Chapter 12 of The Brownie Scouts in the Cherry Festival is here in full — 355 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Brownie Scouts in the Cherry Festival is here in full — 355 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A Quilt Show For a long moment, no one said a word. Veve, Connie and Eileen merely stared at the Mexican baby and their crazy quilt. Then Eileen reached down and turned back one corner of the coverlet. Just as she had feared, the Brownie troop name was stitched in the corner. “This is our quilt,” she said, looking hard at Juan.
Chapter 12 of The Brownie Scouts in the Cherry Festival is here in full — 355 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/71 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a junior Girl Scout
From this reading “Just as she had feared, the Brownie troop name was stitched in the corner.”
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading “Veve, Connie and Eileen merely stared at the Mexican baby and their crazy quilt.”
past form of “fear” — be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading “Just as she had feared, the Brownie troop name was stitched in the corner.”
a native or inhabitant of Mexico
From this reading “Veve, Connie and Eileen merely stared at the Mexican baby and their crazy quilt.”
bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
From this reading “A Quilt Show For a long moment, no one said a word.”
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “Veve, Connie and Eileen merely stared at the Mexican baby and their crazy quilt.”
fastened with stitches
From this reading “Just as she had feared, the Brownie troop name was stitched in the corner.”
a group of soldiers
From this reading “Just as she had feared, the Brownie troop name was stitched in the corner.”
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 “Veve, Connie and Eileen merely stared at the Mexican baby and their crazy quilt.”
In this reading “Just as she had feared, the Brownie troop name was stitched in the corner.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A Quilt Show For a long moment, no one said a word.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Veve, Connie and Eileen merely stared at the Mexican baby and their crazy quilt.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Just as she had feared, the Brownie troop name was stitched in the corner.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Veve, Connie and Eileen merely stared at the Mexican baby and their crazy quilt.
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading Veve, Connie and Eileen merely stared at the Mexican baby and their crazy quilt.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Then Eileen reached down and turned back one corner of the coverlet.
a junior Girl Scout
From this reading Just as she had feared, the Brownie troop name was stitched in the corner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Veve, Connie and Eileen merely stared at the Mexican baby and their crazy quilt.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading Then Eileen reached down and turned back one corner of the coverlet.
a decorative bedspread (usually quilted)
From this reading Then Eileen reached down and turned back one corner of the coverlet.
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading Veve, Connie and Eileen merely stared at the Mexican baby and their crazy quilt.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Then Eileen reached down and turned back one corner of the coverlet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Veve, Connie and Eileen merely stared at the Mexican baby and their crazy quilt.
past form of “fear” — be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event
From this reading Just as she had feared, the Brownie troop name was stitched in the corner.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A Quilt Show For a long moment, no one said a word.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Just as she had feared, the Brownie troop name was stitched in the corner.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading “This is our quilt,” she said, looking hard at Juan.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Just as she had feared, the Brownie troop name was stitched in the corner.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “This is our quilt,” she said, looking hard at Juan.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “This is our quilt,” she said, looking hard at Juan.
and nothing more
From this reading Just as she had feared, the Brownie troop name was stitched in the corner.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading A Quilt Show For a long moment, no one said a word.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading “This is our quilt,” she said, looking hard at Juan.
and nothing more
From this reading Veve, Connie and Eileen merely stared at the Mexican baby and their crazy quilt.
a native or inhabitant of Mexico
From this reading Veve, Connie and Eileen merely stared at the Mexican baby and their crazy quilt.
a particular point in time
From this reading A Quilt Show For a long moment, no one said a word.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Just as she had feared, the Brownie troop name was stitched in the corner.
not any; not one
From this reading A Quilt Show For a long moment, no one said a word.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then Eileen reached down and turned back one corner of the coverlet.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A Quilt Show For a long moment, no one said a word.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “This is our quilt,” she said, looking hard at Juan.
bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
From this reading A Quilt Show For a long moment, no one said a word.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading Then Eileen reached down and turned back one corner of the coverlet.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading A Quilt Show For a long moment, no one said a word.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Just as she had feared, the Brownie troop name was stitched in the corner.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading A Quilt Show For a long moment, no one said a word.
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Veve, Connie and Eileen merely stared at the Mexican baby and their crazy quilt.
fastened with stitches
From this reading Just as she had feared, the Brownie troop name was stitched in the corner.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Veve, Connie and Eileen merely stared at the Mexican baby and their crazy quilt.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Veve, Connie and Eileen merely stared at the Mexican baby and their crazy quilt.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then Eileen reached down and turned back one corner of the coverlet.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This is our quilt,” she said, looking hard at Juan.
a group of soldiers
From this reading Just as she had feared, the Brownie troop name was stitched in the corner.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Then Eileen reached down and turned back one corner of the coverlet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Veve, Connie and Eileen merely stared at the Mexican baby and their crazy quilt.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Just as she had feared, the Brownie troop name was stitched in the corner.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading A Quilt Show For a long moment, no one said a word.
Chapter 12 of The Brownie Scouts in the Cherry Festival by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt holds 355 sentences, grouped into 71 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 12 holds 355 sentences of The Brownie Scouts in the Cherry Festival, unabridged, divided into 71 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Brownie Scouts in the Cherry Festival by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 355 sentences, grouped into 71 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.
Work through the 71 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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