Chapter 16 of The Greycliff Girls in Camp is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Greycliff Girls in Camp is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A SHORE DINNER “What is this ‘shore dinner’, Marion, that I hear the girls talking about?” “I don’t know, Betty; ask Frances.” “O, Frances!” “Whoo-hoo,—in a minute.” Frances presently came in from hanging her bathing suit on the line outside the klondike.
Chapter 16 of The Greycliff Girls in Camp is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
immersing the body in water or sunshine
From this reading “Frances presently came in from hanging her bathing suit on the line outside the klondike.”
plural of “france” — a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading ““I don’t know, Betty; ask Frances.””
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
From this reading “Frances presently came in from hanging her bathing suit on the line outside the klondike.”
a region in northwestern Canada where gold was discovered in 1896 but exhausted by 1910
From this reading “Frances presently came in from hanging her bathing suit on the line outside the klondike.”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading ““Whoo-hoo,—in a minute.””
in the near future
From this reading “Frances presently came in from hanging her bathing suit on the line outside the klondike.”
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading “A SHORE DINNER “What is this ‘shore dinner’, Marion, that I hear the girls talking about?””
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading “Frances presently came in from hanging her bathing suit on the line outside the klondike.”
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 ““Whoo-hoo,—in a minute.””
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 A SHORE DINNER “What is this ‘shore dinner’, Marion, that I hear the girls talking about?”
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading A SHORE DINNER “What is this ‘shore dinner’, Marion, that I hear the girls talking about?”
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “I don’t know, Betty; ask Frances.”
immersing the body in water or sunshine
From this reading Frances presently came in from hanging her bathing suit on the line outside the klondike.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I don’t know, Betty; ask Frances.”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Frances presently came in from hanging her bathing suit on the line outside the klondike.
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading A SHORE DINNER “What is this ‘shore dinner’, Marion, that I hear the girls talking about?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I don’t know, Betty; ask Frances.”
plural of “france” — a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading “I don’t know, Betty; ask Frances.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Frances presently came in from hanging her bathing suit on the line outside the klondike.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading A SHORE DINNER “What is this ‘shore dinner’, Marion, that I hear the girls talking about?”
decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
From this reading Frances presently came in from hanging her bathing suit on the line outside the klondike.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading A SHORE DINNER “What is this ‘shore dinner’, Marion, that I hear the girls talking about?”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Frances presently came in from hanging her bathing suit on the line outside the klondike.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A SHORE DINNER “What is this ‘shore dinner’, Marion, that I hear the girls talking about?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Whoo-hoo,—in a minute.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A SHORE DINNER “What is this ‘shore dinner’, Marion, that I hear the girls talking about?”
a region in northwestern Canada where gold was discovered in 1896 but exhausted by 1910
From this reading Frances presently came in from hanging her bathing suit on the line outside the klondike.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “I don’t know, Betty; ask Frances.”
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading Frances presently came in from hanging her bathing suit on the line outside the klondike.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SHORE DINNER “What is this ‘shore dinner’, Marion, that I hear the girls talking about?”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “Whoo-hoo,—in a minute.”
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading “O, Frances!”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Frances presently came in from hanging her bathing suit on the line outside the klondike.
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading Frances presently came in from hanging her bathing suit on the line outside the klondike.
in the near future
From this reading Frances presently came in from hanging her bathing suit on the line outside the klondike.
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading A SHORE DINNER “What is this ‘shore dinner’, Marion, that I hear the girls talking about?”
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading Frances presently came in from hanging her bathing suit on the line outside the klondike.
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading A SHORE DINNER “What is this ‘shore dinner’, Marion, that I hear the girls talking about?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A SHORE DINNER “What is this ‘shore dinner’, Marion, that I hear the girls talking about?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A SHORE DINNER “What is this ‘shore dinner’, Marion, that I hear the girls talking about?”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading A SHORE DINNER “What is this ‘shore dinner’, Marion, that I hear the girls talking about?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading A SHORE DINNER “What is this ‘shore dinner’, Marion, that I hear the girls talking about?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Whoo-hoo,—in a minute.”
Chapter 16 of The Greycliff Girls in Camp by Harriet Pyne Grove holds 167 sentences, grouped into 34 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 16 holds 167 sentences of The Greycliff Girls in Camp, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
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