Chapter 5 of The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LAND HO! "Please--please keep quiet," cried Harriet, making herself heard above the tumult. "Don't be frightened! We aren't sinking, and we are not going to. Answer loudly when I call your names, so that I may know each one of you is here."
Chapter 5 of The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 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.
made afraid
From this reading “"Don't be frightened!”
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading “LAND HO!”
with relatively high volume
From this reading “Answer loudly when I call your names, so that I may know each one of you is here."”
verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
From this reading “Answer loudly when I call your names, so that I may know each one of you is here."”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “"Please--please keep quiet," cried Harriet, making herself heard above the tumult.”
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading “"Please--please keep quiet," cried Harriet, making herself heard above the tumult.”
a descent as through liquid (especially through water)
From this reading “We aren't sinking, and we are not going to.”
a state of commotion and noise and confusion
From this reading “"Please--please keep quiet," cried Harriet, making herself heard above the tumult.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading "Please--please keep quiet," cried Harriet, making herself heard above the tumult.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We aren't sinking, and we are not going to.
react verbally
From this reading Answer loudly when I call your names, so that I may know each one of you is here."
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We aren't sinking, and we are not going to.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We aren't sinking, and we are not going to.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Don't be frightened!
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Answer loudly when I call your names, so that I may know each one of you is here."
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Please--please keep quiet," cried Harriet, making herself heard above the tumult.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Don't be frightened!
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Answer loudly when I call your names, so that I may know each one of you is here."
made afraid
From this reading "Don't be frightened!
the act of departing
From this reading We aren't sinking, and we are not going to.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Please--please keep quiet," cried Harriet, making herself heard above the tumult.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading "Please--please keep quiet," cried Harriet, making herself heard above the tumult.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Answer loudly when I call your names, so that I may know each one of you is here."
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading "Please--please keep quiet," cried Harriet, making herself heard above the tumult.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
From this reading LAND HO!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Answer loudly when I call your names, so that I may know each one of you is here."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Answer loudly when I call your names, so that I may know each one of you is here."
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading "Please--please keep quiet," cried Harriet, making herself heard above the tumult.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Answer loudly when I call your names, so that I may know each one of you is here."
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading LAND HO!
with relatively high volume
From this reading Answer loudly when I call your names, so that I may know each one of you is here."
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading "Please--please keep quiet," cried Harriet, making herself heard above the tumult.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Answer loudly when I call your names, so that I may know each one of you is here."
verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
From this reading Answer loudly when I call your names, so that I may know each one of you is here."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We aren't sinking, and we are not going to.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Answer loudly when I call your names, so that I may know each one of you is here."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Answer loudly when I call your names, so that I may know each one of you is here."
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading "Please--please keep quiet," cried Harriet, making herself heard above the tumult.
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading "Please--please keep quiet," cried Harriet, making herself heard above the tumult.
a descent as through liquid (especially through water)
From this reading We aren't sinking, and we are not going to.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Answer loudly when I call your names, so that I may know each one of you is here."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Answer loudly when I call your names, so that I may know each one of you is here."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Please--please keep quiet," cried Harriet, making herself heard above the tumult.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We aren't sinking, and we are not going to.
a state of commotion and noise and confusion
From this reading "Please--please keep quiet," cried Harriet, making herself heard above the tumult.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We aren't sinking, and we are not going to.
at the time that
From this reading Answer loudly when I call your names, so that I may know each one of you is here."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Answer loudly when I call your names, so that I may know each one of you is here."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Answer loudly when I call your names, so that I may know each one of you is here."
Chapter 5 of The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat by Janet Aldridge holds 184 sentences, grouped into 37 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 5 holds 184 sentences of The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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