Chapter 21 of The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires is here in full — 263 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires is here in full — 263 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
EUNICE AND MR. WINTHROP LATHAM "Ruth, may I go with you to get Eunice?" Mollie Thurston asked next day. "Certainly, Mollie. Are not the four of us going?
Chapter 21 of The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires is here in full — 263 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Mollie Thurston asked next day.”
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading “"Certainly, Mollie.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading “Are not the four of us going?”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “WINTHROP LATHAM "Ruth, may I go with you to get Eunice?"”
the act of departing
From this reading “Are not the four of us going?”
popular aquarium fish
From this reading “Mollie Thurston asked next day.”
immediately following in time or order
From this reading “Mollie Thurston asked next day.”
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading “WINTHROP LATHAM "Ruth, may I go with you to get Eunice?"”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading EUNICE AND MR.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are not the four of us going?
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Mollie Thurston asked next day.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading "Certainly, Mollie.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Mollie Thurston asked next day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading EUNICE AND MR.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading Are not the four of us going?
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading WINTHROP LATHAM "Ruth, may I go with you to get Eunice?"
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading WINTHROP LATHAM "Ruth, may I go with you to get Eunice?"
the act of departing
From this reading Are not the four of us going?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading WINTHROP LATHAM "Ruth, may I go with you to get Eunice?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WINTHROP LATHAM "Ruth, may I go with you to get Eunice?"
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading WINTHROP LATHAM "Ruth, may I go with you to get Eunice?"
popular aquarium fish
From this reading Mollie Thurston asked next day.
a form of address for a man
From this reading EUNICE AND MR.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Mollie Thurston asked next day.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Are not the four of us going?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Are not the four of us going?
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading WINTHROP LATHAM "Ruth, may I go with you to get Eunice?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Are not the four of us going?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mollie Thurston asked next day.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WINTHROP LATHAM "Ruth, may I go with you to get Eunice?"
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Are not the four of us going?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WINTHROP LATHAM "Ruth, may I go with you to get Eunice?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading WINTHROP LATHAM "Ruth, may I go with you to get Eunice?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading WINTHROP LATHAM "Ruth, may I go with you to get Eunice?"
Chapter 21 of The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires by Laura Dent Crane holds 263 sentences, grouped into 53 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 263 sentences of The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires, unabridged, divided into 53 reading sections.
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