Chapter 14 of Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
STOUTHEART "W-wedged!... Wedged!" Now--now it was another word which jabbered faintly in the dark fissure's mouth! A girl caught it--or thought she did. "_Wedged!_" she echoed wildly.
Chapter 14 of Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading “A girl caught it--or thought she did.”
absence of light or illumination
From this reading “Now--now it was another word which jabbered faintly in the dark fissure's mouth!”
past form of “echo” — to say again or imitate
From this reading “"_Wedged!_" she echoed wildly.”
to a faint degree or weakly perceived
From this reading “Now--now it was another word which jabbered faintly in the dark fissure's mouth!”
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading “Now--now it was another word which jabbered faintly in the dark fissure's mouth!”
wedged or packed in together
From this reading “STOUTHEART "W-wedged!...”
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
From this reading “"_Wedged!_" she echoed wildly.”
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading “Now--now it was another word which jabbered faintly in the dark fissure's mouth!”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Now--now it was another word which jabbered faintly in the dark fissure's mouth!”
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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 A girl caught it--or thought she did.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Now--now it was another word which jabbered faintly in the dark fissure's mouth!
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading A girl caught it--or thought she did.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Now--now it was another word which jabbered faintly in the dark fissure's mouth!
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading A girl caught it--or thought she did.
past form of “echo” — to say again or imitate
From this reading "_Wedged!_" she echoed wildly.
to a faint degree or weakly perceived
From this reading Now--now it was another word which jabbered faintly in the dark fissure's mouth!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now--now it was another word which jabbered faintly in the dark fissure's mouth!
a young female
From this reading A girl caught it--or thought she did.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Now--now it was another word which jabbered faintly in the dark fissure's mouth!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Now--now it was another word which jabbered faintly in the dark fissure's mouth!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now--now it was another word which jabbered faintly in the dark fissure's mouth!
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading Now--now it was another word which jabbered faintly in the dark fissure's mouth!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now--now it was another word which jabbered faintly in the dark fissure's mouth!
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading A girl caught it--or thought she did.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A girl caught it--or thought she did.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading STOUTHEART "W-wedged!...
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Now--now it was another word which jabbered faintly in the dark fissure's mouth!
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading A girl caught it--or thought she did.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading STOUTHEART "W-wedged!...
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Now--now it was another word which jabbered faintly in the dark fissure's mouth!
wedged or packed in together
From this reading Wedged!"
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Now--now it was another word which jabbered faintly in the dark fissure's mouth!
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
From this reading "_Wedged!_" she echoed wildly.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading Now--now it was another word which jabbered faintly in the dark fissure's mouth!
Chapter 14 of Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl by Isabel Hornibrook holds 125 sentences, grouped into 25 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 14 holds 125 sentences of Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
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