Chapter 19 of The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE TRAMP CLUB FINDS A CLUE "Hello! What's this?" Larry, stooping over, picked up a piece of filmy linen. "A handkerchief, isn't it?" asked Sam. "Let me see that, please," demanded George Baker.
Chapter 19 of The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat is here in full — 175 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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someone who bakes commercially
From this reading “"Let me see that, please," demanded George Baker.”
a slight indication
From this reading “THE TRAMP CLUB FINDS A CLUE "Hello!”
plural of “find” — a productive insight
From this reading “THE TRAMP CLUB FINDS A CLUE "Hello!”
a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory
From this reading “"A handkerchief, isn't it?" asked Sam.”
an expression of greeting
From this reading “THE TRAMP CLUB FINDS A CLUE "Hello!”
a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant
From this reading “Larry, stooping over, picked up a piece of filmy linen.”
having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
From this reading “Larry, stooping over, picked up a piece of filmy linen.”
a vagrant
From this reading “THE TRAMP CLUB FINDS A CLUE "Hello!”
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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 THE TRAMP CLUB FINDS A CLUE "Hello!
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "A handkerchief, isn't it?" asked Sam.
someone who bakes commercially
From this reading "Let me see that, please," demanded George Baker.
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading THE TRAMP CLUB FINDS A CLUE "Hello!
a slight indication
From this reading THE TRAMP CLUB FINDS A CLUE "Hello!
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading "Let me see that, please," demanded George Baker.
so thin as to transmit light
From this reading Larry, stooping over, picked up a piece of filmy linen.
plural of “find” — a productive insight
From this reading THE TRAMP CLUB FINDS A CLUE "Hello!
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 "Let me see that, please," demanded George Baker.
a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory
From this reading "A handkerchief, isn't it?" asked Sam.
an expression of greeting
From this reading THE TRAMP CLUB FINDS A CLUE "Hello!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "A handkerchief, isn't it?" asked Sam.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "A handkerchief, isn't it?" asked Sam.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Larry, stooping over, picked up a piece of filmy linen.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Let me see that, please," demanded George Baker.
a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant
From this reading Larry, stooping over, picked up a piece of filmy linen.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Let me see that, please," demanded George Baker.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Larry, stooping over, picked up a piece of filmy linen.
above and across; more than
From this reading Larry, stooping over, picked up a piece of filmy linen.
past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group
From this reading Larry, stooping over, picked up a piece of filmy linen.
a separate part of a whole
From this reading Larry, stooping over, picked up a piece of filmy linen.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading "Let me see that, please," demanded George Baker.
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading "A handkerchief, isn't it?" asked Sam.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Let me see that, please," demanded George Baker.
having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
From this reading Larry, stooping over, picked up a piece of filmy linen.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Let me see that, please," demanded George Baker.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TRAMP CLUB FINDS A CLUE "Hello!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading What's this?"
a vagrant
From this reading THE TRAMP CLUB FINDS A CLUE "Hello!
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Larry, stooping over, picked up a piece of filmy linen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What's this?"
Chapter 19 of The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat by Janet Aldridge holds 175 sentences, grouped into 35 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 19 holds 175 sentences of The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
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