Chapter 27 of Buster Bear's Twins is here in full — 55 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of Buster Bear's Twins is here in full — 55 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD He truly brave is who can be No whit less brave with none to see. _Mother Bear._ Somehow it is easier to be brave when there are others about to see how brave you are. It is a great deal easier. To be brave when you are all alone is quite another matter. That is real bravery.
Chapter 27 of Buster Bear's Twins is here in full — 55 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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have
From this reading “_Mother Bear._ Somehow it is easier to be brave when there are others about to see how brave you are.”
possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
From this reading “ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD He truly brave is who can be No whit less brave with none to see.”
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
From this reading “That is real bravery.”
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading “It is a great deal easier.”
comparative of “easy” — posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading “_Mother Bear._ Somehow it is easier to be brave when there are others about to see how brave you are.”
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading “_Mother Bear._ Somehow it is easier to be brave when there are others about to see how brave you are.”
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD He truly brave is who can be No whit less brave with none to see.”
a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
From this reading “ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD He truly brave is who can be No whit less brave with none to see.”
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 “ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD He truly brave is who can be No whit less brave with none to see.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It is a great deal easier.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading _Mother Bear._ Somehow it is easier to be brave when there are others about to see how brave you are.
(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 To be brave when you are all alone is quite another matter.
Having no one else present.
From this reading ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD He truly brave is who can be No whit less brave with none to see.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD He truly brave is who can be No whit less brave with none to see.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading To be brave when you are all alone is quite another matter.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _Mother Bear._ Somehow it is easier to be brave when there are others about to see how brave you are.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD He truly brave is who can be No whit less brave with none to see.
have
From this reading _Mother Bear._ Somehow it is easier to be brave when there are others about to see how brave you are.
possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
From this reading ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD He truly brave is who can be No whit less brave with none to see.
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
From this reading That is real bravery.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD He truly brave is who can be No whit less brave with none to see.
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading It is a great deal easier.
comparative of “easy” — posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading _Mother Bear._ Somehow it is easier to be brave when there are others about to see how brave you are.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD He truly brave is who can be No whit less brave with none to see.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD He truly brave is who can be No whit less brave with none to see.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Mother Bear._ Somehow it is easier to be brave when there are others about to see how brave you are.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD He truly brave is who can be No whit less brave with none to see.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD He truly brave is who can be No whit less brave with none to see.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _Mother Bear._ Somehow it is easier to be brave when there are others about to see how brave you are.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD He truly brave is who can be No whit less brave with none to see.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD He truly brave is who can be No whit less brave with none to see.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading To be brave when you are all alone is quite another matter.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading _Mother Bear._ Somehow it is easier to be brave when there are others about to see how brave you are.
not any; not one
From this reading ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD He truly brave is who can be No whit less brave with none to see.
not one, and not any
From this reading ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD He truly brave is who can be No whit less brave with none to see.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Mother Bear._ Somehow it is easier to be brave when there are others about to see how brave you are.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading To be brave when you are all alone is quite another matter.
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading That is real bravery.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD He truly brave is who can be No whit less brave with none to see.
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading _Mother Bear._ Somehow it is easier to be brave when there are others about to see how brave you are.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That is real bravery.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD He truly brave is who can be No whit less brave with none to see.
in or at that place or location
From this reading _Mother Bear._ Somehow it is easier to be brave when there are others about to see how brave you are.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD He truly brave is who can be No whit less brave with none to see.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD He truly brave is who can be No whit less brave with none to see.
at the time that
From this reading _Mother Bear._ Somehow it is easier to be brave when there are others about to see how brave you are.
a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
From this reading ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD He truly brave is who can be No whit less brave with none to see.
which person or people
From this reading ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD He truly brave is who can be No whit less brave with none to see.
in the company of; together with
From this reading ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD He truly brave is who can be No whit less brave with none to see.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading ALONE AND LOST IN THE GREAT WORLD He truly brave is who can be No whit less brave with none to see.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Mother Bear._ Somehow it is easier to be brave when there are others about to see how brave you are.
Chapter 27 of Buster Bear's Twins by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess holds 55 sentences, grouped into 11 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 27 holds 55 sentences of Buster Bear's Twins, unabridged, divided into 11 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 27 of Buster Bear's Twins by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 55 sentences, grouped into 11 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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