Chapter 8 of Buster Bear's Twins is here in full — 46 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Buster Bear's Twins is here in full — 46 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A SCARE THAT DIDN’T WORK Take my advice and pray beware Of how you try to scare a Bear. _Mother Bear._ Chatterer the Red Squirrel was indignant. He was very indignant. In fact Chatterer was angry. You know he is short-tempered and it doesn’t take a great deal to make him lose his temper.
Chapter 8 of Buster Bear's Twins is here in full — 46 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/9 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a proposal for an appropriate course of action
From this reading “A SCARE THAT DIDN’T WORK Take my advice and pray beware Of how you try to scare a Bear.”
be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to
From this reading “A SCARE THAT DIDN’T WORK Take my advice and pray beware Of how you try to scare a Bear.”
angered at something unjust or wrong
From this reading “_Mother Bear._ Chatterer the Red Squirrel was indignant.”
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “You know he is short-tempered and it doesn’t take a great deal to make him lose his temper.”
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading “A SCARE THAT DIDN’T WORK Take my advice and pray beware Of how you try to scare a Bear.”
cause fear in
From this reading “A SCARE THAT DIDN’T WORK Take my advice and pray beware Of how you try to scare a Bear.”
a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
From this reading “_Mother Bear._ Chatterer the Red Squirrel was indignant.”
a sudden outburst of anger
From this reading “You know he is short-tempered and it doesn’t take a great deal to make him lose his temper.”
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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of northern United States and Canada
In this reading “_Mother Bear._ Chatterer the Red Squirrel was indignant.”
In this reading “A SCARE THAT DIDN’T WORK Take my advice and pray beware Of how you try to scare a Bear.”
in reality or actuality
In this reading “In fact Chatterer was angry.”
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 A SCARE THAT DIDN’T WORK Take my advice and pray beware Of how you try to scare a Bear.
a proposal for an appropriate course of action
From this reading A SCARE THAT DIDN’T WORK Take my advice and pray beware Of how you try to scare a Bear.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A SCARE THAT DIDN’T WORK Take my advice and pray beware Of how you try to scare a Bear.
feeling or showing anger
From this reading In fact Chatterer was angry.
have
From this reading A SCARE THAT DIDN’T WORK Take my advice and pray beware Of how you try to scare a Bear.
be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to
From this reading A SCARE THAT DIDN’T WORK Take my advice and pray beware Of how you try to scare a Bear.
an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
From this reading _Mother Bear._ Chatterer the Red Squirrel was indignant.
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading You know he is short-tempered and it doesn’t take a great deal to make him lose his temper.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SCARE THAT DIDN’T WORK Take my advice and pray beware Of how you try to scare a Bear.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You know he is short-tempered and it doesn’t take a great deal to make him lose his temper.
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading In fact Chatterer was angry.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading You know he is short-tempered and it doesn’t take a great deal to make him lose his temper.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was very indignant.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You know he is short-tempered and it doesn’t take a great deal to make him lose his temper.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading You know he is short-tempered and it doesn’t take a great deal to make him lose his temper.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SCARE THAT DIDN’T WORK Take my advice and pray beware Of how you try to scare a Bear.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In fact Chatterer was angry.
angered at something unjust or wrong
From this reading _Mother Bear._ Chatterer the Red Squirrel was indignant.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading You know he is short-tempered and it doesn’t take a great deal to make him lose his temper.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading You know he is short-tempered and it doesn’t take a great deal to make him lose his temper.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading You know he is short-tempered and it doesn’t take a great deal to make him lose his temper.
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading You know he is short-tempered and it doesn’t take a great deal to make him lose his temper.
engage in
From this reading You know he is short-tempered and it doesn’t take a great deal to make him lose his temper.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading _Mother Bear._ Chatterer the Red Squirrel was indignant.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading A SCARE THAT DIDN’T WORK Take my advice and pray beware Of how you try to scare a Bear.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A SCARE THAT DIDN’T WORK Take my advice and pray beware Of how you try to scare a Bear.
address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer
From this reading A SCARE THAT DIDN’T WORK Take my advice and pray beware Of how you try to scare a Bear.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading _Mother Bear._ Chatterer the Red Squirrel was indignant.
cause fear in
From this reading A SCARE THAT DIDN’T WORK Take my advice and pray beware Of how you try to scare a Bear.
quickly aroused to anger
From this reading You know he is short-tempered and it doesn’t take a great deal to make him lose his temper.
a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
From this reading _Mother Bear._ Chatterer the Red Squirrel was indignant.
carry out
From this reading A SCARE THAT DIDN’T WORK Take my advice and pray beware Of how you try to scare a Bear.
a sudden outburst of anger
From this reading You know he is short-tempered and it doesn’t take a great deal to make him lose his temper.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A SCARE THAT DIDN’T WORK Take my advice and pray beware Of how you try to scare a Bear.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Mother Bear._ Chatterer the Red Squirrel was indignant.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A SCARE THAT DIDN’T WORK Take my advice and pray beware Of how you try to scare a Bear.
make an effort or attempt
From this reading A SCARE THAT DIDN’T WORK Take my advice and pray beware Of how you try to scare a Bear.
precisely as stated
From this reading He was very indignant.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Mother Bear._ Chatterer the Red Squirrel was indignant.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading A SCARE THAT DIDN’T WORK Take my advice and pray beware Of how you try to scare a Bear.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A SCARE THAT DIDN’T WORK Take my advice and pray beware Of how you try to scare a Bear.
Chapter 8 of Buster Bear's Twins by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess holds 46 sentences, grouped into 10 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 8 holds 46 sentences of Buster Bear's Twins, unabridged, divided into 10 reading sections.
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