Chapter 7 of The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Samson started for the house with the girl under one arm and the boy under the other. A pleasant-faced woman greeted them with a hearty welcome at the door. "You poor man! Come right in," she said. "Poor!
Chapter 7 of The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading “Samson started for the house with the girl under one arm and the boy under the other.”
a youthful male person
From this reading “Samson started for the house with the girl under one arm and the boy under the other.”
a young female
From this reading “Samson started for the house with the girl under one arm and the boy under the other.”
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading “A pleasant-faced woman greeted them with a hearty welcome at the door.”
showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
From this reading “A pleasant-faced woman greeted them with a hearty welcome at the door.”
(Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah
From this reading “Samson started for the house with the girl under one arm and the boy under the other.”
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “Samson started for the house with the girl under one arm and the boy under the other.”
accept gladly
From this reading “A pleasant-faced woman greeted them with a hearty welcome at the door.”
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.
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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 pleasant-faced woman greeted them with a hearty welcome at the door.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Samson started for the house with the girl under one arm and the boy under the other.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading Samson started for the house with the girl under one arm and the boy under the other.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A pleasant-faced woman greeted them with a hearty welcome at the door.
a youthful male person
From this reading Samson started for the house with the girl under one arm and the boy under the other.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come right in," she said.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading A pleasant-faced woman greeted them with a hearty welcome at the door.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Samson started for the house with the girl under one arm and the boy under the other.
a young female
From this reading Samson started for the house with the girl under one arm and the boy under the other.
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading A pleasant-faced woman greeted them with a hearty welcome at the door.
showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
From this reading A pleasant-faced woman greeted them with a hearty welcome at the door.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Samson started for the house with the girl under one arm and the boy under the other.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Come right in," she said.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "You poor man!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Samson started for the house with the girl under one arm and the boy under the other.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Samson started for the house with the girl under one arm and the boy under the other.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A pleasant-faced woman greeted them with a hearty welcome at the door.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading "You poor man!
precisely, exactly
From this reading Come right in," she said.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Come right in," she said.
(Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah
From this reading Samson started for the house with the girl under one arm and the boy under the other.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Come right in," she said.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Samson started for the house with the girl under one arm and the boy under the other.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Samson started for the house with the girl under one arm and the boy under the other.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading A pleasant-faced woman greeted them with a hearty welcome at the door.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Samson started for the house with the girl under one arm and the boy under the other.
accept gladly
From this reading A pleasant-faced woman greeted them with a hearty welcome at the door.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Samson started for the house with the girl under one arm and the boy under the other.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading A pleasant-faced woman greeted them with a hearty welcome at the door.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You poor man!
Chapter 7 of The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories by Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews holds 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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 7 holds 437 sentences of The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories by Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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.
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