Chapter 8 of He Comes Up Smiling is here in full — 444 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of He Comes Up Smiling is here in full — 444 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Give me the food," said Billy. "I will take it to the others. Poor things, they must be starving." "I won’t be long," objected the Watermelon. "You can’t carry it alone."
Chapter 8 of He Comes Up Smiling is here in full — 444 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/88 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Having no one else present.
From this reading “"You can’t carry it alone."”
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading “"Give me the food," said Billy.”
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading “"You can’t carry it alone."”
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading “"Give me the food," said Billy.”
past form of “object” — express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent
From this reading “"I won’t be long," objected the Watermelon.”
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “Poor things, they must be starving."”
suffering from lack of food
From this reading “Poor things, they must be starving."”
an African melon
From this reading “"I won’t be long," objected the Watermelon.”
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In this reading “Poor things, they must be starving."”
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Having no one else present.
From this reading "You can’t carry it alone."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Poor things, they must be starving."
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading "Give me the food," said Billy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You can’t carry it alone."
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading "You can’t carry it alone."
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading "Give me the food," said Billy.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "Give me the food," said Billy.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I will take it to the others.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I will take it to the others.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading "I won’t be long," objected the Watermelon.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Give me the food," said Billy.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Poor things, they must be starving."
past form of “object” — express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent
From this reading "I won’t be long," objected the Watermelon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I will take it to the others.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Poor things, they must be starving."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Give me the food," said Billy.
suffering from lack of food
From this reading Poor things, they must be starving."
carry out
From this reading "I will take it to the others.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Give me the food," said Billy.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Poor things, they must be starving."
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Poor things, they must be starving."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I will take it to the others.
an African melon
From this reading "I won’t be long," objected the Watermelon.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "I will take it to the others.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I won’t be long," objected the Watermelon.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You can’t carry it alone."
Chapter 8 of He Comes Up Smiling by Charles Sherman holds 444 sentences, grouped into 89 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 444 sentences of He Comes Up Smiling, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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