Chapter 6 of Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Why didn't you advise him?" she asked. "Eh, my old friend?" "The foolish fellow! I pitied him at first, but I can't say I do so any longer. He wouldn't listen to me.
Chapter 6 of Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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give advice to
From this reading “"Why didn't you advise him?" she asked.”
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “"Why didn't you advise him?" she asked.”
a boy or man
From this reading “"The foolish fellow!”
devoid of good sense or judgment
From this reading “"The foolish fellow!”
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “"Eh, my old friend?"”
hear with intention
From this reading “He wouldn't listen to me.”
for more time
From this reading “I pitied him at first, but I can't say I do so any longer.”
inflected form of “pity” — share the suffering of
From this reading “I pitied him at first, but I can't say I do so any longer.”
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give advice to
From this reading "Why didn't you advise him?" she asked.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading I pitied him at first, but I can't say I do so any longer.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Why didn't you advise him?" she asked.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I pitied him at first, but I can't say I do so any longer.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I pitied him at first, but I can't say I do so any longer.
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From this reading I pitied him at first, but I can't say I do so any longer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why didn't you advise him?" she asked.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I pitied him at first, but I can't say I do so any longer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Eh, my old friend?"
a boy or man
From this reading "The foolish fellow!
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading I pitied him at first, but I can't say I do so any longer.
devoid of good sense or judgment
From this reading "The foolish fellow!
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading "Eh, my old friend?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He wouldn't listen to me.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Why didn't you advise him?" she asked.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I pitied him at first, but I can't say I do so any longer.
hear with intention
From this reading He wouldn't listen to me.
for more time
From this reading I pitied him at first, but I can't say I do so any longer.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He wouldn't listen to me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Eh, my old friend?"
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "Eh, my old friend?"
inflected form of “pity” — share the suffering of
From this reading I pitied him at first, but I can't say I do so any longer.
express in words
From this reading I pitied him at first, but I can't say I do so any longer.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Why didn't you advise him?" she asked.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I pitied him at first, but I can't say I do so any longer.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The foolish fellow!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He wouldn't listen to me.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why didn't you advise him?" she asked.
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From this reading He wouldn't listen to me.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Why didn't you advise him?" she asked.
Chapter 6 of Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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 6 holds 407 sentences of Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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