Chapter 1 of The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"The Girl Scout Pioneers," "The Girl Scouts at Bellaire," etc. Cloth. 12mo. Frontispiece. THE GIRL SCOUT PIONEERS, Or, Winning the First B. C.
Chapter 1 of The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading “Cloth.”
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading “THE GIRL SCOUT PIONEERS, Or, Winning the First B. C.”
a young female
From this reading “"The Girl Scout Pioneers," "The Girl Scouts at Bellaire," etc.”
plural of “pioneer” — someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
From this reading “"The Girl Scout Pioneers," "The Girl Scouts at Bellaire," etc.”
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading “"The Girl Scout Pioneers," "The Girl Scouts at Bellaire," etc.”
plural of “scout” — a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading “"The Girl Scout Pioneers," "The Girl Scouts at Bellaire," etc.”
having won
From this reading “THE GIRL SCOUT PIONEERS, Or, Winning the First B. C.”
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From this reading 12mo.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "The Girl Scout Pioneers," "The Girl Scouts at Bellaire," etc.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading THE GIRL SCOUT PIONEERS, Or, Winning the First B. C.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The Girl Scout Pioneers," "The Girl Scouts at Bellaire," etc.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading THE GIRL SCOUT PIONEERS, Or, Winning the First B. C.
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading Cloth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The Girl Scout Pioneers," "The Girl Scouts at Bellaire," etc.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading THE GIRL SCOUT PIONEERS, Or, Winning the First B. C.
an ornamental facade
From this reading Frontispiece.
a young female
From this reading "The Girl Scout Pioneers," "The Girl Scouts at Bellaire," etc.
an indefinitely short time
From this reading 12mo.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading THE GIRL SCOUT PIONEERS, Or, Winning the First B. C.
plural of “pioneer” — someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
From this reading "The Girl Scout Pioneers," "The Girl Scouts at Bellaire," etc.
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading "The Girl Scout Pioneers," "The Girl Scouts at Bellaire," etc.
plural of “scout” — a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading "The Girl Scout Pioneers," "The Girl Scouts at Bellaire," etc.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The Girl Scout Pioneers," "The Girl Scouts at Bellaire," etc.
having won
From this reading THE GIRL SCOUT PIONEERS, Or, Winning the First B. C.
Chapter 1 of The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest by Lilian Garis holds 186 sentences, grouped into 38 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 1 holds 186 sentences of The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest by Lilian Garis exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 186 sentences, grouped into 38 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 38 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 267 minutes of reading across 643 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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