Chapter 6 of The Brownie Scouts at Snow Valley is here in full — 268 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Brownie Scouts at Snow Valley is here in full — 268 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Snowland Aboard the train, all the Brownies wondered what had delayed Veve and Miss Gordon. “I wish they’d hurry and come!” Connie said, squirming nervously in her seat. “So do I,” added Sunny. “The train’s due to start any minute.”
Chapter 6 of The Brownie Scouts at Snow Valley is here in full — 268 sentences across 54 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
From this reading “Snowland Aboard the train, all the Brownies wondered what had delayed Veve and Miss Gordon.”
plural of “brownie” — a junior Girl Scout
From this reading “Snowland Aboard the train, all the Brownies wondered what had delayed Veve and Miss Gordon.”
not as far along as normal in development
From this reading “Snowland Aboard the train, all the Brownies wondered what had delayed Veve and Miss Gordon.”
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading ““I wish they’d hurry and come!””
in an anxiously nervous manner
From this reading “Connie said, squirming nervously in her seat.”
-ing form of “squirm” — to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
From this reading “Connie said, squirming nervously in her seat.”
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading ““So do I,” added Sunny.”
possessive form of “train” — public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive
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 ““The train’s due to start any minute.””
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Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
From this reading Snowland Aboard the train, all the Brownies wondered what had delayed Veve and Miss Gordon.
past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading “So do I,” added Sunny.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Snowland Aboard the train, all the Brownies wondered what had delayed Veve and Miss Gordon.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Snowland Aboard the train, all the Brownies wondered what had delayed Veve and Miss Gordon.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading “The train’s due to start any minute.”
plural of “brownie” — a junior Girl Scout
From this reading Snowland Aboard the train, all the Brownies wondered what had delayed Veve and Miss Gordon.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “I wish they’d hurry and come!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Connie said, squirming nervously in her seat.
not as far along as normal in development
From this reading Snowland Aboard the train, all the Brownies wondered what had delayed Veve and Miss Gordon.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “So do I,” added Sunny.
owed and payable immediately or on demand
From this reading “The train’s due to start any minute.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Snowland Aboard the train, all the Brownies wondered what had delayed Veve and Miss Gordon.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Snowland Aboard the train, all the Brownies wondered what had delayed Veve and Miss Gordon.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Connie said, squirming nervously in her seat.
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading “I wish they’d hurry and come!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I wish they’d hurry and come!”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Connie said, squirming nervously in her seat.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “The train’s due to start any minute.”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Snowland Aboard the train, all the Brownies wondered what had delayed Veve and Miss Gordon.
in an anxiously nervous manner
From this reading Connie said, squirming nervously in her seat.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Connie said, squirming nervously in her seat.
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading Connie said, squirming nervously in her seat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Snowland Aboard the train, all the Brownies wondered what had delayed Veve and Miss Gordon.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So do I,” added Sunny.
-ing form of “squirm” — to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
From this reading Connie said, squirming nervously in her seat.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “The train’s due to start any minute.”
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading “So do I,” added Sunny.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Snowland Aboard the train, all the Brownies wondered what had delayed Veve and Miss Gordon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I wish they’d hurry and come!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “The train’s due to start any minute.”
create by training and teaching
From this reading Snowland Aboard the train, all the Brownies wondered what had delayed Veve and Miss Gordon.
possessive form of “train” — public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive
From this reading “The train’s due to start any minute.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Snowland Aboard the train, all the Brownies wondered what had delayed Veve and Miss Gordon.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Snowland Aboard the train, all the Brownies wondered what had delayed Veve and Miss Gordon.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “I wish they’d hurry and come!”
past form of “wonder” — have a wish or desire to know something
From this reading Snowland Aboard the train, all the Brownies wondered what had delayed Veve and Miss Gordon.
Chapter 6 of The Brownie Scouts at Snow Valley by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt holds 268 sentences, grouped into 54 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 6 holds 268 sentences of The Brownie Scouts at Snow Valley, unabridged, divided into 54 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of The Brownie Scouts at Snow Valley by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 268 sentences, grouped into 54 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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