Chapter 2 of The Girl Scouts' Canoe Trip is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The Girl Scouts' Canoe Trip is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory. “Hello! Is that you, Harold?... Well, can you come over to our house this evening? I want to show you the map of our canoe trip.”
Chapter 2 of The Girl Scouts' Canoe Trip is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
From this reading “I want to show you the map of our canoe trip.””
an expression of greeting
From this reading ““Hello!”
make a map of; show or establish the features of details of
From this reading “I want to show you the map of our canoe trip.””
have the will and intention to carry out some action
From this reading “HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.”
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading “HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.”
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading “HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.”
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading “HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.”
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading “I want to show you the map of our canoe trip.””
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.
communicate the intended meaning or impression
In this reading “Well, can you come over to our house this evening?”
In this reading “I want to show you the map of our canoe trip.””
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 HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Well, can you come over to our house this evening?
small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
From this reading I want to show you the map of our canoe trip.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Well, can you come over to our house this evening?
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading Well, can you come over to our house this evening?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.
only a very short time before
From this reading HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Is that you, Harold?...
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.
an expression of greeting
From this reading “Hello!
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I want to show you the map of our canoe trip.”
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
From this reading HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is that you, Harold?...
make a map of; show or establish the features of details of
From this reading I want to show you the map of our canoe trip.”
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.
the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
From this reading HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Well, can you come over to our house this evening?
above and across; more than
From this reading Well, can you come over to our house this evening?
have the will and intention to carry out some action
From this reading HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading I want to show you the map of our canoe trip.”
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Is that you, Harold?...
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Well, can you come over to our house this evening?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading I want to show you the map of our canoe trip.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading I want to show you the map of our canoe trip.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HAROLD’S PLAN Ruth Henry was hardly inside of her house a minute before she stepped to the telephone and gave a number from memory.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, can you come over to our house this evening?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Is that you, Harold?...
Chapter 2 of The Girl Scouts' Canoe Trip by Edith Lavell holds 103 sentences, grouped into 21 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 2 holds 103 sentences of The Girl Scouts' Canoe Trip, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
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