Chapter 5 of The Camp Fire Girls at the End of the Trail is here in full — 80 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Camp Fire Girls at the End of the Trail is here in full — 80 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Patient “But it is awfully kind of you, Ellen.” Ellen Deal shook her head. “No,” she answered. “I shall like it. Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.
Chapter 5 of The Camp Fire Girls at the End of the Trail is here in full — 80 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used as intensifiers
From this reading “The Patient “But it is awfully kind of you, Ellen.””
English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)
From this reading “Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.”
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading “Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.”
not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
From this reading “Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.”
a person who requires medical care
From this reading “The Patient “But it is awfully kind of you, Ellen.””
plural of “pretense” — the act of giving a false appearance
From this reading “Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.”
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading “Ellen Deal shook her head.”
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading “Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.”
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 “The Patient “But it is awfully kind of you, Ellen.””
appear or become visible; make a showing
In this reading “Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading “No,” she answered.
used as intensifiers
From this reading The Patient “But it is awfully kind of you, Ellen.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.
English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)
From this reading Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The Patient “But it is awfully kind of you, Ellen.”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading Ellen Deal shook her head.
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From this reading The Patient “But it is awfully kind of you, Ellen.”
not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
From this reading Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.
start firing a weapon
From this reading Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Ellen Deal shook her head.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Ellen Deal shook her head.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I shall like it.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Patient “But it is awfully kind of you, Ellen.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The Patient “But it is awfully kind of you, Ellen.”
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading The Patient “But it is awfully kind of you, Ellen.”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “I shall like it.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.
not any; not one
From this reading “No,” she answered.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Patient “But it is awfully kind of you, Ellen.”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.
a person who requires medical care
From this reading The Patient “But it is awfully kind of you, Ellen.”
by chance
From this reading Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.
plural of “pretense” — the act of giving a false appearance
From this reading Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “I shall like it.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “No,” she answered.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading Ellen Deal shook her head.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Patient “But it is awfully kind of you, Ellen.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Since I came out West with you and the Camp Fire girls, Mrs. Burton, I have been feeling that perhaps I was here under false pretenses.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The Patient “But it is awfully kind of you, Ellen.”
Chapter 5 of The Camp Fire Girls at the End of the Trail by Margaret Vandercook holds 80 sentences, grouped into 16 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 5 holds 80 sentences of The Camp Fire Girls at the End of the Trail, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
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