Chapter 17 of Camping is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Camping is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Leaving Camp. Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season. Long before there is any possibility of the wagons coming for them they stand, looking up the road, like sister Anne in the story of Bluebeard. Some of them are really ready. Most of them are not.
Chapter 17 of Camping is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading “Long before there is any possibility of the wagons coming for them they stand, looking up the road, like sister Anne in the story of Bluebeard.”
eagerly desirous
From this reading “Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season.”
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading “Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season.”
(fairytale) a monstrous villain who marries seven women; he kills the first six for disobedience
From this reading “Long before there is any possibility of the wagons coming for them they stand, looking up the road, like sister Anne in the story of Bluebeard.”
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
From this reading “Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season.”
a future prospect or potential
From this reading “Long before there is any possibility of the wagons coming for them they stand, looking up the road, like sister Anne in the story of Bluebeard.”
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading “Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season.”
plural of “wagon” — any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
From this reading “Long before there is any possibility of the wagons coming for them they stand, looking up the road, like sister Anne in the story of Bluebeard.”
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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In this reading “Long before there is any possibility of the wagons coming for them they stand, looking up the road, like sister Anne in the story of Bluebeard.”
In this reading “Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season.”
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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 Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season.
Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)
From this reading Long before there is any possibility of the wagons coming for them they stand, looking up the road, like sister Anne in the story of Bluebeard.
eagerly desirous
From this reading Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Long before there is any possibility of the wagons coming for them they stand, looking up the road, like sister Anne in the story of Bluebeard.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Long before there is any possibility of the wagons coming for them they stand, looking up the road, like sister Anne in the story of Bluebeard.
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season.
(fairytale) a monstrous villain who marries seven women; he kills the first six for disobedience
From this reading Long before there is any possibility of the wagons coming for them they stand, looking up the road, like sister Anne in the story of Bluebeard.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading Leaving Camp.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Long before there is any possibility of the wagons coming for them they stand, looking up the road, like sister Anne in the story of Bluebeard.
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
From this reading Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Long before there is any possibility of the wagons coming for them they stand, looking up the road, like sister Anne in the story of Bluebeard.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Long before there is any possibility of the wagons coming for them they stand, looking up the road, like sister Anne in the story of Bluebeard.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Long before there is any possibility of the wagons coming for them they stand, looking up the road, like sister Anne in the story of Bluebeard.
the act of departing
From this reading Leaving Camp.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Long before there is any possibility of the wagons coming for them they stand, looking up the road, like sister Anne in the story of Bluebeard.
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 Long before there is any possibility of the wagons coming for them they stand, looking up the road, like sister Anne in the story of Bluebeard.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading Long before there is any possibility of the wagons coming for them they stand, looking up the road, like sister Anne in the story of Bluebeard.
used to form the superlative
From this reading Most of them are not.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Most of them are not.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season.
and nothing more
From this reading Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season.
a future prospect or potential
From this reading Long before there is any possibility of the wagons coming for them they stand, looking up the road, like sister Anne in the story of Bluebeard.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading Some of them are really ready.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading Some of them are really ready.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading Long before there is any possibility of the wagons coming for them they stand, looking up the road, like sister Anne in the story of Bluebeard.
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading Long before there is any possibility of the wagons coming for them they stand, looking up the road, like sister Anne in the story of Bluebeard.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Some of them are really ready.
be standing; be upright
From this reading Long before there is any possibility of the wagons coming for them they stand, looking up the road, like sister Anne in the story of Bluebeard.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading Long before there is any possibility of the wagons coming for them they stand, looking up the road, like sister Anne in the story of Bluebeard.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Long before there is any possibility of the wagons coming for them they stand, looking up the road, like sister Anne in the story of Bluebeard.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Long before there is any possibility of the wagons coming for them they stand, looking up the road, like sister Anne in the story of Bluebeard.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season.
plural of “wagon” — any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
From this reading Long before there is any possibility of the wagons coming for them they stand, looking up the road, like sister Anne in the story of Bluebeard.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Bright and early they are all up and dressed, only as anxious to be off as they were to get here the beginning of the season.
Chapter 17 of Camping by Alexandra Agusta Guttman Lockwine holds 112 sentences, grouped into 23 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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