Chapter 5 of Brother Billy is here in full — 155 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Brother Billy is here in full — 155 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ANTOINE LEBRINN "Tell you a bear story, Beely? No, I'm too scare to tell you a bear story," Aunt Florence heard Antoine remark. "I tole you dog story, hey? How you scare you old friend Antoine with you big dog. That was a bad trick, Beely.
Chapter 5 of Brother Billy is here in full — 155 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading “No, I'm too scare to tell you a bear story," Aunt Florence heard Antoine remark.”
have
From this reading “ANTOINE LEBRINN "Tell you a bear story, Beely?”
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading “"I tole you dog story, hey?”
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading “No, I'm too scare to tell you a bear story," Aunt Florence heard Antoine remark.”
a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
From this reading “No, I'm too scare to tell you a bear story," Aunt Florence heard Antoine remark.”
cause fear in
From this reading “No, I'm too scare to tell you a bear story," Aunt Florence heard Antoine remark.”
enameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted); popular in the 18th century
From this reading “"I tole you dog story, hey?”
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading “That was a bad trick, Beely.”
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.
In this reading “How you scare you old friend Antoine with you big dog.”
In this reading “How you scare you old friend Antoine with you big dog.”
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 ANTOINE LEBRINN "Tell you a bear story, Beely?
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From this reading ANTOINE LEBRINN "Tell you a bear story, Beely?
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading No, I'm too scare to tell you a bear story," Aunt Florence heard Antoine remark.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading That was a bad trick, Beely.
have
From this reading ANTOINE LEBRINN "Tell you a bear story, Beely?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ANTOINE LEBRINN "Tell you a bear story, Beely?
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading How you scare you old friend Antoine with you big dog.
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading "I tole you dog story, hey?
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading No, I'm too scare to tell you a bear story," Aunt Florence heard Antoine remark.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading How you scare you old friend Antoine with you big dog.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading No, I'm too scare to tell you a bear story," Aunt Florence heard Antoine remark.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I tole you dog story, hey?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How you scare you old friend Antoine with you big dog.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I tole you dog story, hey?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No, I'm too scare to tell you a bear story," Aunt Florence heard Antoine remark.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ANTOINE LEBRINN "Tell you a bear story, Beely?
not any; not one
From this reading No, I'm too scare to tell you a bear story," Aunt Florence heard Antoine remark.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading How you scare you old friend Antoine with you big dog.
a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information
From this reading No, I'm too scare to tell you a bear story," Aunt Florence heard Antoine remark.
cause fear in
From this reading No, I'm too scare to tell you a bear story," Aunt Florence heard Antoine remark.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading ANTOINE LEBRINN "Tell you a bear story, Beely?
express in words
From this reading ANTOINE LEBRINN "Tell you a bear story, Beely?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was a bad trick, Beely.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading No, I'm too scare to tell you a bear story," Aunt Florence heard Antoine remark.
enameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted); popular in the 18th century
From this reading "I tole you dog story, hey?
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading No, I'm too scare to tell you a bear story," Aunt Florence heard Antoine remark.
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading That was a bad trick, Beely.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was a bad trick, Beely.
in the company of; together with
From this reading How you scare you old friend Antoine with you big dog.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ANTOINE LEBRINN "Tell you a bear story, Beely?
Chapter 5 of Brother Billy by Frances Margaret Fox holds 155 sentences, grouped into 31 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 5 holds 155 sentences of Brother Billy, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Brother Billy by Frances Margaret Fox exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 155 sentences, grouped into 31 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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