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On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls
On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls is here in full — 288 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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WHAT TO WEAR ON THE TRAIL =Camp Outfits.
Clothing.
Personal Outfits.
Camp Packs.
Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.
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On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls is here in full — 288 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/57 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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WHAT TO WEAR ON THE TRAIL =Camp Outfits.
/wʌt tuː wer ɑːn ðə treɪl kæmp ˈaʊtfɪts/
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Clothing.
/ˈkloʊðɪŋ/
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Personal Outfits.
/ˈpɜːrsɪnəl ˈaʊtfɪts/
Line 4
Camp Packs.
/kæmp pæks/
Line 5
Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

anticipation noun US /ænˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃən/

an expectation

From this reading “Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.”

camping noun US /ˈkæmpɪŋ/

the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp

From this reading “Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.”

lists noun US /lɪsts/

plural of “list” — a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)

From this reading “Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.”

outfit noun US /ˈaʊtfɪt/

any cohesive unit such as a military company

From this reading “Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.”

Outfits noun US /ˈaʊtfɪts/

plural of “outfit” — any cohesive unit such as a military company

From this reading “WHAT TO WEAR ON THE TRAIL =Camp Outfits.”

Packs noun US /pæks/

plural of “pack” — a large indefinite number

From this reading “Camp Packs.”

select adjective US /səˈlekt/

of superior grade

From this reading “Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.”

trailing noun US /ˈtreɪlɪŋ/

the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind

From this reading “Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.”

All words in this reading · 60

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(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 Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

anticipationnounUS /ænˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃən/

an expectation

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

articlesnounUS /ˈɑːrtəkəlz/

plural of “article” — nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

CampnounUS /kæmp/

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

From this reading WHAT TO WEAR ON THE TRAIL =Camp Outfits.

campingnounUS /ˈkæmpɪŋ/

the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

ClothingnounUS /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/

a covering designed to be worn on a person's body

From this reading Clothing.

comingnounUS /ˈkʌmɪŋ/

the act of drawing spatially closer to something

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

dancenounUS /dæns/

an artistic form of nonverbal communication

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

delightfuladjectiveUS /dɪˈlaɪtfəl/

greatly pleasing or entertaining

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

Duffel-Bags

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

evenadjectiveUS /ˈiːvɪn/

divisible by two

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

funnounUS /fʌn/

activities that are enjoyable or amusing

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

greatadjectiveUS /ɡreɪt/

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

huntverbUS /hʌnt/

pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

joynounUS /dʒɔɪ/

the emotion of great happiness

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

justadverbUS /dʒʌst/

and nothing more

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

knowverbUS /noʊ/

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

lifenounUS /laɪf/

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

listsnounUS /lɪsts/

plural of “list” — a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

makeverbUS /meɪk/

engage in

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

manyadjectiveUS /ˈmeni/

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

materialsnounUS /məˈtɪriəlz/

plural of “material” — the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading WHAT TO WEAR ON THE TRAIL =Camp Outfits.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

outadjectiveUS /aʊt/

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

outfitnounUS /ˈaʊtfɪt/

any cohesive unit such as a military company

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

OutfitsnounUS /ˈaʊtfɪts/

plural of “outfit” — any cohesive unit such as a military company

From this reading WHAT TO WEAR ON THE TRAIL =Camp Outfits.

ownverbUS /oʊn/

have ownership or possession of

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

PacksnounUS /pæks/

plural of “pack” — a large indefinite number

From this reading Camp Packs.

PersonaladjectiveUS /ˈpɜːrsɪnəl/

concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality

From this reading Personal Outfits.

planverbUS /plæn/

have the will and intention to carry out some action

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

prepareverbUS /priˈper/

make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

purchasenounUS /ˈpɜːrtʃəs/

the acquisition of something for payment

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

PutverbUS /pʊt/

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

selectadjectiveUS /səˈlekt/

of superior grade

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

summernounUS /ˈsʌmər/

the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading WHAT TO WEAR ON THE TRAIL =Camp Outfits.

ThempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

thingsnounUS /θɪŋz/

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

timenounUS /taɪm/

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

TOparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading WHAT TO WEAR ON THE TRAIL =Camp Outfits.

TRAILnounUS /treɪl/

a track or mark left by something that has passed

From this reading WHAT TO WEAR ON THE TRAIL =Camp Outfits.

trailingnounUS /ˈtreɪlɪŋ/

the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

trueadjectiveUS /truː/

consistent with fact or reality; not false

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

upadjectiveUS /ʌp/

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

visionsnounUS /ˈvɪʒənz/

plural of “vision” — a vivid mental image

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

wantverbUS /wɑːnt/

feel or have a desire for; want strongly

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

WEARverbUS /wer/

be dressed in

From this reading WHAT TO WEAR ON THE TRAIL =Camp Outfits.

WHATpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading WHAT TO WEAR ON THE TRAIL =Camp Outfits.

whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/

during the time that

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

workverbUS /wɜːrk/

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Duffel-Bags and What to Put in Them= To prepare your own camping outfit for the coming summer, to plan, to work out your lists, to select materials, and make many of the things just as you want them or even to hunt up the articles and purchase them, while all the time delightful visions of trailing and camp life dance before you, is to know the true joy of anticipation, and is great fun.

Chapter 4 of On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls by Lina Beard holds 288 sentences, grouped into 58 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.

What does chapter 4 of On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls contain?

Chapter 4 holds 288 sentences of On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls, unabridged, divided into 58 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 4 of On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls by Lina Beard exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 288 sentences, grouped into 58 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 4 of On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls?

Work through the 58 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 58 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 4 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 4 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

Questions about reading On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls

Common questions about reading On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls by Lina Beard on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls?

Yes. All 2541 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #18525 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #18525, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls take to read?

About 211 minutes of reading across 509 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls section by section

How to work through On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 14 chapters of On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls to begin.

  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

Vocabulary met early in On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls

Words and structures a reader meets early in On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Outdoor
A word that appears in the opening chapter of On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
World
A word that appears in the opening chapter of On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Girls
A word that appears in the opening chapter of On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Trail
A word that appears in the opening chapter of On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.