Chapter 3 of The Brownie Scouts in the Cherry Festival is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Brownie Scouts in the Cherry Festival is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Over the Fence “Are you hurt, Veve?” Connie scrambled down from her own ladder to help her little friend up from the ground. Veve brushed dirt from her Brownie uniform and picked up the beanie which had fallen from her head. Ruefully she gazed at the spilled cherries. Scarcely a handful remained in the tin bucket.
Chapter 3 of The Brownie Scouts in the Cherry Festival is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a junior Girl Scout
From this reading “Veve brushed dirt from her Brownie uniform and picked up the beanie which had fallen from her head.”
touched lightly in passing; grazed against
From this reading “Veve brushed dirt from her Brownie uniform and picked up the beanie which had fallen from her head.”
a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
From this reading “Scarcely a handful remained in the tin bucket.”
plural of “cherry” — wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
From this reading “Ruefully she gazed at the spilled cherries.”
a small number or amount
From this reading “Scarcely a handful remained in the tin bucket.”
in a rueful manner
From this reading “Ruefully she gazed at the spilled cherries.”
thrown together in a disorderly fashion
From this reading “Connie scrambled down from her own ladder to help her little friend up from the ground.”
past form of “spill” — cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
From this reading “Ruefully she gazed at the spilled cherries.”
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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take and lift upward
In this reading “Veve brushed dirt from her Brownie uniform and picked up the beanie which had fallen from her head.”
In this reading “Connie scrambled down from her own ladder to help her little friend up from the ground.”
In this reading “Scarcely a handful remained in the tin bucket.”
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 Scarcely a handful remained in the tin bucket.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Veve brushed dirt from her Brownie uniform and picked up the beanie which had fallen from her head.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Over the Fence “Are you hurt, Veve?”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Ruefully she gazed at the spilled cherries.
a small skullcap; formerly worn by schoolboys and college freshmen
From this reading Veve brushed dirt from her Brownie uniform and picked up the beanie which had fallen from her head.
a junior Girl Scout
From this reading Veve brushed dirt from her Brownie uniform and picked up the beanie which had fallen from her head.
touched lightly in passing; grazed against
From this reading Veve brushed dirt from her Brownie uniform and picked up the beanie which had fallen from her head.
a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
From this reading Scarcely a handful remained in the tin bucket.
plural of “cherry” — wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
From this reading Ruefully she gazed at the spilled cherries.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Connie scrambled down from her own ladder to help her little friend up from the ground.
the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
From this reading Veve brushed dirt from her Brownie uniform and picked up the beanie which had fallen from her head.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Connie scrambled down from her own ladder to help her little friend up from the ground.
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading Veve brushed dirt from her Brownie uniform and picked up the beanie which had fallen from her head.
enclose with a fence
From this reading Over the Fence “Are you hurt, Veve?”
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Connie scrambled down from her own ladder to help her little friend up from the ground.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Connie scrambled down from her own ladder to help her little friend up from the ground.
past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Ruefully she gazed at the spilled cherries.
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading Connie scrambled down from her own ladder to help her little friend up from the ground.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Veve brushed dirt from her Brownie uniform and picked up the beanie which had fallen from her head.
a small number or amount
From this reading Scarcely a handful remained in the tin bucket.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Veve brushed dirt from her Brownie uniform and picked up the beanie which had fallen from her head.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading Connie scrambled down from her own ladder to help her little friend up from the ground.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Connie scrambled down from her own ladder to help her little friend up from the ground.
be the source of pain
From this reading Over the Fence “Are you hurt, Veve?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Scarcely a handful remained in the tin bucket.
steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
From this reading Connie scrambled down from her own ladder to help her little friend up from the ground.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Connie scrambled down from her own ladder to help her little friend up from the ground.
above and across; more than
From this reading Over the Fence “Are you hurt, Veve?”
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Connie scrambled down from her own ladder to help her little friend up from the ground.
past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group
From this reading Veve brushed dirt from her Brownie uniform and picked up the beanie which had fallen from her head.
past form of “remain” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading Scarcely a handful remained in the tin bucket.
in a rueful manner
From this reading Ruefully she gazed at the spilled cherries.
only a very short time before
From this reading Scarcely a handful remained in the tin bucket.
thrown together in a disorderly fashion
From this reading Connie scrambled down from her own ladder to help her little friend up from the ground.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Ruefully she gazed at the spilled cherries.
past form of “spill” — cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
From this reading Ruefully she gazed at the spilled cherries.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Over the Fence “Are you hurt, Veve?”
a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
From this reading Scarcely a handful remained in the tin bucket.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Connie scrambled down from her own ladder to help her little friend up from the ground.
always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences
From this reading Veve brushed dirt from her Brownie uniform and picked up the beanie which had fallen from her head.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Connie scrambled down from her own ladder to help her little friend up from the ground.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Over the Fence “Are you hurt, Veve?”
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Veve brushed dirt from her Brownie uniform and picked up the beanie which had fallen from her head.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Over the Fence “Are you hurt, Veve?”
Chapter 3 of The Brownie Scouts in the Cherry Festival by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt holds 178 sentences, grouped into 36 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 3 holds 178 sentences of The Brownie Scouts in the Cherry Festival, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
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