Chapter 11 of The Brownie Scouts in the Circus is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Brownie Scouts in the Circus is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Feeding the Animals The next morning before Connie and Veve were dressed, Eva Leitsall came to their tent door. “Wake up, you sleepy heads!” she called. “You slept most of yesterday, and now you’ll miss your breakfast if you don’t hurry.” “Breakfast?” Connie mumbled, throwing off the covers.
Chapter 11 of The Brownie Scouts in the Circus is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading “Feeding the Animals The next morning before Connie and Veve were dressed, Eva Leitsall came to their tent door.”
plural of “cover” — a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
From this reading “Connie mumbled, throwing off the covers.”
the act of consuming food
From this reading “Feeding the Animals The next morning before Connie and Veve were dressed, Eva Leitsall came to their tent door.”
past form of “mumble” — talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
From this reading “Connie mumbled, throwing off the covers.”
ready to fall asleep
From this reading ““Wake up, you sleepy heads!” she called.”
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading “Feeding the Animals The next morning before Connie and Veve were dressed, Eva Leitsall came to their tent door.”
-ing form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading “Connie mumbled, throwing off the covers.”
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading ““Wake up, you sleepy heads!” she called.”
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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In this reading “Feeding the Animals The next morning before Connie and Veve were dressed, Eva Leitsall came to their tent door.”
cause to become awake or conscious
In this reading ““Wake up, you sleepy heads!” she called.”
get rid of
In this reading “Connie mumbled, throwing off the covers.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Feeding the Animals The next morning before Connie and Veve were dressed, Eva Leitsall came to their tent door.
plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading Feeding the Animals The next morning before Connie and Veve were dressed, Eva Leitsall came to their tent door.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Feeding the Animals The next morning before Connie and Veve were dressed, Eva Leitsall came to their tent door.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading “You slept most of yesterday, and now you’ll miss your breakfast if you don’t hurry.”
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Wake up, you sleepy heads!” she called.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Feeding the Animals The next morning before Connie and Veve were dressed, Eva Leitsall came to their tent door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Feeding the Animals The next morning before Connie and Veve were dressed, Eva Leitsall came to their tent door.
plural of “cover” — a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
From this reading Connie mumbled, throwing off the covers.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You slept most of yesterday, and now you’ll miss your breakfast if you don’t hurry.”
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Feeding the Animals The next morning before Connie and Veve were dressed, Eva Leitsall came to their tent door.
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
From this reading Feeding the Animals The next morning before Connie and Veve were dressed, Eva Leitsall came to their tent door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Feeding the Animals The next morning before Connie and Veve were dressed, Eva Leitsall came to their tent door.
the act of consuming food
From this reading Feeding the Animals The next morning before Connie and Veve were dressed, Eva Leitsall came to their tent door.
plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading “Wake up, you sleepy heads!” she called.
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading “You slept most of yesterday, and now you’ll miss your breakfast if you don’t hurry.”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “You slept most of yesterday, and now you’ll miss your breakfast if you don’t hurry.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Feeding the Animals The next morning before Connie and Veve were dressed, Eva Leitsall came to their tent door.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “You slept most of yesterday, and now you’ll miss your breakfast if you don’t hurry.”
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Feeding the Animals The next morning before Connie and Veve were dressed, Eva Leitsall came to their tent door.
used to form the superlative
From this reading “You slept most of yesterday, and now you’ll miss your breakfast if you don’t hurry.”
past form of “mumble” — talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
From this reading Connie mumbled, throwing off the covers.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Feeding the Animals The next morning before Connie and Veve were dressed, Eva Leitsall came to their tent door.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “You slept most of yesterday, and now you’ll miss your breakfast if you don’t hurry.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “You slept most of yesterday, and now you’ll miss your breakfast if you don’t hurry.”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Connie mumbled, throwing off the covers.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Wake up, you sleepy heads!” she called.
ready to fall asleep
From this reading “Wake up, you sleepy heads!” she called.
inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep
From this reading “You slept most of yesterday, and now you’ll miss your breakfast if you don’t hurry.”
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading Feeding the Animals The next morning before Connie and Veve were dressed, Eva Leitsall came to their tent door.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Feeding the Animals The next morning before Connie and Veve were dressed, Eva Leitsall came to their tent door.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Feeding the Animals The next morning before Connie and Veve were dressed, Eva Leitsall came to their tent door.
-ing form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading Connie mumbled, throwing off the covers.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Feeding the Animals The next morning before Connie and Veve were dressed, Eva Leitsall came to their tent door.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “Wake up, you sleepy heads!” she called.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Feeding the Animals The next morning before Connie and Veve were dressed, Eva Leitsall came to their tent door.
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “Wake up, you sleepy heads!” she called.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Feeding the Animals The next morning before Connie and Veve were dressed, Eva Leitsall came to their tent door.
the day immediately before today
From this reading “You slept most of yesterday, and now you’ll miss your breakfast if you don’t hurry.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Wake up, you sleepy heads!” she called.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You slept most of yesterday, and now you’ll miss your breakfast if you don’t hurry.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You slept most of yesterday, and now you’ll miss your breakfast if you don’t hurry.”
Chapter 11 of The Brownie Scouts in the Circus by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt holds 163 sentences, grouped into 33 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 11 holds 163 sentences of The Brownie Scouts in the Circus, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of The Brownie Scouts in the Circus by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 163 sentences, grouped into 33 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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