Chapter 14 of The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE MIDNIGHT ALARM The Meadow-Brook Girls shouted with laughter at this speech. Then, after a few seconds of hesitation, the boys of the Tramp Club joined in the merriment. "You win," replied George. "We can't answer you. Now tell us how you disappeared so mysteriously, boat and all, and reappeared just as suddenly."
Chapter 14 of The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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fear resulting from the awareness of danger
From this reading “THE MIDNIGHT ALARM The Meadow-Brook Girls shouted with laughter at this speech.”
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading “Then, after a few seconds of hesitation, the boys of the Tramp Club joined in the merriment.”
indecision in speech or action
From this reading “Then, after a few seconds of hesitation, the boys of the Tramp Club joined in the merriment.”
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading “THE MIDNIGHT ALARM The Meadow-Brook Girls shouted with laughter at this speech.”
in a cryptic manner
From this reading “Now tell us how you disappeared so mysteriously, boat and all, and reappeared just as suddenly."”
past form of “reappear” — appear again
From this reading “Now tell us how you disappeared so mysteriously, boat and all, and reappeared just as suddenly."”
plural of “second” — 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading “Then, after a few seconds of hesitation, the boys of the Tramp Club joined in the merriment.”
a vagrant
From this reading “Then, after a few seconds of hesitation, the boys of the Tramp Club joined in the merriment.”
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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 Then, after a few seconds of hesitation, the boys of the Tramp Club joined in the merriment.
later than; following
From this reading Then, after a few seconds of hesitation, the boys of the Tramp Club joined in the merriment.
fear resulting from the awareness of danger
From this reading THE MIDNIGHT ALARM The Meadow-Brook Girls shouted with laughter at this speech.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Now tell us how you disappeared so mysteriously, boat and all, and reappeared just as suddenly."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Now tell us how you disappeared so mysteriously, boat and all, and reappeared just as suddenly."
react verbally
From this reading "We can't answer you.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Now tell us how you disappeared so mysteriously, boat and all, and reappeared just as suddenly."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE MIDNIGHT ALARM The Meadow-Brook Girls shouted with laughter at this speech.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading Now tell us how you disappeared so mysteriously, boat and all, and reappeared just as suddenly."
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading Then, after a few seconds of hesitation, the boys of the Tramp Club joined in the merriment.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We can't answer you.
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading Then, after a few seconds of hesitation, the boys of the Tramp Club joined in the merriment.
past form of “disappear” — get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading Now tell us how you disappeared so mysteriously, boat and all, and reappeared just as suddenly."
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading Then, after a few seconds of hesitation, the boys of the Tramp Club joined in the merriment.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading "You win," replied George.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading THE MIDNIGHT ALARM The Meadow-Brook Girls shouted with laughter at this speech.
indecision in speech or action
From this reading Then, after a few seconds of hesitation, the boys of the Tramp Club joined in the merriment.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now tell us how you disappeared so mysteriously, boat and all, and reappeared just as suddenly."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then, after a few seconds of hesitation, the boys of the Tramp Club joined in the merriment.
of or relating to two people who are married to each other
From this reading Then, after a few seconds of hesitation, the boys of the Tramp Club joined in the merriment.
and nothing more
From this reading Now tell us how you disappeared so mysteriously, boat and all, and reappeared just as suddenly."
the sound of laughing
From this reading THE MIDNIGHT ALARM The Meadow-Brook Girls shouted with laughter at this speech.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE MIDNIGHT ALARM The Meadow-Brook Girls shouted with laughter at this speech.
a gay feeling
From this reading Then, after a few seconds of hesitation, the boys of the Tramp Club joined in the merriment.
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading THE MIDNIGHT ALARM The Meadow-Brook Girls shouted with laughter at this speech.
in a cryptic manner
From this reading Now tell us how you disappeared so mysteriously, boat and all, and reappeared just as suddenly."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now tell us how you disappeared so mysteriously, boat and all, and reappeared just as suddenly."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then, after a few seconds of hesitation, the boys of the Tramp Club joined in the merriment.
past form of “reappear” — appear again
From this reading Now tell us how you disappeared so mysteriously, boat and all, and reappeared just as suddenly."
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading "You win," replied George.
plural of “second” — 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Then, after a few seconds of hesitation, the boys of the Tramp Club joined in the merriment.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading THE MIDNIGHT ALARM The Meadow-Brook Girls shouted with laughter at this speech.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Now tell us how you disappeared so mysteriously, boat and all, and reappeared just as suddenly."
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
From this reading THE MIDNIGHT ALARM The Meadow-Brook Girls shouted with laughter at this speech.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading Now tell us how you disappeared so mysteriously, boat and all, and reappeared just as suddenly."
express in words
From this reading Now tell us how you disappeared so mysteriously, boat and all, and reappeared just as suddenly."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MIDNIGHT ALARM The Meadow-Brook Girls shouted with laughter at this speech.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then, after a few seconds of hesitation, the boys of the Tramp Club joined in the merriment.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THE MIDNIGHT ALARM The Meadow-Brook Girls shouted with laughter at this speech.
a vagrant
From this reading Then, after a few seconds of hesitation, the boys of the Tramp Club joined in the merriment.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Now tell us how you disappeared so mysteriously, boat and all, and reappeared just as suddenly."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We can't answer you.
be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious
From this reading "You win," replied George.
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE MIDNIGHT ALARM The Meadow-Brook Girls shouted with laughter at this speech.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You win," replied George.
Chapter 14 of The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat by Janet Aldridge holds 197 sentences, grouped into 40 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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