Chapter 16 of How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl is here in full — 40 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 16 of How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl is here in full — 40 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AUNT SUSAN'S TRIALS "And now sit down, my dear, and I will tell you something. First you can never be my heiress, for I have no money to give away or leave to anyone. Tom supports me entirely. You look surprised and I don't wonder. I never told your grandmother.
Chapter 16 of How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl is here in full — 40 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any person at all
From this reading “First you can never be my heiress, for I have no money to give away or leave to anyone.”
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading “Tom supports me entirely.”
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading “I never told your grandmother.”
a female heir
From this reading “First you can never be my heiress, for I have no money to give away or leave to anyone.”
be seated
From this reading “AUNT SUSAN'S TRIALS "And now sit down, my dear, and I will tell you something.”
plural of “support” — the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
From this reading “Tom supports me entirely.”
taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment
From this reading “You look surprised and I don't wonder.”
plural of “trial” — the act of testing something
From this reading “AUNT SUSAN'S TRIALS "And now sit down, my dear, and I will tell you something.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AUNT SUSAN'S TRIALS "And now sit down, my dear, and I will tell you something.
any person at all
From this reading First you can never be my heiress, for I have no money to give away or leave to anyone.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading AUNT SUSAN'S TRIALS "And now sit down, my dear, and I will tell you something.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading First you can never be my heiress, for I have no money to give away or leave to anyone.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading First you can never be my heiress, for I have no money to give away or leave to anyone.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading First you can never be my heiress, for I have no money to give away or leave to anyone.
dearly loved
From this reading AUNT SUSAN'S TRIALS "And now sit down, my dear, and I will tell you something.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You look surprised and I don't wonder.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading AUNT SUSAN'S TRIALS "And now sit down, my dear, and I will tell you something.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading Tom supports me entirely.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading First you can never be my heiress, for I have no money to give away or leave to anyone.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading First you can never be my heiress, for I have no money to give away or leave to anyone.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading First you can never be my heiress, for I have no money to give away or leave to anyone.
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading I never told your grandmother.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading First you can never be my heiress, for I have no money to give away or leave to anyone.
a female heir
From this reading First you can never be my heiress, for I have no money to give away or leave to anyone.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading AUNT SUSAN'S TRIALS "And now sit down, my dear, and I will tell you something.
go away from a place
From this reading First you can never be my heiress, for I have no money to give away or leave to anyone.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading You look surprised and I don't wonder.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Tom supports me entirely.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading First you can never be my heiress, for I have no money to give away or leave to anyone.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading AUNT SUSAN'S TRIALS "And now sit down, my dear, and I will tell you something.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading First you can never be my heiress, for I have no money to give away or leave to anyone.
not any; not one
From this reading First you can never be my heiress, for I have no money to give away or leave to anyone.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading AUNT SUSAN'S TRIALS "And now sit down, my dear, and I will tell you something.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading First you can never be my heiress, for I have no money to give away or leave to anyone.
be seated
From this reading AUNT SUSAN'S TRIALS "And now sit down, my dear, and I will tell you something.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading AUNT SUSAN'S TRIALS "And now sit down, my dear, and I will tell you something.
plural of “support” — the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
From this reading Tom supports me entirely.
taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment
From this reading You look surprised and I don't wonder.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AUNT SUSAN'S TRIALS "And now sit down, my dear, and I will tell you something.
express in words
From this reading AUNT SUSAN'S TRIALS "And now sit down, my dear, and I will tell you something.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading First you can never be my heiress, for I have no money to give away or leave to anyone.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading I never told your grandmother.
male cat
From this reading Tom supports me entirely.
plural of “trial” — the act of testing something
From this reading AUNT SUSAN'S TRIALS "And now sit down, my dear, and I will tell you something.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading AUNT SUSAN'S TRIALS "And now sit down, my dear, and I will tell you something.
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading You look surprised and I don't wonder.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading AUNT SUSAN'S TRIALS "And now sit down, my dear, and I will tell you something.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I never told your grandmother.
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