Chapter 3 of The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring is here in full — 294 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring is here in full — 294 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
We stared in open-mouthed astonishment. Gladys and the others not in Ft. Wayne? If they weren't there, where were they? We were expecting to join them this very morning.
Chapter 3 of The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring is here in full — 294 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
From this reading “We stared in open-mouthed astonishment.”
-ing form of “expect” — regard something as probable or likely
From this reading “We were expecting to join them this very morning.”
become part of; become a member of a group or organization
From this reading “We were expecting to join them this very morning.”
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading “We were expecting to join them this very morning.”
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “We stared in open-mouthed astonishment.”
United States film actor who played tough heroes (1907-1979)
From this reading “Wayne?”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Gladys and the others not in Ft.
the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
From this reading We stared in open-mouthed astonishment.
-ing form of “expect” — regard something as probable or likely
From this reading We were expecting to join them this very morning.
a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard
From this reading Gladys and the others not in Ft.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gladys and the others not in Ft.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If they weren't there, where were they?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We stared in open-mouthed astonishment.
become part of; become a member of a group or organization
From this reading We were expecting to join them this very morning.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading We were expecting to join them this very morning.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Gladys and the others not in Ft.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We stared in open-mouthed astonishment.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gladys and the others not in Ft.
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading We stared in open-mouthed astonishment.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Gladys and the others not in Ft.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading We were expecting to join them this very morning.
in or at that place or location
From this reading If they weren't there, where were they?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If they weren't there, where were they?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading We were expecting to join them this very morning.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We were expecting to join them this very morning.
precisely as stated
From this reading We were expecting to join them this very morning.
United States film actor who played tough heroes (1907-1979)
From this reading Wayne?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We stared in open-mouthed astonishment.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading If they weren't there, where were they?
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From this reading If they weren't there, where were they?
in or at the place that
From this reading If they weren't there, where were they?
Chapter 3 of The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring by Hildegard G. Frey holds 294 sentences, grouped into 59 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 3 holds 294 sentences of The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring, unabridged, divided into 59 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring by Hildegard G. Frey exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 294 sentences, grouped into 59 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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