Chapter 6 of Motor Matt's Quest is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Motor Matt's Quest is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MOTOR MATT'S FORBEARANCE. "What's all this? Jupiter! Two webfeet sailing into one lone-handed youngster! And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.
Chapter 6 of Motor Matt's Quest is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading “MOTOR MATT'S FORBEARANCE.”
the act of retaining something
From this reading “And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.”
the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night sky
From this reading “Jupiter!”
possessive form of “matt” — the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
From this reading “MOTOR MATT'S FORBEARANCE.”
machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
From this reading “MOTOR MATT'S FORBEARANCE.”
the work of a sailor
From this reading “Two webfeet sailing into one lone-handed youngster!”
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.”
a young person of either sex
From this reading “Two webfeet sailing into one lone-handed youngster!”
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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(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 "What's all this?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading MOTOR MATT'S FORBEARANCE.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.
the act of retaining something
From this reading And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Two webfeet sailing into one lone-handed youngster!
the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night sky
From this reading Jupiter!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Two webfeet sailing into one lone-handed youngster!
possessive form of “matt” — the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
From this reading MOTOR MATT'S FORBEARANCE.
machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
From this reading MOTOR MATT'S FORBEARANCE.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Two webfeet sailing into one lone-handed youngster!
have ownership or possession of
From this reading And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.
the work of a sailor
From this reading Two webfeet sailing into one lone-handed youngster!
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "What's all this?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Two webfeet sailing into one lone-handed youngster!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Two webfeet sailing into one lone-handed youngster!
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading And he seems to be holding his own pretty well, at that.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What's all this?
a young person of either sex
From this reading Two webfeet sailing into one lone-handed youngster!
Chapter 6 of Motor Matt's Quest by Stanley R. Matthews holds 117 sentences, grouped into 24 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 6 holds 117 sentences of Motor Matt's Quest, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
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