Chapter 19 of Dorothy Dale's Camping Days is here in full — 93 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Dorothy Dale's Camping Days is here in full — 93 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HAPLESS TAVIA Step by step, or rather, move by move, Tavia struggled to reach in safety that heap of white. "Oh, if she is only alive!" moaned Tavia. "Why did I not induce her to go back to the Junction? I saw she was insane--and now!" A huge stone offered her a pause in the dangerous descent.
Chapter 19 of Dorothy Dale's Camping Days is here in full — 93 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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An action of moving downward, dropping, or falling into a deeper place.
From this reading “A huge stone offered her a pause in the dangerous descent.”
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “HAPLESS TAVIA Step by step, or rather, move by move, Tavia struggled to reach in safety that heap of white.”
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
From this reading “HAPLESS TAVIA Step by step, or rather, move by move, Tavia struggled to reach in safety that heap of white.”
cause to arise
From this reading “"Why did I not induce her to go back to the Junction?”
afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement
From this reading “I saw she was insane--and now!"”
the place where two or more things come together
From this reading “"Why did I not induce her to go back to the Junction?”
past form of “moan” — indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
From this reading “"Oh, if she is only alive!" moaned Tavia.”
past form of “struggle” — make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading “HAPLESS TAVIA Step by step, or rather, move by move, Tavia struggled to reach in safety that heap of white.”
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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 A huge stone offered her a pause in the dangerous descent.
possessing life
From this reading "Oh, if she is only alive!" moaned Tavia.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I saw she was insane--and now!"
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "Why did I not induce her to go back to the Junction?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading HAPLESS TAVIA Step by step, or rather, move by move, Tavia struggled to reach in safety that heap of white.
involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
From this reading A huge stone offered her a pause in the dangerous descent.
An action of moving downward, dropping, or falling into a deeper place.
From this reading A huge stone offered her a pause in the dangerous descent.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Why did I not induce her to go back to the Junction?
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Why did I not induce her to go back to the Junction?
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading HAPLESS TAVIA Step by step, or rather, move by move, Tavia struggled to reach in safety that heap of white.
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
From this reading HAPLESS TAVIA Step by step, or rather, move by move, Tavia struggled to reach in safety that heap of white.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Why did I not induce her to go back to the Junction?
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading A huge stone offered her a pause in the dangerous descent.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Why did I not induce her to go back to the Junction?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Oh, if she is only alive!" moaned Tavia.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading HAPLESS TAVIA Step by step, or rather, move by move, Tavia struggled to reach in safety that heap of white.
cause to arise
From this reading "Why did I not induce her to go back to the Junction?
afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement
From this reading I saw she was insane--and now!"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Oh, if she is only alive!" moaned Tavia.
the place where two or more things come together
From this reading "Why did I not induce her to go back to the Junction?
past form of “moan” — indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
From this reading "Oh, if she is only alive!" moaned Tavia.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading HAPLESS TAVIA Step by step, or rather, move by move, Tavia struggled to reach in safety that heap of white.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Why did I not induce her to go back to the Junction?
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading I saw she was insane--and now!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HAPLESS TAVIA Step by step, or rather, move by move, Tavia struggled to reach in safety that heap of white.
past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading A huge stone offered her a pause in the dangerous descent.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, if she is only alive!" moaned Tavia.
and nothing more
From this reading "Oh, if she is only alive!" moaned Tavia.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading HAPLESS TAVIA Step by step, or rather, move by move, Tavia struggled to reach in safety that heap of white.
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading A huge stone offered her a pause in the dangerous descent.
on the contrary
From this reading HAPLESS TAVIA Step by step, or rather, move by move, Tavia struggled to reach in safety that heap of white.
reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading HAPLESS TAVIA Step by step, or rather, move by move, Tavia struggled to reach in safety that heap of white.
the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
From this reading HAPLESS TAVIA Step by step, or rather, move by move, Tavia struggled to reach in safety that heap of white.
cut with a saw
From this reading I saw she was insane--and now!"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Oh, if she is only alive!" moaned Tavia.
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading HAPLESS TAVIA Step by step, or rather, move by move, Tavia struggled to reach in safety that heap of white.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading A huge stone offered her a pause in the dangerous descent.
past form of “struggle” — make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading HAPLESS TAVIA Step by step, or rather, move by move, Tavia struggled to reach in safety that heap of white.
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From this reading HAPLESS TAVIA Step by step, or rather, move by move, Tavia struggled to reach in safety that heap of white.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading HAPLESS TAVIA Step by step, or rather, move by move, Tavia struggled to reach in safety that heap of white.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Why did I not induce her to go back to the Junction?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HAPLESS TAVIA Step by step, or rather, move by move, Tavia struggled to reach in safety that heap of white.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I saw she was insane--and now!"
a Caucasian
From this reading HAPLESS TAVIA Step by step, or rather, move by move, Tavia struggled to reach in safety that heap of white.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why did I not induce her to go back to the Junction?
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