Chapter 21 of Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WELCOME, LASSIES, TO SCOTLAND Dr. Beulah's question went unanswered. The clank of the chain as deckhands dropped the gang-plank from ship to shore attracted the attention of the girls even as she asked it. Now they moved forward slowly, with the rest of the passengers. "We're almost there! We're almost there!"
Chapter 21 of Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “attract” — direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
From this reading “The clank of the chain as deckhands dropped the gang-plank from ship to shore attracted the attention of the girls even as she asked it.”
a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
From this reading “The clank of the chain as deckhands dropped the gang-plank from ship to shore attracted the attention of the girls even as she asked it.”
make a clank
From this reading “The clank of the chain as deckhands dropped the gang-plank from ship to shore attracted the attention of the girls even as she asked it.”
plural of “passenger” — a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
From this reading “Now they moved forward slowly, with the rest of the passengers.”
one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
From this reading “WELCOME, LASSIES, TO SCOTLAND Dr. Beulah's question went unanswered.”
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading “The clank of the chain as deckhands dropped the gang-plank from ship to shore attracted the attention of the girls even as she asked it.”
not returned in kind
From this reading “WELCOME, LASSIES, TO SCOTLAND Dr. Beulah's question went unanswered.”
accept gladly
From this reading “WELCOME, LASSIES, TO SCOTLAND Dr. Beulah's question went unanswered.”
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In this reading “The clank of the chain as deckhands dropped the gang-plank from ship to shore attracted the attention of the girls even as she asked it.”
In this reading “The clank of the chain as deckhands dropped the gang-plank from ship to shore attracted the attention of the girls even as she asked it.”
In this reading “Now they moved forward slowly, with the rest of the passengers.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading "We're almost there!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The clank of the chain as deckhands dropped the gang-plank from ship to shore attracted the attention of the girls even as she asked it.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading The clank of the chain as deckhands dropped the gang-plank from ship to shore attracted the attention of the girls even as she asked it.
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading The clank of the chain as deckhands dropped the gang-plank from ship to shore attracted the attention of the girls even as she asked it.
past form of “attract” — direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
From this reading The clank of the chain as deckhands dropped the gang-plank from ship to shore attracted the attention of the girls even as she asked it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WELCOME, LASSIES, TO SCOTLAND Dr. Beulah's question went unanswered.
a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
From this reading The clank of the chain as deckhands dropped the gang-plank from ship to shore attracted the attention of the girls even as she asked it.
make a clank
From this reading The clank of the chain as deckhands dropped the gang-plank from ship to shore attracted the attention of the girls even as she asked it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The clank of the chain as deckhands dropped the gang-plank from ship to shore attracted the attention of the girls even as she asked it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WELCOME, LASSIES, TO SCOTLAND Dr. Beulah's question went unanswered.
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading The clank of the chain as deckhands dropped the gang-plank from ship to shore attracted the attention of the girls even as she asked it.
divisible by two
From this reading The clank of the chain as deckhands dropped the gang-plank from ship to shore attracted the attention of the girls even as she asked it.
at or to or toward the front
From this reading Now they moved forward slowly, with the rest of the passengers.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The clank of the chain as deckhands dropped the gang-plank from ship to shore attracted the attention of the girls even as she asked it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The clank of the chain as deckhands dropped the gang-plank from ship to shore attracted the attention of the girls even as she asked it.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading The clank of the chain as deckhands dropped the gang-plank from ship to shore attracted the attention of the girls even as she asked it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The clank of the chain as deckhands dropped the gang-plank from ship to shore attracted the attention of the girls even as she asked it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WELCOME, LASSIES, TO SCOTLAND Dr. Beulah's question went unanswered.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading Now they moved forward slowly, with the rest of the passengers.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now they moved forward slowly, with the rest of the passengers.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The clank of the chain as deckhands dropped the gang-plank from ship to shore attracted the attention of the girls even as she asked it.
plural of “passenger” — a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
From this reading Now they moved forward slowly, with the rest of the passengers.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading WELCOME, LASSIES, TO SCOTLAND Dr. Beulah's question went unanswered.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading Now they moved forward slowly, with the rest of the passengers.
one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
From this reading WELCOME, LASSIES, TO SCOTLAND Dr. Beulah's question went unanswered.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The clank of the chain as deckhands dropped the gang-plank from ship to shore attracted the attention of the girls even as she asked it.
transport commercially
From this reading The clank of the chain as deckhands dropped the gang-plank from ship to shore attracted the attention of the girls even as she asked it.
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading The clank of the chain as deckhands dropped the gang-plank from ship to shore attracted the attention of the girls even as she asked it.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading Now they moved forward slowly, with the rest of the passengers.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The clank of the chain as deckhands dropped the gang-plank from ship to shore attracted the attention of the girls even as she asked it.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "We're almost there!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Now they moved forward slowly, with the rest of the passengers.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WELCOME, LASSIES, TO SCOTLAND Dr. Beulah's question went unanswered.
not returned in kind
From this reading WELCOME, LASSIES, TO SCOTLAND Dr. Beulah's question went unanswered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We're almost there!
accept gladly
From this reading WELCOME, LASSIES, TO SCOTLAND Dr. Beulah's question went unanswered.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading WELCOME, LASSIES, TO SCOTLAND Dr. Beulah's question went unanswered.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Now they moved forward slowly, with the rest of the passengers.
Chapter 21 of Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays by Annie Roe Carr holds 109 sentences, grouped into 22 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 21 holds 109 sentences of Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
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