Chapter 1 of The Girls of Central High is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Girls of Central High is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Author of the Girls of Central High on Lake Luna, the Girls of Central High At Basketball, Etc. 12mo. Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume, 40 cents, postpaid.
Chapter 1 of The Girls of Central High is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
From this reading “Author of the Girls of Central High on Lake Luna, the Girls of Central High At Basketball, Etc.”
serving as an essential component
From this reading “Author of the Girls of Central High on Lake Luna, the Girls of Central High At Basketball, Etc.”
plural of “cent” — a fractional monetary unit of several countries
From this reading “Price per volume, 40 cents, postpaid.”
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
From this reading “Cloth.”
past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading “Illustrated.”
(Roman mythology) the goddess of the Moon; counterpart of Greek Selene
From this reading “Author of the Girls of Central High on Lake Luna, the Girls of Central High At Basketball, Etc.”
for each
From this reading “Price per volume, 40 cents, postpaid.”
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading “Price per volume, 40 cents, postpaid.”
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In this reading “Price per volume, 40 cents, postpaid.”
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From this reading 12mo.
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From this reading Price per volume, 40 cents, postpaid.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Author of the Girls of Central High on Lake Luna, the Girls of Central High At Basketball, Etc.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading Author of the Girls of Central High on Lake Luna, the Girls of Central High At Basketball, Etc.
a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop
From this reading Author of the Girls of Central High on Lake Luna, the Girls of Central High At Basketball, Etc.
serving as an essential component
From this reading Author of the Girls of Central High on Lake Luna, the Girls of Central High At Basketball, Etc.
plural of “cent” — a fractional monetary unit of several countries
From this reading Price per volume, 40 cents, postpaid.
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 Author of the Girls of Central High on Lake Luna, the Girls of Central High At Basketball, Etc.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading Author of the Girls of Central High on Lake Luna, the Girls of Central High At Basketball, Etc.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Author of the Girls of Central High on Lake Luna, the Girls of Central High At Basketball, Etc.
past form of “illustrate” — clarify by giving an example of
From this reading Illustrated.
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading Author of the Girls of Central High on Lake Luna, the Girls of Central High At Basketball, Etc.
(Roman mythology) the goddess of the Moon; counterpart of Greek Selene
From this reading Author of the Girls of Central High on Lake Luna, the Girls of Central High At Basketball, Etc.
an indefinitely short time
From this reading 12mo.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of the Girls of Central High on Lake Luna, the Girls of Central High At Basketball, Etc.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Author of the Girls of Central High on Lake Luna, the Girls of Central High At Basketball, Etc.
for each
From this reading Price per volume, 40 cents, postpaid.
used especially of mail; paid in advance
From this reading Price per volume, 40 cents, postpaid.
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading Price per volume, 40 cents, postpaid.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author of the Girls of Central High on Lake Luna, the Girls of Central High At Basketball, Etc.
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading Price per volume, 40 cents, postpaid.
Chapter 1 of The Girls of Central High by Gertrude W. Morrison holds 134 sentences, grouped into 27 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 134 sentences of The Girls of Central High, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Girls of Central High by Gertrude W. Morrison exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 134 sentences, grouped into 27 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.
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