Chapter 13 of The Girl Scout's Triumph is here in full — 200 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Girl Scout's Triumph is here in full — 200 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life. She could not eat anything; she could not read, although a nice trashy novel invited her. She could not sleep. And it was well. Mabel had come to a place where she was forced to balance her books.
Chapter 13 of The Girl Scout's Triumph is here in full — 200 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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bring into balance or equilibrium
From this reading “Mabel had come to a place where she was forced to balance her books.”
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading “Mabel had come to a place where she was forced to balance her books.”
take in solid food
From this reading “She could not eat anything; she could not read, although a nice trashy novel invited her.”
produced by or subjected to forcing
From this reading “Mabel had come to a place where she was forced to balance her books.”
past form of “invite” — increase the likelihood of
From this reading “She could not eat anything; she could not read, although a nice trashy novel invited her.”
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading “She could not eat anything; she could not read, although a nice trashy novel invited her.”
an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
From this reading “She could not eat anything; she could not read, although a nice trashy novel invited her.”
cheap and inferior; of no value
From this reading “She could not eat anything; she could not read, although a nice trashy novel invited her.”
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.
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a woman who is old
In this reading “Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life.”
look towards one's back
In this reading “Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading She could not eat anything; she could not read, although a nice trashy novel invited her.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And it was well.
any thing at all
From this reading She could not eat anything; she could not read, although a nice trashy novel invited her.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life.
bring into balance or equilibrium
From this reading Mabel had come to a place where she was forced to balance her books.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life.
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading Mabel had come to a place where she was forced to balance her books.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Mabel had come to a place where she was forced to balance her books.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading She could not eat anything; she could not read, although a nice trashy novel invited her.
take in solid food
From this reading She could not eat anything; she could not read, although a nice trashy novel invited her.
produced by or subjected to forcing
From this reading Mabel had come to a place where she was forced to balance her books.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mabel had come to a place where she was forced to balance her books.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life.
past form of “invite” — increase the likelihood of
From this reading She could not eat anything; she could not read, although a nice trashy novel invited her.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And it was well.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life.
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading She could not eat anything; she could not read, although a nice trashy novel invited her.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She could not eat anything; she could not read, although a nice trashy novel invited her.
an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
From this reading She could not eat anything; she could not read, although a nice trashy novel invited her.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Mabel had come to a place where she was forced to balance her books.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading She could not eat anything; she could not read, although a nice trashy novel invited her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading She could not sleep.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life.
cheap and inferior; of no value
From this reading She could not eat anything; she could not read, although a nice trashy novel invited her.
precisely as stated
From this reading Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And it was well.
(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 And it was well.
in or at the place that
From this reading Mabel had come to a place where she was forced to balance her books.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Mabel Brewster may live to be a very old woman but she will never like to look back at that one night in her life.
Chapter 13 of The Girl Scout's Triumph by Katherine Keene Galt holds 200 sentences, grouped into 40 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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