Chapter 4 of The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat is here in full — 255 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat is here in full — 255 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A SUDDEN AWAKENING "There! I knew we had forgotten something." "What have we forgotten, Jane?" "An ice box, Miss Elting. How are we to keep our food without an ice box?"
Chapter 4 of The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat is here in full — 255 sentences across 51 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.
the act of waking
From this reading “A SUDDEN AWAKENING "There!”
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
From this reading “"An ice box, Miss Elting.”
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading “How are we to keep our food without an ice box?"”
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading “I knew we had forgotten something."”
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading “"An ice box, Miss Elting.”
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading “How are we to keep our food without an ice box?"”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading “"An ice box, Miss Elting.”
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading “A SUDDEN AWAKENING "There!”
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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 A SUDDEN AWAKENING "There!
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "An ice box, Miss Elting.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading How are we to keep our food without an ice box?"
the act of waking
From this reading A SUDDEN AWAKENING "There!
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
From this reading "An ice box, Miss Elting.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "An ice box, Miss Elting.
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading How are we to keep our food without an ice box?"
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading I knew we had forgotten something."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I knew we had forgotten something."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "What have we forgotten, Jane?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How are we to keep our food without an ice box?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I knew we had forgotten something."
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading "An ice box, Miss Elting.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What have we forgotten, Jane?"
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading How are we to keep our food without an ice box?"
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I knew we had forgotten something."
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "An ice box, Miss Elting.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading How are we to keep our food without an ice box?"
a thing, without saying which
From this reading I knew we had forgotten something."
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading A SUDDEN AWAKENING "There!
in or at that place or location
From this reading A SUDDEN AWAKENING "There!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading How are we to keep our food without an ice box?"
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I knew we had forgotten something."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What have we forgotten, Jane?"
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading How are we to keep our food without an ice box?"
Chapter 4 of The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat by Janet Aldridge holds 255 sentences, grouped into 51 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 4 holds 255 sentences of The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat, unabridged, divided into 51 reading sections.
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