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Chapter 10 of Bob Hazard, Dam Builder is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands. “Come on, Bob, let’s get a couple of horses and ride up into the range country. I hear there are some wonderful ranches farther up country.” “No,” said Bob. “I’ll stick to the water.
Chapter 10 of Bob Hazard, Dam Builder is here in full — 123 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
From this reading “TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.”
more distant in especially space or time
From this reading “I hear there are some wonderful ranches farther up country.””
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading “TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.”
plural of “ranch” — farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
From this reading “I hear there are some wonderful ranches farther up country.””
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
From this reading ““Come on, Bob, let’s get a couple of horses and ride up into the range country.”
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading ““I’ll stick to the water.”
plural of “sunday” — first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading “TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.”
a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
From this reading “TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.”
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.
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In this reading ““Come on, Bob, let’s get a couple of horses and ride up into the range country.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.
later than; following
From this reading TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I hear there are some wonderful ranches farther up country.”
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading “Come on, Bob, let’s get a couple of horses and ride up into the range country.
a pair who associate with one another
From this reading “Come on, Bob, let’s get a couple of horses and ride up into the range country.
a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
From this reading TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.
more distant in especially space or time
From this reading I hear there are some wonderful ranches farther up country.”
set up or found
From this reading TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Come on, Bob, let’s get a couple of horses and ride up into the range country.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading I hear there are some wonderful ranches farther up country.”
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “Come on, Bob, let’s get a couple of horses and ride up into the range country.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I hear there are some wonderful ranches farther up country.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’ll stick to the water.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “Come on, Bob, let’s get a couple of horses and ride up into the range country.
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Come on, Bob, let’s get a couple of horses and ride up into the range country.
not any; not one
From this reading “No,” said Bob.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Come on, Bob, let’s get a couple of horses and ride up into the range country.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.
plural of “ranch” — farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
From this reading I hear there are some wonderful ranches farther up country.”
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"
From this reading “Come on, Bob, let’s get a couple of horses and ride up into the range country.
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading “Come on, Bob, let’s get a couple of horses and ride up into the range country.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “No,” said Bob.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I hear there are some wonderful ranches farther up country.”
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading “I’ll stick to the water.
plural of “sunday” — first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
From this reading TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.
a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
From this reading TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.
in or at that place or location
From this reading I hear there are some wonderful ranches farther up country.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “Come on, Bob, let’s get a couple of horses and ride up into the range country.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading “I’ll stick to the water.
in the company of; together with
From this reading TED HOYT Two or three Sundays after they had come to the dam, Bob and Jerry found themselves with a day on their hands.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading I hear there are some wonderful ranches farther up country.”
Chapter 10 of Bob Hazard, Dam Builder by Carl Brandt 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 10 holds 123 sentences of Bob Hazard, Dam Builder, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
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