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Chapter 12 of The Camp Fire Girls at School is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DR. HOFFMAN. The girls and boys crowded around her with frightened faces. "Is she killed?" they asked each other in terrified tones. "It's all my fault," said Dick Albright, nearly beside himself; "I should have known better than to let her go.
Chapter 12 of The Camp Fire Girls at School is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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overfilled or compacted or concentrated
From this reading “The girls and boys crowded around her with frightened faces.”
someone who is a detective
From this reading “"It's all my fault," said Dick Albright, nearly beside himself; "I should have known better than to let her go.”
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading “The girls and boys crowded around her with frightened faces.”
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “"It's all my fault," said Dick Albright, nearly beside himself; "I should have known better than to let her go.”
made afraid
From this reading “The girls and boys crowded around her with frightened faces.”
United States sculptor (1887-1966)
From this reading “HOFFMAN.”
thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
From this reading “"Is she killed?" they asked each other in terrified tones.”
plural of “tone” — the quality of a person's voice
From this reading “"Is she killed?" they asked each other in terrified tones.”
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From this reading "It's all my fault," said Dick Albright, nearly beside himself; "I should have known better than to let her go.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "It's all my fault," said Dick Albright, nearly beside himself; "I should have known better than to let her go.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The girls and boys crowded around her with frightened faces.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The girls and boys crowded around her with frightened faces.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Is she killed?" they asked each other in terrified tones.
next to; at the side of
From this reading "It's all my fault," said Dick Albright, nearly beside himself; "I should have known better than to let her go.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading "It's all my fault," said Dick Albright, nearly beside himself; "I should have known better than to let her go.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading The girls and boys crowded around her with frightened faces.
overfilled or compacted or concentrated
From this reading The girls and boys crowded around her with frightened faces.
someone who is a detective
From this reading "It's all my fault," said Dick Albright, nearly beside himself; "I should have known better than to let her go.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DR.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading "Is she killed?" they asked each other in terrified tones.
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading The girls and boys crowded around her with frightened faces.
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading "It's all my fault," said Dick Albright, nearly beside himself; "I should have known better than to let her go.
made afraid
From this reading The girls and boys crowded around her with frightened faces.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading The girls and boys crowded around her with frightened faces.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "It's all my fault," said Dick Albright, nearly beside himself; "I should have known better than to let her go.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "It's all my fault," said Dick Albright, nearly beside himself; "I should have known better than to let her go.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The girls and boys crowded around her with frightened faces.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading "It's all my fault," said Dick Albright, nearly beside himself; "I should have known better than to let her go.
United States sculptor (1887-1966)
From this reading HOFFMAN.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "It's all my fault," said Dick Albright, nearly beside himself; "I should have known better than to let her go.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Is she killed?" they asked each other in terrified tones.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Is she killed?" they asked each other in terrified tones.
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From this reading "It's all my fault," said Dick Albright, nearly beside himself; "I should have known better than to let her go.
past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading "Is she killed?" they asked each other in terrified tones.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading "It's all my fault," said Dick Albright, nearly beside himself; "I should have known better than to let her go.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "It's all my fault," said Dick Albright, nearly beside himself; "I should have known better than to let her go.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "It's all my fault," said Dick Albright, nearly beside himself; "I should have known better than to let her go.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading "It's all my fault," said Dick Albright, nearly beside himself; "I should have known better than to let her go.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading "Is she killed?" they asked each other in terrified tones.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "It's all my fault," said Dick Albright, nearly beside himself; "I should have known better than to let her go.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Is she killed?" they asked each other in terrified tones.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "It's all my fault," said Dick Albright, nearly beside himself; "I should have known better than to let her go.
thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
From this reading "Is she killed?" they asked each other in terrified tones.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "It's all my fault," said Dick Albright, nearly beside himself; "I should have known better than to let her go.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The girls and boys crowded around her with frightened faces.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Is she killed?" they asked each other in terrified tones.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "It's all my fault," said Dick Albright, nearly beside himself; "I should have known better than to let her go.
plural of “tone” — the quality of a person's voice
From this reading "Is she killed?" they asked each other in terrified tones.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The girls and boys crowded around her with frightened faces.
Chapter 12 of The Camp Fire Girls at School by Hildegard G. Frey holds 151 sentences, grouped into 31 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.
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