Chapter 11 of The Corner House Girls Under Canvas is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Corner House Girls Under Canvas is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SOME EXCITEMENT “But _why_ ‘Spoondrift’?” demanded Lucy. “What does it mean?” “‘Spoondrift’ is the spray from the tops of the waves,” explained Pearl. “We think the name is awfully pretty.” “And so is the bungalow—and the Cove,” sighed Ruth.
Chapter 11 of The Corner House Girls Under Canvas is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
used as intensifiers
From this reading ““We think the name is awfully pretty.””
a small house with a single story
From this reading ““And so is the bungalow—and the Cove,” sighed Ruth.”
a small inlet
From this reading ““And so is the bungalow—and the Cove,” sighed Ruth.”
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading “SOME EXCITEMENT “But _why_ ‘Spoondrift’?” demanded Lucy.”
a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
From this reading ““‘Spoondrift’ is the spray from the tops of the waves,” explained Pearl.”
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading ““And so is the bungalow—and the Cove,” sighed Ruth.”
a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying
From this reading ““‘Spoondrift’ is the spray from the tops of the waves,” explained Pearl.”
of the highest quality
From this reading ““‘Spoondrift’ is the spray from the tops of the waves,” explained Pearl.”
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.
In this reading ““We think the name is awfully pretty.””
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 “And so is the bungalow—and the Cove,” sighed Ruth.
used as intensifiers
From this reading “We think the name is awfully pretty.”
a small house with a single story
From this reading “And so is the bungalow—and the Cove,” sighed Ruth.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading SOME EXCITEMENT “But _why_ ‘Spoondrift’?” demanded Lucy.
a small inlet
From this reading “And so is the bungalow—and the Cove,” sighed Ruth.
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading SOME EXCITEMENT “But _why_ ‘Spoondrift’?” demanded Lucy.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “What does it mean?”
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
From this reading SOME EXCITEMENT “But _why_ ‘Spoondrift’?” demanded Lucy.
past form of “explain” — make plain and comprehensible
From this reading “‘Spoondrift’ is the spray from the tops of the waves,” explained Pearl.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “‘Spoondrift’ is the spray from the tops of the waves,” explained Pearl.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “‘Spoondrift’ is the spray from the tops of the waves,” explained Pearl.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “What does it mean?”
incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
From this reading SOME EXCITEMENT “But _why_ ‘Spoondrift’?” demanded Lucy.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “What does it mean?”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “We think the name is awfully pretty.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “‘Spoondrift’ is the spray from the tops of the waves,” explained Pearl.
a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
From this reading “‘Spoondrift’ is the spray from the tops of the waves,” explained Pearl.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading “We think the name is awfully pretty.”
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading “And so is the bungalow—and the Cove,” sighed Ruth.
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading “And so is the bungalow—and the Cove,” sighed Ruth.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “And so is the bungalow—and the Cove,” sighed Ruth.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading SOME EXCITEMENT “But _why_ ‘Spoondrift’?” demanded Lucy.
spray blown up from the surface of the sea
From this reading SOME EXCITEMENT “But _why_ ‘Spoondrift’?” demanded Lucy.
a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying
From this reading “‘Spoondrift’ is the spray from the tops of the waves,” explained Pearl.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “‘Spoondrift’ is the spray from the tops of the waves,” explained Pearl.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “We think the name is awfully pretty.”
of the highest quality
From this reading “‘Spoondrift’ is the spray from the tops of the waves,” explained Pearl.
plural of “wave” — one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading “‘Spoondrift’ is the spray from the tops of the waves,” explained Pearl.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We think the name is awfully pretty.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What does it mean?”
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading SOME EXCITEMENT “But _why_ ‘Spoondrift’?” demanded Lucy.
Chapter 11 of The Corner House Girls Under Canvas by Grace Brooks Hill 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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