Chapter 4 of Bob Steele in Strange Waters is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Bob Steele in Strange Waters is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TIMELY FORBEARANCE. “What’s all this? Two webfeet sailing into one lone-handed youngster! And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that. Let go, you!”
Chapter 4 of Bob Steele in Strange Waters is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading “TIMELY FORBEARANCE.”
the act of retaining something
From this reading “And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Let go, you!””
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading “And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.”
the work of a sailor
From this reading “Two webfeet sailing into one lone-handed youngster!”
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.”
before a time limit expires
From this reading “TIMELY FORBEARANCE.”
a young person of either sex
From this reading “Two webfeet sailing into one lone-handed youngster!”
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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(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 “What’s all this?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading TIMELY FORBEARANCE.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Let go, you!”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.
the act of retaining something
From this reading And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Two webfeet sailing into one lone-handed youngster!
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let go, you!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Two webfeet sailing into one lone-handed youngster!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Two webfeet sailing into one lone-handed youngster!
have ownership or possession of
From this reading And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.
the work of a sailor
From this reading Two webfeet sailing into one lone-handed youngster!
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “What’s all this?
before a time limit expires
From this reading TIMELY FORBEARANCE.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Two webfeet sailing into one lone-handed youngster!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Two webfeet sailing into one lone-handed youngster!
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What’s all this?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Let go, you!”
a young person of either sex
From this reading Two webfeet sailing into one lone-handed youngster!
Chapter 4 of Bob Steele in Strange Waters by Donald Grayson holds 116 sentences, grouped into 24 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 4 holds 116 sentences of Bob Steele in Strange Waters, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
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