Chapter 18 of The Carter Girls' Week-End Camp is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of The Carter Girls' Week-End Camp is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MORE FINDS "Look!" exclaimed Lucy as they neared the camp. "Mr. Smith is flying this morning. I wonder who is with him. He hasn't taken me yet but he promised to today. Please don't tell mother.
Chapter 18 of The Carter Girls' Week-End Camp is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading “MORE FINDS "Look!" exclaimed Lucy as they neared the camp.”
plural of “find” — a productive insight
From this reading “MORE FINDS "Look!" exclaimed Lucy as they neared the camp.”
moving swiftly
From this reading “"Mr. Smith is flying this morning.”
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “MORE FINDS "Look!" exclaimed Lucy as they neared the camp.”
past form of “near” — move towards
From this reading “MORE FINDS "Look!" exclaimed Lucy as they neared the camp.”
past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment
From this reading “He hasn't taken me yet but he promised to today.”
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading “"Mr. Smith is flying this morning.”
the present time or age
From this reading “He hasn't taken me yet but he promised to today.”
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.
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading MORE FINDS "Look!" exclaimed Lucy as they neared the camp.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He hasn't taken me yet but he promised to today.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading MORE FINDS "Look!" exclaimed Lucy as they neared the camp.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Please don't tell mother.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading MORE FINDS "Look!" exclaimed Lucy as they neared the camp.
plural of “find” — a productive insight
From this reading MORE FINDS "Look!" exclaimed Lucy as they neared the camp.
moving swiftly
From this reading "Mr. Smith is flying this morning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He hasn't taken me yet but he promised to today.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He hasn't taken me yet but he promised to today.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I wonder who is with him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I wonder who is with him.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Mr. Smith is flying this morning.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading MORE FINDS "Look!" exclaimed Lucy as they neared the camp.
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading MORE FINDS "Look!" exclaimed Lucy as they neared the camp.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He hasn't taken me yet but he promised to today.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading MORE FINDS "Look!" exclaimed Lucy as they neared the camp.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading "Mr. Smith is flying this morning.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Please don't tell mother.
a form of address for a man
From this reading "Mr. Smith is flying this morning.
past form of “near” — move towards
From this reading MORE FINDS "Look!" exclaimed Lucy as they neared the camp.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Please don't tell mother.
past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment
From this reading He hasn't taken me yet but he promised to today.
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading "Mr. Smith is flying this morning.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading He hasn't taken me yet but he promised to today.
express in words
From this reading Please don't tell mother.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MORE FINDS "Look!" exclaimed Lucy as they neared the camp.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading MORE FINDS "Look!" exclaimed Lucy as they neared the camp.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Mr. Smith is flying this morning.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He hasn't taken me yet but he promised to today.
the present time or age
From this reading He hasn't taken me yet but he promised to today.
which person or people
From this reading I wonder who is with him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I wonder who is with him.
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading I wonder who is with him.
but in spite of that
From this reading He hasn't taken me yet but he promised to today.
Chapter 18 of The Carter Girls' Week-End Camp by Nell Speed holds 110 sentences, grouped into 22 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 18 holds 110 sentences of The Carter Girls' Week-End Camp, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
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