Chapter 8 of The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE FIVE-PIN SHOW. "Hush, Flossie, don't cry, dear!" begged Nan, putting her arms around her little sister. "But--but I--I can't help it," stammered Flossie. "Freddie's losted!" "We'll find him!" said Bert.
Chapter 8 of The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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weapons considered collectively
From this reading “"Hush, Flossie, don't cry, dear!" begged Nan, putting her arms around her little sister.”
inflected form of “beg” — call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading “"Hush, Flossie, don't cry, dear!" begged Nan, putting her arms around her little sister.”
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “"Hush, Flossie, don't cry, dear!" begged Nan, putting her arms around her little sister.”
become quiet or still; fall silent
From this reading “"Hush, Flossie, don't cry, dear!" begged Nan, putting her arms around her little sister.”
your grandmother
From this reading “"Hush, Flossie, don't cry, dear!" begged Nan, putting her arms around her little sister.”
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading “"Hush, Flossie, don't cry, dear!" begged Nan, putting her arms around her little sister.”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “THE FIVE-PIN SHOW.”
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “"Hush, Flossie, don't cry, dear!" begged Nan, putting her arms around her little sister.”
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weapons considered collectively
From this reading "Hush, Flossie, don't cry, dear!" begged Nan, putting her arms around her little sister.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading "Hush, Flossie, don't cry, dear!" begged Nan, putting her arms around her little sister.
inflected form of “beg” — call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading "Hush, Flossie, don't cry, dear!" begged Nan, putting her arms around her little sister.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We'll find him!" said Bert.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But--but I--I can't help it," stammered Flossie.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But--but I--I can't help it," stammered Flossie.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Hush, Flossie, don't cry, dear!" begged Nan, putting her arms around her little sister.
dearly loved
From this reading "Hush, Flossie, don't cry, dear!" begged Nan, putting her arms around her little sister.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hush, Flossie, don't cry, dear!" begged Nan, putting her arms around her little sister.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading "We'll find him!" said Bert.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FIVE-PIN SHOW.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hush, Flossie, don't cry, dear!" begged Nan, putting her arms around her little sister.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Freddie's losted!"
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading "But--but I--I can't help it," stammered Flossie.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Hush, Flossie, don't cry, dear!" begged Nan, putting her arms around her little sister.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "We'll find him!" said Bert.
become quiet or still; fall silent
From this reading "Hush, Flossie, don't cry, dear!" begged Nan, putting her arms around her little sister.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "But--but I--I can't help it," stammered Flossie.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "But--but I--I can't help it," stammered Flossie.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Hush, Flossie, don't cry, dear!" begged Nan, putting her arms around her little sister.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Freddie's losted!"
your grandmother
From this reading "Hush, Flossie, don't cry, dear!" begged Nan, putting her arms around her little sister.
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading "Hush, Flossie, don't cry, dear!" begged Nan, putting her arms around her little sister.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "We'll find him!" said Bert.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading THE FIVE-PIN SHOW.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading "Hush, Flossie, don't cry, dear!" begged Nan, putting her arms around her little sister.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "But--but I--I can't help it," stammered Flossie.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FIVE-PIN SHOW.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We'll find him!" said Bert.
Chapter 8 of The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook by Laura Lee Hope holds 158 sentences, grouped into 32 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 8 holds 158 sentences of The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
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