Chapter 8 of Partners Three is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Partners Three is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Hal Names the Launch “Let’s see.” Jack took the buckle and examined it. It was nearly three inches long and almost as wide and was a heavy, clumsy contraption. Opening his knife, he scraped it a little. Then he shook his head.
Chapter 8 of Partners Three is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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fasten with a buckle or buckles
From this reading “Jack took the buckle and examined it.”
lacking grace in movement or posture
From this reading “It was nearly three inches long and almost as wide and was a heavy, clumsy contraption.”
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
From this reading “It was nearly three inches long and almost as wide and was a heavy, clumsy contraption.”
past form of “examine” — consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
From this reading “Jack took the buckle and examined it.”
plural of “inch” — a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
From this reading “It was nearly three inches long and almost as wide and was a heavy, clumsy contraption.”
edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
From this reading “Opening his knife, he scraped it a little.”
set up or found
From this reading “Hal Names the Launch “Let’s see.””
past form of “scrape” — scratch repeatedly
From this reading “Opening his knife, he scraped it a little.”
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 “It was nearly three inches long and almost as wide and was a heavy, clumsy contraption.”
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 It was nearly three inches long and almost as wide and was a heavy, clumsy contraption.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading It was nearly three inches long and almost as wide and was a heavy, clumsy contraption.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Jack took the buckle and examined it.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was nearly three inches long and almost as wide and was a heavy, clumsy contraption.
fasten with a buckle or buckles
From this reading Jack took the buckle and examined it.
lacking grace in movement or posture
From this reading It was nearly three inches long and almost as wide and was a heavy, clumsy contraption.
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
From this reading It was nearly three inches long and almost as wide and was a heavy, clumsy contraption.
past form of “examine” — consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
From this reading Jack took the buckle and examined it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hal Names the Launch “Let’s see.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Opening his knife, he scraped it a little.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Then he shook his head.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading It was nearly three inches long and almost as wide and was a heavy, clumsy contraption.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Opening his knife, he scraped it a little.
plural of “inch” — a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
From this reading It was nearly three inches long and almost as wide and was a heavy, clumsy contraption.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Jack took the buckle and examined it.
a small worthless amount
From this reading Jack took the buckle and examined it.
edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
From this reading Opening his knife, he scraped it a little.
set up or found
From this reading Hal Names the Launch “Let’s see.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hal Names the Launch “Let’s see.”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Opening his knife, he scraped it a little.
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 It was nearly three inches long and almost as wide and was a heavy, clumsy contraption.
verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
From this reading Hal Names the Launch “Let’s see.”
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading It was nearly three inches long and almost as wide and was a heavy, clumsy contraption.
an open or empty space in or between things
From this reading Opening his knife, he scraped it a little.
past form of “scrape” — scratch repeatedly
From this reading Opening his knife, he scraped it a little.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Hal Names the Launch “Let’s see.”
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading Then he shook his head.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Hal Names the Launch “Let’s see.”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he shook his head.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading It was nearly three inches long and almost as wide and was a heavy, clumsy contraption.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading Jack took the buckle and examined it.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was nearly three inches long and almost as wide and was a heavy, clumsy contraption.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading It was nearly three inches long and almost as wide and was a heavy, clumsy contraption.
Chapter 8 of Partners Three by Ralph Henry Barbour holds 264 sentences, grouped into 53 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 264 sentences of Partners Three, unabridged, divided into 53 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Partners Three by Ralph Henry Barbour exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 264 sentences, grouped into 53 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.
Work through the 53 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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