Chapter 6 of The Camp Fire Girls by the Blue Lagoon is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Camp Fire Girls by the Blue Lagoon is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"You mean you really will read it? Of course I should rather you would read it to yourself. I should be sure to make a wreck of it. Yet I ought not to be such a nuisance, and please don’t think I expect you to say anything good of it." Again Mrs. Burton laughed.
Chapter 6 of The Camp Fire Girls by the Blue Lagoon is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)
From this reading “Again Mrs. Burton laughed.”
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading “Yet I ought not to be such a nuisance, and please don’t think I expect you to say anything good of it."”
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading “Again Mrs. Burton laughed.”
(law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
From this reading “Yet I ought not to be such a nuisance, and please don’t think I expect you to say anything good of it."”
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “Yet I ought not to be such a nuisance, and please don’t think I expect you to say anything good of it."”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “Yet I ought not to be such a nuisance, and please don’t think I expect you to say anything good of it."”
something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
From this reading “I should be sure to make a wreck of it.”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “Of course I should rather you would read it to yourself.”
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.
as might be expected
In this reading “Of course I should rather you would read it to yourself.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I should be sure to make a wreck of it.
anew
From this reading Again Mrs. Burton laughed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Yet I ought not to be such a nuisance, and please don’t think I expect you to say anything good of it."
any thing at all
From this reading Yet I ought not to be such a nuisance, and please don’t think I expect you to say anything good of it."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I should be sure to make a wreck of it.
English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)
From this reading Again Mrs. Burton laughed.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading Of course I should rather you would read it to yourself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yet I ought not to be such a nuisance, and please don’t think I expect you to say anything good of it."
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading Yet I ought not to be such a nuisance, and please don’t think I expect you to say anything good of it."
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Yet I ought not to be such a nuisance, and please don’t think I expect you to say anything good of it."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Of course I should rather you would read it to yourself.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "You mean you really will read it?
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading Again Mrs. Burton laughed.
engage in
From this reading I should be sure to make a wreck of it.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading "You mean you really will read it?
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Again Mrs. Burton laughed.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Yet I ought not to be such a nuisance, and please don’t think I expect you to say anything good of it."
(law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive
From this reading Yet I ought not to be such a nuisance, and please don’t think I expect you to say anything good of it."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Of course I should rather you would read it to yourself.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading Yet I ought not to be such a nuisance, and please don’t think I expect you to say anything good of it."
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Yet I ought not to be such a nuisance, and please don’t think I expect you to say anything good of it."
on the contrary
From this reading Of course I should rather you would read it to yourself.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading "You mean you really will read it?
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading "You mean you really will read it?
express in words
From this reading Yet I ought not to be such a nuisance, and please don’t think I expect you to say anything good of it."
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Of course I should rather you would read it to yourself.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Yet I ought not to be such a nuisance, and please don’t think I expect you to say anything good of it."
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading I should be sure to make a wreck of it.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Yet I ought not to be such a nuisance, and please don’t think I expect you to say anything good of it."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Of course I should rather you would read it to yourself.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "You mean you really will read it?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Of course I should rather you would read it to yourself.
something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
From this reading I should be sure to make a wreck of it.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet I ought not to be such a nuisance, and please don’t think I expect you to say anything good of it."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You mean you really will read it?
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading Of course I should rather you would read it to yourself.
Chapter 6 of The Camp Fire Girls by the Blue Lagoon by Margaret Vandercook holds 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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 6 holds 402 sentences of The Camp Fire Girls by the Blue Lagoon, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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