Chapter XX of The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country, “Getting Even with George,” is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XX of The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country, “Getting Even with George,” is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Your hand tells me that you travel not alone,” continued Harriet. “Other youths are with you. Together you have journeyed for many days along the highway.” “Well? That’s nothing.
Chapter XX of The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country, “Getting Even with George,” is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Having no one else present.
From this reading ““Your hand tells me that you travel not alone,” continued Harriet.”
without stop or interruption
From this reading ““Your hand tells me that you travel not alone,” continued Harriet.”
a major road for any form of motor transport
From this reading “Together you have journeyed for many days along the highway.””
past form of “journey” — undertake a journey or trip
From this reading “Together you have journeyed for many days along the highway.””
plural of “tell” — a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer
From this reading ““Your hand tells me that you travel not alone,” continued Harriet.”
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading “Together you have journeyed for many days along the highway.””
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading ““Your hand tells me that you travel not alone,” continued Harriet.”
plural of “youth” — a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading ““Other youths are with you.”
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In this reading “Together you have journeyed for many days along the highway.””
In this reading “Together you have journeyed for many days along the highway.””
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Having no one else present.
From this reading “Your hand tells me that you travel not alone,” continued Harriet.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Together you have journeyed for many days along the highway.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Other youths are with you.
without stop or interruption
From this reading “Your hand tells me that you travel not alone,” continued Harriet.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading Together you have journeyed for many days along the highway.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Together you have journeyed for many days along the highway.”
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading “Your hand tells me that you travel not alone,” continued Harriet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Your hand tells me that you travel not alone,” continued Harriet.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Together you have journeyed for many days along the highway.”
a major road for any form of motor transport
From this reading Together you have journeyed for many days along the highway.”
past form of “journey” — undertake a journey or trip
From this reading Together you have journeyed for many days along the highway.”
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading Together you have journeyed for many days along the highway.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Your hand tells me that you travel not alone,” continued Harriet.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Your hand tells me that you travel not alone,” continued Harriet.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading That’s nothing.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading “Other youths are with you.
plural of “tell” — a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer
From this reading “Your hand tells me that you travel not alone,” continued Harriet.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Your hand tells me that you travel not alone,” continued Harriet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That’s nothing.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Together you have journeyed for many days along the highway.”
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading Together you have journeyed for many days along the highway.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Your hand tells me that you travel not alone,” continued Harriet.
(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?
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Other youths are with you.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Your hand tells me that you travel not alone,” continued Harriet.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Your hand tells me that you travel not alone,” continued Harriet.
plural of “youth” — a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading “Other youths are with you.
Chapter 20 of The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country by Janet Aldridge holds 179 sentences, grouped into 36 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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