Chapter 1 of Dere Mable: Love Letters of a Rookie is here in full — 327 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Dere Mable: Love Letters of a Rookie is here in full — 327 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Dere Mable Love Letters of a Rookie _Dere Mable:_ I guess you thought I was dead. Youll never know how near you was to right. We got the tents up at last, though, so I got a minit to rite. I guess they choose these camps by mail order. The only place there flat is on the map.
Chapter 1 of Dere Mable: Love Letters of a Rookie is here in full — 327 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “camp” — temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading “I guess they choose these camps by mail order.”
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading “I guess they choose these camps by mail order.”
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading “The only place there flat is on the map.”
the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
From this reading “I guess they choose these camps by mail order.”
make a map of; show or establish the features of details of
From this reading “The only place there flat is on the map.”
an established ceremony prescribed by a religion
From this reading “We got the tents up at last, though, so I got a minit to rite.”
an awkward and inexperienced youth
From this reading “Dere Mable Love Letters of a Rookie _Dere Mable:_ I guess you thought I was dead.”
plural of “tent” — a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading “We got the tents up at last, though, so I got a minit to rite.”
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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 Dere Mable Love Letters of a Rookie _Dere Mable:_ I guess you thought I was dead.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We got the tents up at last, though, so I got a minit to rite.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I guess they choose these camps by mail order.
plural of “camp” — temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading I guess they choose these camps by mail order.
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading I guess they choose these camps by mail order.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Dere Mable Love Letters of a Rookie _Dere Mable:_ I guess you thought I was dead.
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From this reading Dere Mable Love Letters of a Rookie _Dere Mable:_ I guess you thought I was dead.
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading The only place there flat is on the map.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading We got the tents up at last, though, so I got a minit to rite.
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading Dere Mable Love Letters of a Rookie _Dere Mable:_ I guess you thought I was dead.
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From this reading Youll never know how near you was to right.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Dere Mable Love Letters of a Rookie _Dere Mable:_ I guess you thought I was dead.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The only place there flat is on the map.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Youll never know how near you was to right.
immediately past
From this reading We got the tents up at last, though, so I got a minit to rite.
the literary culture
From this reading Dere Mable Love Letters of a Rookie _Dere Mable:_ I guess you thought I was dead.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Dere Mable Love Letters of a Rookie _Dere Mable:_ I guess you thought I was dead.
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From this reading Dere Mable Love Letters of a Rookie _Dere Mable:_ I guess you thought I was dead.
the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
From this reading I guess they choose these camps by mail order.
make a map of; show or establish the features of details of
From this reading The only place there flat is on the map.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We got the tents up at last, though, so I got a minit to rite.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading Youll never know how near you was to right.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Youll never know how near you was to right.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Dere Mable Love Letters of a Rookie _Dere Mable:_ I guess you thought I was dead.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The only place there flat is on the map.
and nothing more
From this reading The only place there flat is on the map.
(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading I guess they choose these camps by mail order.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading The only place there flat is on the map.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Youll never know how near you was to right.
an established ceremony prescribed by a religion
From this reading We got the tents up at last, though, so I got a minit to rite.
an awkward and inexperienced youth
From this reading Dere Mable Love Letters of a Rookie _Dere Mable:_ I guess you thought I was dead.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading We got the tents up at last, though, so I got a minit to rite.
plural of “tent” — a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading We got the tents up at last, though, so I got a minit to rite.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We got the tents up at last, though, so I got a minit to rite.
in or at that place or location
From this reading The only place there flat is on the map.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading I guess they choose these camps by mail order.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I guess they choose these camps by mail order.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading We got the tents up at last, though, so I got a minit to rite.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Dere Mable Love Letters of a Rookie _Dere Mable:_ I guess you thought I was dead.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Youll never know how near you was to right.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading We got the tents up at last, though, so I got a minit to rite.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Dere Mable Love Letters of a Rookie _Dere Mable:_ I guess you thought I was dead.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We got the tents up at last, though, so I got a minit to rite.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Dere Mable Love Letters of a Rookie _Dere Mable:_ I guess you thought I was dead.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Youll never know how near you was to right.
Chapter 1 of Dere Mable: Love Letters of a Rookie by Edward Streeter holds 327 sentences, grouped into 66 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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