Chapter 19 of The Camp Fire Girls on a Yacht is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of The Camp Fire Girls on a Yacht is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden. Lorna’s friends, shrieking and crying, threw themselves on her wailing and moaning: “She is dead! She is dead!” “Give her to me!” sternly demanded her stricken father.
Chapter 19 of The Camp Fire Girls on a Yacht is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an onerous or difficult concern
From this reading “THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.”
-ing form of “moan” — indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
From this reading “Lorna’s friends, shrieking and crying, threw themselves on her wailing and moaning:”
sharp piercing cry
From this reading “Lorna’s friends, shrieking and crying, threw themselves on her wailing and moaning:”
with sternness; in a severe manner
From this reading ““Give her to me!” sternly demanded her stricken father.”
grievously affected especially by disease
From this reading ““Give her to me!” sternly demanded her stricken father.”
in a triumphant manner
From this reading “THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.”
not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
From this reading “THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.”
loud cries made while weeping
From this reading “Lorna’s friends, shrieking and crying, threw themselves on her wailing and moaning:”
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In this reading “THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.”
In this reading “THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.”
In this reading “THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.
an onerous or difficult concern
From this reading THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.
put or send forth
From this reading THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.
demanding attention
From this reading Lorna’s friends, shrieking and crying, threw themselves on her wailing and moaning:
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading “She is dead!
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading “Give her to me!” sternly demanded her stricken father.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “Give her to me!” sternly demanded her stricken father.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Lorna’s friends, shrieking and crying, threw themselves on her wailing and moaning:
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “Give her to me!” sternly demanded her stricken father.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.
the act of retaining something
From this reading THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “She is dead!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.
and nothing more
From this reading THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.
immediately past
From this reading THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lorna’s friends, shrieking and crying, threw themselves on her wailing and moaning:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Give her to me!” sternly demanded her stricken father.
-ing form of “moan” — indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
From this reading Lorna’s friends, shrieking and crying, threw themselves on her wailing and moaning:
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.
inflected form of “ride” — sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She is dead!
sharp piercing cry
From this reading Lorna’s friends, shrieking and crying, threw themselves on her wailing and moaning:
with sternness; in a severe manner
From this reading “Give her to me!” sternly demanded her stricken father.
not in physical motion
From this reading THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.
grievously affected especially by disease
From this reading “Give her to me!” sternly demanded her stricken father.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Lorna’s friends, shrieking and crying, threw themselves on her wailing and moaning:
inflected form of “throw” — propel through the air
From this reading Lorna’s friends, shrieking and crying, threw themselves on her wailing and moaning:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.
in a triumphant manner
From this reading THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.
not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
From this reading THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.
loud cries made while weeping
From this reading Lorna’s friends, shrieking and crying, threw themselves on her wailing and moaning:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading THE GOOD OF THE ILL WIND Mabel waked up just as Jane triumphantly rode her last wave and was cast up on the sand still holding on to her unconscious burden.
Chapter 19 of The Camp Fire Girls on a Yacht by Margaret Love Sanderson holds 121 sentences, grouped into 25 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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