Chapter 18 of Buster Bear's Twins is here in full — 49 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Buster Bear's Twins is here in full — 49 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MOTHER COMES TO THE RESCUE In all the world, below, above, The greatest thing is mother love. _Mother Bear._ The love of a mother is wonderful beyond all things. There is nothing to compare with it. There is nothing it will not attempt to do. There is no danger it will not face.
Chapter 18 of Buster Bear's Twins is here in full — 49 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/9 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading “There is nothing it will not attempt to do.”
have
From this reading “_Mother Bear._ The love of a mother is wonderful beyond all things.”
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading “MOTHER COMES TO THE RESCUE In all the world, below, above, The greatest thing is mother love.”
examine and note the similarities or differences of
From this reading “There is nothing to compare with it.”
the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
From this reading “There is no danger it will not face.”
highest in quality
From this reading “MOTHER COMES TO THE RESCUE In all the world, below, above, The greatest thing is mother love.”
free from harm or evil
From this reading “MOTHER COMES TO THE RESCUE In all the world, below, above, The greatest thing is mother love.”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “_Mother Bear._ The love of a mother is wonderful beyond all things.”
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 “There is nothing to compare with it.”
In this reading “_Mother Bear._ The love of a mother is wonderful beyond all things.”
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 _Mother Bear._ The love of a mother is wonderful beyond all things.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading MOTHER COMES TO THE RESCUE In all the world, below, above, The greatest thing is mother love.
(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 MOTHER COMES TO THE RESCUE In all the world, below, above, The greatest thing is mother love.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading There is nothing it will not attempt to do.
have
From this reading _Mother Bear._ The love of a mother is wonderful beyond all things.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading MOTHER COMES TO THE RESCUE In all the world, below, above, The greatest thing is mother love.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading _Mother Bear._ The love of a mother is wonderful beyond all things.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading MOTHER COMES TO THE RESCUE In all the world, below, above, The greatest thing is mother love.
examine and note the similarities or differences of
From this reading There is nothing to compare with it.
the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
From this reading There is no danger it will not face.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading There is nothing it will not attempt to do.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading There is no danger it will not face.
highest in quality
From this reading MOTHER COMES TO THE RESCUE In all the world, below, above, The greatest thing is mother love.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading MOTHER COMES TO THE RESCUE In all the world, below, above, The greatest thing is mother love.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MOTHER COMES TO THE RESCUE In all the world, below, above, The greatest thing is mother love.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There is nothing to compare with it.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading MOTHER COMES TO THE RESCUE In all the world, below, above, The greatest thing is mother love.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading MOTHER COMES TO THE RESCUE In all the world, below, above, The greatest thing is mother love.
not any; not one
From this reading There is no danger it will not face.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There is nothing it will not attempt to do.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There is nothing to compare with it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Mother Bear._ The love of a mother is wonderful beyond all things.
free from harm or evil
From this reading MOTHER COMES TO THE RESCUE In all the world, below, above, The greatest thing is mother love.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MOTHER COMES TO THE RESCUE In all the world, below, above, The greatest thing is mother love.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There is nothing to compare with it.
a special situation
From this reading MOTHER COMES TO THE RESCUE In all the world, below, above, The greatest thing is mother love.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading _Mother Bear._ The love of a mother is wonderful beyond all things.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MOTHER COMES TO THE RESCUE In all the world, below, above, The greatest thing is mother love.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading There is nothing it will not attempt to do.
in the company of; together with
From this reading There is nothing to compare with it.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading _Mother Bear._ The love of a mother is wonderful beyond all things.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading MOTHER COMES TO THE RESCUE In all the world, below, above, The greatest thing is mother love.
Chapter 18 of Buster Bear's Twins by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess holds 49 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 18 holds 49 sentences of Buster Bear's Twins, unabridged, divided into 10 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 18 of Buster Bear's Twins by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 49 sentences, grouped into 10 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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