Chapter 5 of The Camp Fire Girls at Long Lake is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Camp Fire Girls at Long Lake is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE GYPSY CAMP Bessie grew red with indignation for a moment, but before she spoke she was calm again. "Don't you think that's a pretty mean trick, Dolly?" she said, gently. "It seems to me it's a good deal like lying." "Why, Bessie King! Can't you ever take a joke?
Chapter 5 of The Camp Fire Girls at Long Lake is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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make calm or still
From this reading “THE GYPSY CAMP Bessie grew red with indignation for a moment, but before she spoke she was calm again.”
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading “THE GYPSY CAMP Bessie grew red with indignation for a moment, but before she spoke she was calm again.”
conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
From this reading “"Don't you think that's a pretty mean trick, Dolly?" she said, gently.”
in a gradual manner
From this reading “"Don't you think that's a pretty mean trick, Dolly?" she said, gently.”
a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
From this reading “THE GYPSY CAMP Bessie grew red with indignation for a moment, but before she spoke she was calm again.”
a feeling of righteous anger
From this reading “THE GYPSY CAMP Bessie grew red with indignation for a moment, but before she spoke she was calm again.”
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading “Can't you ever take a joke?”
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading “"Don't you think that's a pretty mean trick, Dolly?" she said, gently.”
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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 THE GYPSY CAMP Bessie grew red with indignation for a moment, but before she spoke she was calm again.
anew
From this reading THE GYPSY CAMP Bessie grew red with indignation for a moment, but before she spoke she was calm again.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading THE GYPSY CAMP Bessie grew red with indignation for a moment, but before she spoke she was calm again.
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From this reading THE GYPSY CAMP Bessie grew red with indignation for a moment, but before she spoke she was calm again.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading THE GYPSY CAMP Bessie grew red with indignation for a moment, but before she spoke she was calm again.
make calm or still
From this reading THE GYPSY CAMP Bessie grew red with indignation for a moment, but before she spoke she was calm again.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading THE GYPSY CAMP Bessie grew red with indignation for a moment, but before she spoke she was calm again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Can't you ever take a joke?
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading "It seems to me it's a good deal like lying."
conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
From this reading "Don't you think that's a pretty mean trick, Dolly?" she said, gently.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Don't you think that's a pretty mean trick, Dolly?" she said, gently.
at any time
From this reading Can't you ever take a joke?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE GYPSY CAMP Bessie grew red with indignation for a moment, but before she spoke she was calm again.
in a gradual manner
From this reading "Don't you think that's a pretty mean trick, Dolly?" she said, gently.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "It seems to me it's a good deal like lying."
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading THE GYPSY CAMP Bessie grew red with indignation for a moment, but before she spoke she was calm again.
a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
From this reading THE GYPSY CAMP Bessie grew red with indignation for a moment, but before she spoke she was calm again.
a feeling of righteous anger
From this reading THE GYPSY CAMP Bessie grew red with indignation for a moment, but before she spoke she was calm again.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It seems to me it's a good deal like lying."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It seems to me it's a good deal like lying."
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading Can't you ever take a joke?
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading "Why, Bessie King!
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "It seems to me it's a good deal like lying."
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading "It seems to me it's a good deal like lying."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "It seems to me it's a good deal like lying."
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading "Don't you think that's a pretty mean trick, Dolly?" she said, gently.
a particular point in time
From this reading THE GYPSY CAMP Bessie grew red with indignation for a moment, but before she spoke she was calm again.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading "Don't you think that's a pretty mean trick, Dolly?" she said, gently.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading THE GYPSY CAMP Bessie grew red with indignation for a moment, but before she spoke she was calm again.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Don't you think that's a pretty mean trick, Dolly?" she said, gently.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading "It seems to me it's a good deal like lying."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE GYPSY CAMP Bessie grew red with indignation for a moment, but before she spoke she was calm again.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading THE GYPSY CAMP Bessie grew red with indignation for a moment, but before she spoke she was calm again.
carry out
From this reading Can't you ever take a joke?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Don't you think that's a pretty mean trick, Dolly?" she said, gently.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GYPSY CAMP Bessie grew red with indignation for a moment, but before she spoke she was calm again.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "Don't you think that's a pretty mean trick, Dolly?" she said, gently.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "It seems to me it's a good deal like lying."
a cunning or deceitful action or device
From this reading "Don't you think that's a pretty mean trick, Dolly?" she said, gently.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE GYPSY CAMP Bessie grew red with indignation for a moment, but before she spoke she was calm again.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why, Bessie King!
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE GYPSY CAMP Bessie grew red with indignation for a moment, but before she spoke she was calm again.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Don't you think that's a pretty mean trick, Dolly?" she said, gently.
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