Chapter 3 of Dorothy Dale's School Rivals is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Dorothy Dale's School Rivals is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE GET-AWAY Amy Brooks had sunk in the bog! The weight of the soggy earth had dragged her down, until she lay helpless, clinging to some underbrush! And how dark it was now! “Quick! Quick!” called Dorothy.
Chapter 3 of Dorothy Dale's School Rivals is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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cause to slow down or get stuck
From this reading “THE GET-AWAY Amy Brooks had sunk in the bog!”
United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963)
From this reading “THE GET-AWAY Amy Brooks had sunk in the bog!”
-ing form of “cling” — come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
From this reading “The weight of the soggy earth had dragged her down, until she lay helpless, clinging to some underbrush!”
inflected form of “drag” — pull, as against a resistance
From this reading “The weight of the soggy earth had dragged her down, until she lay helpless, clinging to some underbrush!”
lacking in or deprived of strength or power
From this reading “The weight of the soggy earth had dragged her down, until she lay helpless, clinging to some underbrush!”
(of soil) soft and watery
From this reading “The weight of the soggy earth had dragged her down, until she lay helpless, clinging to some underbrush!”
doomed to extinction
From this reading “THE GET-AWAY Amy Brooks had sunk in the bog!”
the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
From this reading “The weight of the soggy earth had dragged her down, until she lay helpless, clinging to some underbrush!”
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In this reading “The weight of the soggy earth had dragged her down, until she lay helpless, clinging to some underbrush!”
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From this reading THE GET-AWAY Amy Brooks had sunk in the bog!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And how dark it was now!
cause to slow down or get stuck
From this reading THE GET-AWAY Amy Brooks had sunk in the bog!
United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963)
From this reading THE GET-AWAY Amy Brooks had sunk in the bog!
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Quick!” called Dorothy.
-ing form of “cling” — come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
From this reading The weight of the soggy earth had dragged her down, until she lay helpless, clinging to some underbrush!
absence of light or illumination
From this reading And how dark it was now!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Quick!” called Dorothy.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The weight of the soggy earth had dragged her down, until she lay helpless, clinging to some underbrush!
inflected form of “drag” — pull, as against a resistance
From this reading The weight of the soggy earth had dragged her down, until she lay helpless, clinging to some underbrush!
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading The weight of the soggy earth had dragged her down, until she lay helpless, clinging to some underbrush!
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From this reading THE GET-AWAY Amy Brooks had sunk in the bog!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE GET-AWAY Amy Brooks had sunk in the bog!
lacking in or deprived of strength or power
From this reading The weight of the soggy earth had dragged her down, until she lay helpless, clinging to some underbrush!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The weight of the soggy earth had dragged her down, until she lay helpless, clinging to some underbrush!
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From this reading And how dark it was now!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE GET-AWAY Amy Brooks had sunk in the bog!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And how dark it was now!
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The weight of the soggy earth had dragged her down, until she lay helpless, clinging to some underbrush!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading And how dark it was now!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The weight of the soggy earth had dragged her down, until she lay helpless, clinging to some underbrush!
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading “Quick!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The weight of the soggy earth had dragged her down, until she lay helpless, clinging to some underbrush!
(of soil) soft and watery
From this reading The weight of the soggy earth had dragged her down, until she lay helpless, clinging to some underbrush!
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading The weight of the soggy earth had dragged her down, until she lay helpless, clinging to some underbrush!
doomed to extinction
From this reading THE GET-AWAY Amy Brooks had sunk in the bog!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GET-AWAY Amy Brooks had sunk in the bog!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The weight of the soggy earth had dragged her down, until she lay helpless, clinging to some underbrush!
the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
From this reading The weight of the soggy earth had dragged her down, until she lay helpless, clinging to some underbrush!
up to a particular time
From this reading The weight of the soggy earth had dragged her down, until she lay helpless, clinging to some underbrush!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And how dark it was now!
the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
From this reading The weight of the soggy earth had dragged her down, until she lay helpless, clinging to some underbrush!
Chapter 3 of Dorothy Dale's School Rivals by Margaret Penrose holds 81 sentences, grouped into 17 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.
Chapter 3 holds 81 sentences of Dorothy Dale's School Rivals, unabridged, divided into 17 reading sections.
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