Chapter 4 of Letters of the Motor Girl is here in full — 35 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 4 of Letters of the Motor Girl is here in full — 35 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Well, dear little book, here I am again. We have all been down in Maine for six weeks. What a fine place “In the Good Old Summer Time.” We went first to Rockland, then to Portland and Bangor. We used the Eastern Steamship Co. boats.
Chapter 4 of Letters of the Motor Girl is here in full — 35 sentences across 7 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River
From this reading “We went first to Rockland, then to Portland and Bangor.”
plural of “boat” — a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading “We used the Eastern Steamship Co. boats.”
lying toward or situated in the east
From this reading “We used the Eastern Steamship Co. boats.”
a state in New England
From this reading “We have all been down in Maine for six weeks.”
freshwater port and largest city in Oregon; located in northwestern Oregon on the Willamette River which divides the city into east and west sections; renowned for its beautiful natural setting among the mountains
From this reading “We went first to Rockland, then to Portland and Bangor.”
a ship powered by one or more steam engines
From this reading “We used the Eastern Steamship Co. boats.”
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading “What a fine place “In the Good Old Summer Time.””
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “We have all been down in Maine for six weeks.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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In this reading “We have all been down in Maine for six weeks.”
In this reading “Well, dear little book, here I am again.”
In this reading “We have all been down in Maine for six weeks.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 What a fine place “In the Good Old Summer Time.”
anew
From this reading Well, dear little book, here I am again.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading We have all been down in Maine for six weeks.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Well, dear little book, here I am again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We went first to Rockland, then to Portland and Bangor.
a town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River
From this reading We went first to Rockland, then to Portland and Bangor.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading We have all been down in Maine for six weeks.
plural of “boat” — a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading We used the Eastern Steamship Co. boats.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading Well, dear little book, here I am again.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading We used the Eastern Steamship Co. boats.
dearly loved
From this reading Well, dear little book, here I am again.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading We have all been down in Maine for six weeks.
lying toward or situated in the east
From this reading We used the Eastern Steamship Co. boats.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading What a fine place “In the Good Old Summer Time.”
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading We went first to Rockland, then to Portland and Bangor.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We have all been down in Maine for six weeks.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading What a fine place “In the Good Old Summer Time.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have all been down in Maine for six weeks.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Well, dear little book, here I am again.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well, dear little book, here I am again.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We have all been down in Maine for six weeks.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Well, dear little book, here I am again.
a state in New England
From this reading We have all been down in Maine for six weeks.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading What a fine place “In the Good Old Summer Time.”
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading What a fine place “In the Good Old Summer Time.”
freshwater port and largest city in Oregon; located in northwestern Oregon on the Willamette River which divides the city into east and west sections; renowned for its beautiful natural setting among the mountains
From this reading We went first to Rockland, then to Portland and Bangor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We went first to Rockland, then to Portland and Bangor.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading We have all been down in Maine for six weeks.
a ship powered by one or more steam engines
From this reading We used the Eastern Steamship Co. boats.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading What a fine place “In the Good Old Summer Time.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What a fine place “In the Good Old Summer Time.”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading We went first to Rockland, then to Portland and Bangor.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading What a fine place “In the Good Old Summer Time.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We went first to Rockland, then to Portland and Bangor.
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading We used the Eastern Steamship Co. boats.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We have all been down in Maine for six weeks.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading We have all been down in Maine for six weeks.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, dear little book, here I am again.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading We went first to Rockland, then to Portland and Bangor.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What a fine place “In the Good Old Summer Time.”
Chapter 4 of Letters of the Motor Girl by Ethellyn Gardner holds 35 sentences, grouped into 7 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 4 holds 35 sentences of Letters of the Motor Girl, unabridged, divided into 7 reading sections.
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