Chapter 16 of The Corner House Girls Under Canvas is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Corner House Girls Under Canvas is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TWO GIRLS IN A BOAT—TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG! “Oh, Dot! do come here. Did you ever see such a funny thing in all your life?” Tess Kenway was just as earnest as though the discovery she had made was really of great moment. The two bare-legged girls were on the sands below the tent colony of Willowbend, and the tide was out.
Chapter 16 of The Corner House Girls Under Canvas is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
From this reading “The two bare-legged girls were on the sands below the tent colony of Willowbend, and the tide was out.”
the act of discovering something
From this reading “Tess Kenway was just as earnest as though the discovery she had made was really of great moment.”
a very small circular shape
From this reading ““Oh, Dot! do come here.”
characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
From this reading “Tess Kenway was just as earnest as though the discovery she had made was really of great moment.”
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading “Did you ever see such a funny thing in all your life?””
the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean
From this reading “The two bare-legged girls were on the sands below the tent colony of Willowbend, and the tide was out.”
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading “The two bare-legged girls were on the sands below the tent colony of Willowbend, and the tide was out.”
the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
From this reading “The two bare-legged girls were on the sands below the tent colony of Willowbend, and the tide was out.”
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 “Did you ever see such a funny thing in all your life?””
In this reading “The two bare-legged girls were on the sands below the tent colony of Willowbend, and the tide was out.”
In this reading ““Oh, Dot! do come here.”
In this reading “TWO GIRLS IN A BOAT—TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading TWO GIRLS IN A BOAT—TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG!
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Did you ever see such a funny thing in all your life?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The two bare-legged girls were on the sands below the tent colony of Willowbend, and the tide was out.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Tess Kenway was just as earnest as though the discovery she had made was really of great moment.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The two bare-legged girls were on the sands below the tent colony of Willowbend, and the tide was out.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading The two bare-legged girls were on the sands below the tent colony of Willowbend, and the tide was out.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading TWO GIRLS IN A BOAT—TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG!
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
From this reading The two bare-legged girls were on the sands below the tent colony of Willowbend, and the tide was out.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Oh, Dot! do come here.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did you ever see such a funny thing in all your life?”
the act of discovering something
From this reading Tess Kenway was just as earnest as though the discovery she had made was really of great moment.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Oh, Dot! do come here.
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading TWO GIRLS IN A BOAT—TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG!
a very small circular shape
From this reading “Oh, Dot! do come here.
characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
From this reading Tess Kenway was just as earnest as though the discovery she had made was really of great moment.
at any time
From this reading Did you ever see such a funny thing in all your life?”
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading Did you ever see such a funny thing in all your life?”
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading TWO GIRLS IN A BOAT—TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG!
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Tess Kenway was just as earnest as though the discovery she had made was really of great moment.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Tess Kenway was just as earnest as though the discovery she had made was really of great moment.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Oh, Dot! do come here.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading TWO GIRLS IN A BOAT—TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG!
and nothing more
From this reading Tess Kenway was just as earnest as though the discovery she had made was really of great moment.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tess Kenway was just as earnest as though the discovery she had made was really of great moment.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Did you ever see such a funny thing in all your life?”
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Tess Kenway was just as earnest as though the discovery she had made was really of great moment.
a particular point in time
From this reading Tess Kenway was just as earnest as though the discovery she had made was really of great moment.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading TWO GIRLS IN A BOAT—TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading TWO GIRLS IN A BOAT—TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, Dot! do come here.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The two bare-legged girls were on the sands below the tent colony of Willowbend, and the tide was out.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The two bare-legged girls were on the sands below the tent colony of Willowbend, and the tide was out.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading Tess Kenway was just as earnest as though the discovery she had made was really of great moment.
the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean
From this reading The two bare-legged girls were on the sands below the tent colony of Willowbend, and the tide was out.
express in words
From this reading TWO GIRLS IN A BOAT—TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG!
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Did you ever see such a funny thing in all your life?”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Tess Kenway was just as earnest as though the discovery she had made was really of great moment.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Did you ever see such a funny thing in all your life?”
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
From this reading The two bare-legged girls were on the sands below the tent colony of Willowbend, and the tide was out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tess Kenway was just as earnest as though the discovery she had made was really of great moment.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TWO GIRLS IN A BOAT—TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG!
a special situation
From this reading Did you ever see such a funny thing in all your life?”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Tess Kenway was just as earnest as though the discovery she had made was really of great moment.
the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
From this reading The two bare-legged girls were on the sands below the tent colony of Willowbend, and the tide was out.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TWO GIRLS IN A BOAT—TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG!
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading TWO GIRLS IN A BOAT—TO SAY NOTHING OF THE DOG!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Tess Kenway was just as earnest as though the discovery she had made was really of great moment.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The two bare-legged girls were on the sands below the tent colony of Willowbend, and the tide was out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The two bare-legged girls were on the sands below the tent colony of Willowbend, and the tide was out.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Did you ever see such a funny thing in all your life?”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Did you ever see such a funny thing in all your life?”
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