Chapter 3 of Dick and Larry: Freshmen is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Dick and Larry: Freshmen is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Everybody knows that much,” Larry admitted. “But what has that got to do with my ‘busting’?” “I was just coming to that. If you blow up in something in the morning, you’re likely to go on blowing up all day.” “All right; that’s exactly what I do.”
Chapter 3 of Dick and Larry: Freshmen is here in full — 435 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “admit” — declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
From this reading ““Everybody knows that much,” Larry admitted.”
exhale hard
From this reading “If you blow up in something in the morning, you’re likely to go on blowing up all day.””
processing that involves blowing a gas
From this reading “If you blow up in something in the morning, you’re likely to go on blowing up all day.””
-ing form of “bust” — ruin completely
From this reading ““But what has that got to do with my ‘busting’?””
every person
From this reading ““Everybody knows that much,” Larry admitted.”
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading ““All right; that’s exactly what I do.””
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading ““Everybody knows that much,” Larry admitted.”
has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
From this reading “If you blow up in something in the morning, you’re likely to go on blowing up all day.””
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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continue a certain state, condition, or activity
In this reading “If you blow up in something in the morning, you’re likely to go on blowing up all day.””
cause to burst with a violent release of energy
In this reading “If you blow up in something in the morning, you’re likely to go on blowing up all day.””
In this reading “If you blow up in something in the morning, you’re likely to go on blowing up all day.””
In this reading “If you blow up in something in the morning, you’re likely to go on blowing up all day.””
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inflected form of “admit” — declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
From this reading “Everybody knows that much,” Larry admitted.
(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 If you blow up in something in the morning, you’re likely to go on blowing up all day.”
exhale hard
From this reading If you blow up in something in the morning, you’re likely to go on blowing up all day.”
processing that involves blowing a gas
From this reading If you blow up in something in the morning, you’re likely to go on blowing up all day.”
-ing form of “bust” — ruin completely
From this reading “But what has that got to do with my ‘busting’?”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But what has that got to do with my ‘busting’?”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “I was just coming to that.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading If you blow up in something in the morning, you’re likely to go on blowing up all day.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “But what has that got to do with my ‘busting’?”
every person
From this reading “Everybody knows that much,” Larry admitted.
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading “All right; that’s exactly what I do.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading If you blow up in something in the morning, you’re likely to go on blowing up all day.”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “But what has that got to do with my ‘busting’?”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “But what has that got to do with my ‘busting’?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I was just coming to that.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you blow up in something in the morning, you’re likely to go on blowing up all day.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading If you blow up in something in the morning, you’re likely to go on blowing up all day.”
and nothing more
From this reading “I was just coming to that.
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading “Everybody knows that much,” Larry admitted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Everybody knows that much,” Larry admitted.
has a good chance of being the case or of coming about
From this reading If you blow up in something in the morning, you’re likely to go on blowing up all day.”
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading If you blow up in something in the morning, you’re likely to go on blowing up all day.”
to a great degree or extent
From this reading “Everybody knows that much,” Larry admitted.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “But what has that got to do with my ‘busting’?”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading If you blow up in something in the morning, you’re likely to go on blowing up all day.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “All right; that’s exactly what I do.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading If you blow up in something in the morning, you’re likely to go on blowing up all day.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Everybody knows that much,” Larry admitted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “All right; that’s exactly what I do.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading If you blow up in something in the morning, you’re likely to go on blowing up all day.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “But what has that got to do with my ‘busting’?”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading If you blow up in something in the morning, you’re likely to go on blowing up all day.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “I was just coming to that.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “But what has that got to do with my ‘busting’?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “But what has that got to do with my ‘busting’?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If you blow up in something in the morning, you’re likely to go on blowing up all day.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If you blow up in something in the morning, you’re likely to go on blowing up all day.”
Chapter 3 of Dick and Larry: Freshmen by Francis Lynde holds 435 sentences, grouped into 87 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.
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