this reading I. Billy Runs Away from Home II.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading MADE IN U. S. A.
plural of “see” — the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
From this reading Billy Sees his Mother Again IV.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Burgomaster is Bumped V. The Wooden Goat VI.
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading MADE IN U. S. A.
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading The Burgomaster is Bumped V. The Wooden Goat VI.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading The Burgomaster is Bumped V. The Wooden Goat VI.
made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood
From this reading The Burgomaster is Bumped V. The Wooden Goat VI.
Chapter 1 of Billy Whiskers' Travels by Frances Trego Montgomery holds 530 sentences, grouped into 106 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 1 holds 530 sentences of Billy Whiskers' Travels, unabridged, divided into 106 reading sections.
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