Chapter 2 of The Boys of Grand Pré School: Illustrated is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The Boys of Grand Pré School: Illustrated is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“The fact is,” said Bart, “we ourselves--we, the ‘B. O. W. C.’--must do it. It would be dishonor to invite the other boys. This belongs to us. We’re a secret and mystic order. We’ve never yet had anything in particular to do.
Chapter 2 of The Boys of Grand Pré School: Illustrated is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight
From this reading ““The fact is,” said Bart, “we ourselves--we, the ‘B. O. W. C.’--must do it.”
third-person singular of “belong” — be owned by; be in the possession of
From this reading “This belongs to us.”
bring shame or dishonor upon
From this reading “It would be dishonor to invite the other boys.”
increase the likelihood of
From this reading “It would be dishonor to invite the other boys.”
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
From this reading “We’re a secret and mystic order.”
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading ““The fact is,” said Bart, “we ourselves--we, the ‘B. O. W. C.’--must do it.”
unique or specific to a person or thing or category
From this reading “We’ve never yet had anything in particular to do.”
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading “We’re a secret and mystic order.”
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 would be dishonor to invite the other boys.”
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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 We’re a secret and mystic order.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We’re a secret and mystic order.
any thing at all
From this reading We’ve never yet had anything in particular to do.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading “The fact is,” said Bart, “we ourselves--we, the ‘B. O. W. C.’--must do it.
a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight
From this reading “The fact is,” said Bart, “we ourselves--we, the ‘B. O. W. C.’--must do it.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It would be dishonor to invite the other boys.
third-person singular of “belong” — be owned by; be in the possession of
From this reading This belongs to us.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading It would be dishonor to invite the other boys.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading “The fact is,” said Bart, “we ourselves--we, the ‘B. O. W. C.’--must do it.
bring shame or dishonor upon
From this reading It would be dishonor to invite the other boys.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “The fact is,” said Bart, “we ourselves--we, the ‘B. O. W. C.’--must do it.
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading “The fact is,” said Bart, “we ourselves--we, the ‘B. O. W. C.’--must do it.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We’ve never yet had anything in particular to do.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We’ve never yet had anything in particular to do.
increase the likelihood of
From this reading It would be dishonor to invite the other boys.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “The fact is,” said Bart, “we ourselves--we, the ‘B. O. W. C.’--must do it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “The fact is,” said Bart, “we ourselves--we, the ‘B. O. W. C.’--must do it.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “The fact is,” said Bart, “we ourselves--we, the ‘B. O. W. C.’--must do it.
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
From this reading We’re a secret and mystic order.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading We’ve never yet had anything in particular to do.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading “The fact is,” said Bart, “we ourselves--we, the ‘B. O. W. C.’--must do it.
(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading We’re a secret and mystic order.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading It would be dishonor to invite the other boys.
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading “The fact is,” said Bart, “we ourselves--we, the ‘B. O. W. C.’--must do it.
unique or specific to a person or thing or category
From this reading We’ve never yet had anything in particular to do.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “The fact is,” said Bart, “we ourselves--we, the ‘B. O. W. C.’--must do it.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading We’re a secret and mystic order.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The fact is,” said Bart, “we ourselves--we, the ‘B. O. W. C.’--must do it.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This belongs to us.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It would be dishonor to invite the other boys.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading This belongs to us.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading “The fact is,” said Bart, “we ourselves--we, the ‘B. O. W. C.’--must do it.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “The fact is,” said Bart, “we ourselves--we, the ‘B. O. W. C.’--must do it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We’re a secret and mystic order.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We’ve never yet had anything in particular to do.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would be dishonor to invite the other boys.
but in spite of that
From this reading We’ve never yet had anything in particular to do.
Chapter 2 of The Boys of Grand Pré School: Illustrated by James De Mille holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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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