Chapter 5 of Dorothy Dale's Camping Days is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Dorothy Dale's Camping Days is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OFF FOR CAMP "But Cologne won't wait another day. I have got to be off to camp," Dorothy insisted. "Isn't our camp good enough?" asked Joe. "We have not seen you for so long--and now off you go again." "Yes, and I thought she was going to cook for us.
Chapter 5 of Dorothy Dale's Camping Days is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading “OFF FOR CAMP "But Cologne won't wait another day.”
a commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League
From this reading “OFF FOR CAMP "But Cologne won't wait another day.”
prepare a hot meal
From this reading “"Yes, and I thought she was going to cook for us.”
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading “"Isn't our camp good enough?" asked Joe.”
the act of departing
From this reading “"Yes, and I thought she was going to cook for us.”
past form of “insist” — be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading “I have got to be off to camp," Dorothy insisted.”
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “"We have not seen you for so long--and now off you go again."”
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “OFF FOR CAMP "But Cologne won't wait another day.”
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anew
From this reading "We have not seen you for so long--and now off you go again."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "We have not seen you for so long--and now off you go again."
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading OFF FOR CAMP "But Cologne won't wait another day.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Isn't our camp good enough?" asked Joe.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I have got to be off to camp," Dorothy insisted.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading OFF FOR CAMP "But Cologne won't wait another day.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading OFF FOR CAMP "But Cologne won't wait another day.
a commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League
From this reading OFF FOR CAMP "But Cologne won't wait another day.
prepare a hot meal
From this reading "Yes, and I thought she was going to cook for us.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading OFF FOR CAMP "But Cologne won't wait another day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I have got to be off to camp," Dorothy insisted.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading "Isn't our camp good enough?" asked Joe.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading OFF FOR CAMP "But Cologne won't wait another day.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "We have not seen you for so long--and now off you go again."
the act of departing
From this reading "Yes, and I thought she was going to cook for us.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Isn't our camp good enough?" asked Joe.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I have got to be off to camp," Dorothy insisted.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have got to be off to camp," Dorothy insisted.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have got to be off to camp," Dorothy insisted.
past form of “insist” — be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading I have got to be off to camp," Dorothy insisted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Isn't our camp good enough?" asked Joe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Isn't our camp good enough?" asked Joe.
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 "We have not seen you for so long--and now off you go again."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "We have not seen you for so long--and now off you go again."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "We have not seen you for so long--and now off you go again."
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading OFF FOR CAMP "But Cologne won't wait another day.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "Isn't our camp good enough?" asked Joe.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "We have not seen you for so long--and now off you go again."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Yes, and I thought she was going to cook for us.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "We have not seen you for so long--and now off you go again."
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "Yes, and I thought she was going to cook for us.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I have got to be off to camp," Dorothy insisted.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Yes, and I thought she was going to cook for us.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading OFF FOR CAMP "But Cologne won't wait another day.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Yes, and I thought she was going to cook for us.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We have not seen you for so long--and now off you go again."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading OFF FOR CAMP "But Cologne won't wait another day.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, and I thought she was going to cook for us.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "We have not seen you for so long--and now off you go again."
Chapter 5 of Dorothy Dale's Camping Days by Margaret Penrose holds 95 sentences, grouped into 19 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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