Chapter 20 of Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BE CAREFUL, NAN! "Are your passports all stamped for landing? Is your baggage tagged for Glasgow? Are you sure you have everything?" Dr. Beulah smiled down at the excited brood of young girls under her charge.
Chapter 20 of Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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cases used to carry belongings when traveling
From this reading “Is your baggage tagged for Glasgow?”
think moodily or anxiously about something
From this reading “Dr. Beulah smiled down at the excited brood of young girls under her charge.”
largest city in Scotland; a port on the Clyde in west central Scotland; one of the great shipbuilding centers of the world
From this reading “Is your baggage tagged for Glasgow?”
an intermediate platform in a staircase
From this reading “"Are your passports all stamped for landing?”
your grandmother
From this reading “BE CAREFUL, NAN!”
plural of “passport” — any authorization to pass or go somewhere
From this reading “"Are your passports all stamped for landing?”
past form of “stamp” — walk heavily
From this reading “"Are your passports all stamped for landing?”
bearing or marked with a label or tag
From this reading “Is your baggage tagged for Glasgow?”
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a girl or young woman who is unmarried
In this reading “Dr. Beulah smiled down at the excited brood of young girls under her charge.”
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(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 "Are your passports all stamped for landing?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Are your passports all stamped for landing?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Dr. Beulah smiled down at the excited brood of young girls under her charge.
cases used to carry belongings when traveling
From this reading Is your baggage tagged for Glasgow?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading BE CAREFUL, NAN!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dr. Beulah smiled down at the excited brood of young girls under her charge.
think moodily or anxiously about something
From this reading Dr. Beulah smiled down at the excited brood of young girls under her charge.
exercising caution or showing care or attention
From this reading BE CAREFUL, NAN!
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
From this reading Dr. Beulah smiled down at the excited brood of young girls under her charge.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Dr. Beulah smiled down at the excited brood of young girls under her charge.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dr. Beulah smiled down at the excited brood of young girls under her charge.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Are you sure you have everything?"
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading Dr. Beulah smiled down at the excited brood of young girls under her charge.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Are your passports all stamped for landing?
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading Dr. Beulah smiled down at the excited brood of young girls under her charge.
largest city in Scotland; a port on the Clyde in west central Scotland; one of the great shipbuilding centers of the world
From this reading Is your baggage tagged for Glasgow?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Are you sure you have everything?"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Dr. Beulah smiled down at the excited brood of young girls under her charge.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is your baggage tagged for Glasgow?
an intermediate platform in a staircase
From this reading "Are your passports all stamped for landing?
your grandmother
From this reading BE CAREFUL, NAN!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Dr. Beulah smiled down at the excited brood of young girls under her charge.
plural of “passport” — any authorization to pass or go somewhere
From this reading "Are your passports all stamped for landing?
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Dr. Beulah smiled down at the excited brood of young girls under her charge.
past form of “stamp” — walk heavily
From this reading "Are your passports all stamped for landing?
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading Are you sure you have everything?"
bearing or marked with a label or tag
From this reading Is your baggage tagged for Glasgow?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dr. Beulah smiled down at the excited brood of young girls under her charge.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Dr. Beulah smiled down at the excited brood of young girls under her charge.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Are you sure you have everything?"
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Dr. Beulah smiled down at the excited brood of young girls under her charge.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Are your passports all stamped for landing?
Chapter 20 of Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays by Annie Roe Carr holds 136 sentences, grouped into 28 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 20 holds 136 sentences of Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.
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