Chapter 7 of The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water. "What have you found? More mystery?" shouted Crazy Jane. "Yes. I'll tell you when I get ashore.
Chapter 7 of The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
From this reading “A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.”
towards the shore from the water
From this reading “I'll tell you when I get ashore.”
someone who bakes commercially
From this reading “A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.”
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading “More mystery?" shouted Crazy Jane.”
-ing form of “examine” — consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
From this reading “A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.”
set up or found
From this reading “A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.”
past form of “paddle” — propel with a paddle
From this reading “A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.”
a strong line
From this reading “A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.”
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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 MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
towards the shore from the water
From this reading I'll tell you when I get ashore.
someone who bakes commercially
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading More mystery?" shouted Crazy Jane.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
-ing form of “examine” — consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
set up or found
From this reading "What have you found?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I'll tell you when I get ashore.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "What have you found?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I'll tell you when I get ashore.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll tell you when I get ashore.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading More mystery?" shouted Crazy Jane.
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
set up or found
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading More mystery?" shouted Crazy Jane.
of an obscure nature
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading More mystery?" shouted Crazy Jane.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
past form of “paddle” — propel with a paddle
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
a strong line
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading More mystery?" shouted Crazy Jane.
express in words
From this reading I'll tell you when I get ashore.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What have you found?
at the time that
From this reading I'll tell you when I get ashore.
in or at the place that
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT JOURNEY Billy Gordon got aboard the launch and paddled it out to where Captain Baker sat examining the rope, the end of which he had picked up from the water.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "What have you found?
Chapter 7 of The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat by Janet Aldridge holds 224 sentences, grouped into 45 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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