Chapter 18 of The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge is here in full — 113 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge is here in full — 113 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SNAP IS GONE Dorothy screamed, and turned back toward Nan when she saw Bert struck with the snowball. But plucky Nan kept on. "That must be Danny Rugg!" cried Bert's sister. "No one else around here would be as mean as that!" Bert stopped a moment to brush the snow from his eyes, and then he rushed toward the tree.
Chapter 18 of The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge is here in full — 113 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
From this reading “Bert stopped a moment to brush the snow from his eyes, and then he rushed toward the tree.”
your grandmother
From this reading “SNAP IS GONE Dorothy screamed, and turned back toward Nan when she saw Bert struck with the snowball.”
marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited
From this reading “But plucky Nan kept on.”
done under pressure
From this reading “Bert stopped a moment to brush the snow from his eyes, and then he rushed toward the tree.”
past form of “scream” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “SNAP IS GONE Dorothy screamed, and turned back toward Nan when she saw Bert struck with the snowball.”
utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading “SNAP IS GONE Dorothy screamed, and turned back toward Nan when she saw Bert struck with the snowball.”
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading “Bert stopped a moment to brush the snow from his eyes, and then he rushed toward the tree.”
plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions
From this reading “SNAP IS GONE Dorothy screamed, and turned back toward Nan when she saw Bert struck with the snowball.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Bert stopped a moment to brush the snow from his eyes, and then he rushed toward the tree.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SNAP IS GONE Dorothy screamed, and turned back toward Nan when she saw Bert struck with the snowball.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading "No one else around here would be as mean as that!"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "No one else around here would be as mean as that!"
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading SNAP IS GONE Dorothy screamed, and turned back toward Nan when she saw Bert struck with the snowball.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "That must be Danny Rugg!" cried Bert's sister.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SNAP IS GONE Dorothy screamed, and turned back toward Nan when she saw Bert struck with the snowball.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That must be Danny Rugg!" cried Bert's sister.
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
From this reading Bert stopped a moment to brush the snow from his eyes, and then he rushed toward the tree.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But plucky Nan kept on.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "That must be Danny Rugg!" cried Bert's sister.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That must be Danny Rugg!" cried Bert's sister.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SNAP IS GONE Dorothy screamed, and turned back toward Nan when she saw Bert struck with the snowball.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No one else around here would be as mean as that!"
opinion or judgment
From this reading Bert stopped a moment to brush the snow from his eyes, and then he rushed toward the tree.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Bert stopped a moment to brush the snow from his eyes, and then he rushed toward the tree.
destroyed or killed
From this reading SNAP IS GONE Dorothy screamed, and turned back toward Nan when she saw Bert struck with the snowball.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Bert stopped a moment to brush the snow from his eyes, and then he rushed toward the tree.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "No one else around here would be as mean as that!"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Bert stopped a moment to brush the snow from his eyes, and then he rushed toward the tree.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SNAP IS GONE Dorothy screamed, and turned back toward Nan when she saw Bert struck with the snowball.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading But plucky Nan kept on.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading "No one else around here would be as mean as that!"
a particular point in time
From this reading Bert stopped a moment to brush the snow from his eyes, and then he rushed toward the tree.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "That must be Danny Rugg!" cried Bert's sister.
your grandmother
From this reading SNAP IS GONE Dorothy screamed, and turned back toward Nan when she saw Bert struck with the snowball.
not any; not one
From this reading "No one else around here would be as mean as that!"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But plucky Nan kept on.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "No one else around here would be as mean as that!"
marked by courage and determination in the face of difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited
From this reading But plucky Nan kept on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That must be Danny Rugg!" cried Bert's sister.
done under pressure
From this reading Bert stopped a moment to brush the snow from his eyes, and then he rushed toward the tree.
cut with a saw
From this reading SNAP IS GONE Dorothy screamed, and turned back toward Nan when she saw Bert struck with the snowball.
past form of “scream” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading SNAP IS GONE Dorothy screamed, and turned back toward Nan when she saw Bert struck with the snowball.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading SNAP IS GONE Dorothy screamed, and turned back toward Nan when she saw Bert struck with the snowball.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading "That must be Danny Rugg!" cried Bert's sister.
utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading SNAP IS GONE Dorothy screamed, and turned back toward Nan when she saw Bert struck with the snowball.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading Bert stopped a moment to brush the snow from his eyes, and then he rushed toward the tree.
plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions
From this reading SNAP IS GONE Dorothy screamed, and turned back toward Nan when she saw Bert struck with the snowball.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading Bert stopped a moment to brush the snow from his eyes, and then he rushed toward the tree.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading SNAP IS GONE Dorothy screamed, and turned back toward Nan when she saw Bert struck with the snowball.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That must be Danny Rugg!" cried Bert's sister.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SNAP IS GONE Dorothy screamed, and turned back toward Nan when she saw Bert struck with the snowball.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Bert stopped a moment to brush the snow from his eyes, and then he rushed toward the tree.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Bert stopped a moment to brush the snow from his eyes, and then he rushed toward the tree.
in the direction of
From this reading SNAP IS GONE Dorothy screamed, and turned back toward Nan when she saw Bert struck with the snowball.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading Bert stopped a moment to brush the snow from his eyes, and then he rushed toward the tree.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading SNAP IS GONE Dorothy screamed, and turned back toward Nan when she saw Bert struck with the snowball.
at the time that
From this reading SNAP IS GONE Dorothy screamed, and turned back toward Nan when she saw Bert struck with the snowball.
in the company of; together with
From this reading SNAP IS GONE Dorothy screamed, and turned back toward Nan when she saw Bert struck with the snowball.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "No one else around here would be as mean as that!"
Chapter 18 of The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge by Laura Lee Hope holds 113 sentences, grouped into 23 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 18 holds 113 sentences of The Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
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