Chapter 17 of The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WAITING “How is Sylvia?” Katherine’s voice was husky with anxiety. Nyoda looked grave over the tray she was carrying down to the kitchen. “No better yet; a little worse this morning, if anything. Her fever has gone up one degree during the night and she is coughing more than ever.”
Chapter 17 of The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
From this reading “Katherine’s voice was husky with anxiety.”
-ing form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading “Nyoda looked grave over the tray she was carrying down to the kitchen.”
a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
From this reading “Her fever has gone up one degree during the night and she is coughing more than ever.””
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
From this reading “Her fever has gone up one degree during the night and she is coughing more than ever.””
a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
From this reading “Her fever has gone up one degree during the night and she is coughing more than ever.””
muscular and heavily built
From this reading “Katherine’s voice was husky with anxiety.”
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading “Nyoda looked grave over the tray she was carrying down to the kitchen.”
an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food
From this reading “Nyoda looked grave over the tray she was carrying down to the kitchen.”
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 “Her fever has gone up one degree during the night and she is coughing more than ever.””
In this reading “Nyoda looked grave over the tray she was carrying down to the kitchen.”
In this reading “Katherine’s voice was husky with anxiety.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “No better yet; a little worse this morning, if anything.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Her fever has gone up one degree during the night and she is coughing more than ever.”
(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
From this reading Katherine’s voice was husky with anxiety.
any thing at all
From this reading “No better yet; a little worse this morning, if anything.
(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 “No better yet; a little worse this morning, if anything.
-ing form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading Nyoda looked grave over the tray she was carrying down to the kitchen.
a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
From this reading Her fever has gone up one degree during the night and she is coughing more than ever.”
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
From this reading Her fever has gone up one degree during the night and she is coughing more than ever.”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Nyoda looked grave over the tray she was carrying down to the kitchen.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Her fever has gone up one degree during the night and she is coughing more than ever.”
at any time
From this reading Her fever has gone up one degree during the night and she is coughing more than ever.”
a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
From this reading Her fever has gone up one degree during the night and she is coughing more than ever.”
destroyed or killed
From this reading Her fever has gone up one degree during the night and she is coughing more than ever.”
death of a person
From this reading Nyoda looked grave over the tray she was carrying down to the kitchen.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her fever has gone up one degree during the night and she is coughing more than ever.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her fever has gone up one degree during the night and she is coughing more than ever.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WAITING “How is Sylvia?”
muscular and heavily built
From this reading Katherine’s voice was husky with anxiety.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “No better yet; a little worse this morning, if anything.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WAITING “How is Sylvia?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Katherine’s voice was husky with anxiety.
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading Nyoda looked grave over the tray she was carrying down to the kitchen.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “No better yet; a little worse this morning, if anything.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Nyoda looked grave over the tray she was carrying down to the kitchen.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Her fever has gone up one degree during the night and she is coughing more than ever.”
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading “No better yet; a little worse this morning, if anything.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Her fever has gone up one degree during the night and she is coughing more than ever.”
not any; not one
From this reading “No better yet; a little worse this morning, if anything.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nyoda looked grave over the tray she was carrying down to the kitchen.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Her fever has gone up one degree during the night and she is coughing more than ever.”
above and across; more than
From this reading Nyoda looked grave over the tray she was carrying down to the kitchen.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Nyoda looked grave over the tray she was carrying down to the kitchen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WAITING “How is Sylvia?”
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Her fever has gone up one degree during the night and she is coughing more than ever.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Nyoda looked grave over the tray she was carrying down to the kitchen.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “No better yet; a little worse this morning, if anything.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Nyoda looked grave over the tray she was carrying down to the kitchen.
an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food
From this reading Nyoda looked grave over the tray she was carrying down to the kitchen.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Her fever has gone up one degree during the night and she is coughing more than ever.”
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Katherine’s voice was husky with anxiety.
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading WAITING “How is Sylvia?”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Katherine’s voice was husky with anxiety.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Katherine’s voice was husky with anxiety.
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading “No better yet; a little worse this morning, if anything.
but in spite of that
From this reading “No better yet; a little worse this morning, if anything.
Chapter 17 of The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery by Hildegard G. Frey holds 111 sentences, grouped into 23 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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