Chapter 12 of The Camp Fire Girls is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Camp Fire Girls is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE GIRLS WILL TRY “My vase!” gasped Natalie. “He’ll break it!” “I guess that’s the only way to get it off his head,” answered Mrs. Bonnell, still laughing. “Poor little fellow! He must have thought it contained something good to eat.”
Chapter 12 of The Camp Fire Girls is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
terminate
From this reading ““He’ll break it!””
gotten under control
From this reading “He must have thought it contained something good to eat.””
take in solid food
From this reading “He must have thought it contained something good to eat.””
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading “THE GIRLS WILL TRY “My vase!” gasped Natalie.”
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading “THE GIRLS WILL TRY “My vase!” gasped Natalie.”
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading ““I guess that’s the only way to get it off his head,” answered Mrs. Bonnell, still laughing.”
showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness
From this reading ““I guess that’s the only way to get it off his head,” answered Mrs. Bonnell, still laughing.”
an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers
From this reading “THE GIRLS WILL TRY “My vase!” gasped Natalie.”
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 ““Poor little fellow!”
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past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading “I guess that’s the only way to get it off his head,” answered Mrs. Bonnell, still laughing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I guess that’s the only way to get it off his head,” answered Mrs. Bonnell, still laughing.
terminate
From this reading “He’ll break it!”
gotten under control
From this reading He must have thought it contained something good to eat.”
take in solid food
From this reading He must have thought it contained something good to eat.”
a boy or man
From this reading “Poor little fellow!
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading THE GIRLS WILL TRY “My vase!” gasped Natalie.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “I guess that’s the only way to get it off his head,” answered Mrs. Bonnell, still laughing.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading THE GIRLS WILL TRY “My vase!” gasped Natalie.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading He must have thought it contained something good to eat.”
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading “I guess that’s the only way to get it off his head,” answered Mrs. Bonnell, still laughing.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He must have thought it contained something good to eat.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He must have thought it contained something good to eat.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He’ll break it!”
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading “I guess that’s the only way to get it off his head,” answered Mrs. Bonnell, still laughing.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “I guess that’s the only way to get it off his head,” answered Mrs. Bonnell, still laughing.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I guess that’s the only way to get it off his head,” answered Mrs. Bonnell, still laughing.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “He’ll break it!”
showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness
From this reading “I guess that’s the only way to get it off his head,” answered Mrs. Bonnell, still laughing.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Poor little fellow!
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “I guess that’s the only way to get it off his head,” answered Mrs. Bonnell, still laughing.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading He must have thought it contained something good to eat.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE GIRLS WILL TRY “My vase!” gasped Natalie.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE GIRLS WILL TRY “My vase!” gasped Natalie.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “I guess that’s the only way to get it off his head,” answered Mrs. Bonnell, still laughing.
and nothing more
From this reading “I guess that’s the only way to get it off his head,” answered Mrs. Bonnell, still laughing.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “Poor little fellow!
a thing, without saying which
From this reading He must have thought it contained something good to eat.”
not in physical motion
From this reading “I guess that’s the only way to get it off his head,” answered Mrs. Bonnell, still laughing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I guess that’s the only way to get it off his head,” answered Mrs. Bonnell, still laughing.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GIRLS WILL TRY “My vase!” gasped Natalie.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading He must have thought it contained something good to eat.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I guess that’s the only way to get it off his head,” answered Mrs. Bonnell, still laughing.
make an effort or attempt
From this reading THE GIRLS WILL TRY “My vase!” gasped Natalie.
an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers
From this reading THE GIRLS WILL TRY “My vase!” gasped Natalie.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “I guess that’s the only way to get it off his head,” answered Mrs. Bonnell, still laughing.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading THE GIRLS WILL TRY “My vase!” gasped Natalie.
Chapter 12 of The Camp Fire Girls by Howard Roger Garis holds 172 sentences, grouped into 35 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 172 sentences of The Camp Fire Girls, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Camp Fire Girls by Howard Roger Garis exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 172 sentences, grouped into 35 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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