Chapter 3 of The Bungalow Boys on the Great Lakes is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Bungalow Boys on the Great Lakes is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TOM ENCOUNTERS SOME OLD FOES. "Let us thank Providence he is saved." It was the professor who spoke. His words made a deep impression upon Jack. After all, it might only have been his fancy.
Chapter 3 of The Bungalow Boys on the Great Lakes is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “encounter” — a minor short-term fight
From this reading “TOM ENCOUNTERS SOME OLD FOES.”
something many people believe that is false
From this reading “After all, it might only have been his fancy.”
plural of “foe” — an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
From this reading “TOM ENCOUNTERS SOME OLD FOES.”
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
From this reading “His words made a deep impression upon Jack.”
someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
From this reading “It was the professor who spoke.”
The protective care of God or nature as a spiritual power. (Sự quan phòng, thiên ý phù hộ.)
From this reading “"Let us thank Providence he is saved."”
rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin
From this reading “"Let us thank Providence he is saved."”
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading “"Let us thank Providence he is saved."”
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 “His words made a deep impression upon Jack.”
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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 His words made a deep impression upon Jack.
later than; following
From this reading After all, it might only have been his fancy.
(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 After all, it might only have been his fancy.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading After all, it might only have been his fancy.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading His words made a deep impression upon Jack.
plural of “encounter” — a minor short-term fight
From this reading TOM ENCOUNTERS SOME OLD FOES.
something many people believe that is false
From this reading After all, it might only have been his fancy.
plural of “foe” — an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
From this reading TOM ENCOUNTERS SOME OLD FOES.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading After all, it might only have been his fancy.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Let us thank Providence he is saved."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His words made a deep impression upon Jack.
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
From this reading His words made a deep impression upon Jack.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Let us thank Providence he is saved."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the professor who spoke.
a small worthless amount
From this reading His words made a deep impression upon Jack.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Let us thank Providence he is saved."
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading His words made a deep impression upon Jack.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading After all, it might only have been his fancy.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading TOM ENCOUNTERS SOME OLD FOES.
and nothing more
From this reading After all, it might only have been his fancy.
someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
From this reading It was the professor who spoke.
The protective care of God or nature as a spiritual power. (Sự quan phòng, thiên ý phù hộ.)
From this reading "Let us thank Providence he is saved."
rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin
From this reading "Let us thank Providence he is saved."
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading TOM ENCOUNTERS SOME OLD FOES.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading It was the professor who spoke.
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading "Let us thank Providence he is saved."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was the professor who spoke.
male cat
From this reading TOM ENCOUNTERS SOME OLD FOES.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading His words made a deep impression upon Jack.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Let us thank Providence he is saved."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the professor who spoke.
which person or people
From this reading It was the professor who spoke.
the words that are spoken
From this reading His words made a deep impression upon Jack.
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