Chapter 6 of The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AT HOME BY THE SEA "Oh, my dear Meadow-Brook Girls!" cried the woman. "And I did not know you were coming. Why did you not let me know?" Mrs. Livingston, the Chief Guardian of the Camp Girls, held her young friends off the better to look at them. "We did," replied Miss Elting.
Chapter 6 of The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading “Mrs. Livingston, the Chief Guardian of the Camp Girls, held her young friends off the better to look at them.”
a person who is in charge
From this reading “Mrs. Livingston, the Chief Guardian of the Camp Girls, held her young friends off the better to look at them.”
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “Mrs. Livingston, the Chief Guardian of the Camp Girls, held her young friends off the better to look at them.”
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading “AT HOME BY THE SEA "Oh, my dear Meadow-Brook Girls!" cried the woman.”
a person who cares for persons or property
From this reading “Mrs. Livingston, the Chief Guardian of the Camp Girls, held her young friends off the better to look at them.”
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading “Mrs. Livingston, the Chief Guardian of the Camp Girls, held her young friends off the better to look at them.”
American Revolutionary leader who served in the Continental Congress and as minister to France (1746-1813)
From this reading “Mrs. Livingston, the Chief Guardian of the Camp Girls, held her young friends off the better to look at them.”
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading “AT HOME BY THE SEA "Oh, my dear Meadow-Brook Girls!" cried the woman.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And I did not know you were coming.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT HOME BY THE SEA "Oh, my dear Meadow-Brook Girls!" cried the woman.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading Mrs. Livingston, the Chief Guardian of the Camp Girls, held her young friends off the better to look at them.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading AT HOME BY THE SEA "Oh, my dear Meadow-Brook Girls!" cried the woman.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading Mrs. Livingston, the Chief Guardian of the Camp Girls, held her young friends off the better to look at them.
a person who is in charge
From this reading Mrs. Livingston, the Chief Guardian of the Camp Girls, held her young friends off the better to look at them.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading "And I did not know you were coming.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading AT HOME BY THE SEA "Oh, my dear Meadow-Brook Girls!" cried the woman.
dearly loved
From this reading AT HOME BY THE SEA "Oh, my dear Meadow-Brook Girls!" cried the woman.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "And I did not know you were coming.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We did," replied Miss Elting.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Mrs. Livingston, the Chief Guardian of the Camp Girls, held her young friends off the better to look at them.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading AT HOME BY THE SEA "Oh, my dear Meadow-Brook Girls!" cried the woman.
a person who cares for persons or property
From this reading Mrs. Livingston, the Chief Guardian of the Camp Girls, held her young friends off the better to look at them.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading Mrs. Livingston, the Chief Guardian of the Camp Girls, held her young friends off the better to look at them.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Livingston, the Chief Guardian of the Camp Girls, held her young friends off the better to look at them.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading AT HOME BY THE SEA "Oh, my dear Meadow-Brook Girls!" cried the woman.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "And I did not know you were coming.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "And I did not know you were coming.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Why did you not let me know?"
American Revolutionary leader who served in the Continental Congress and as minister to France (1746-1813)
From this reading Mrs. Livingston, the Chief Guardian of the Camp Girls, held her young friends off the better to look at them.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Mrs. Livingston, the Chief Guardian of the Camp Girls, held her young friends off the better to look at them.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Why did you not let me know?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading AT HOME BY THE SEA "Oh, my dear Meadow-Brook Girls!" cried the woman.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "We did," replied Miss Elting.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Livingston, the Chief Guardian of the Camp Girls, held her young friends off the better to look at them.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading AT HOME BY THE SEA "Oh, my dear Meadow-Brook Girls!" cried the woman.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "And I did not know you were coming.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mrs. Livingston, the Chief Guardian of the Camp Girls, held her young friends off the better to look at them.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Mrs. Livingston, the Chief Guardian of the Camp Girls, held her young friends off the better to look at them.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading AT HOME BY THE SEA "Oh, my dear Meadow-Brook Girls!" cried the woman.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading "We did," replied Miss Elting.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading AT HOME BY THE SEA "Oh, my dear Meadow-Brook Girls!" cried the woman.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AT HOME BY THE SEA "Oh, my dear Meadow-Brook Girls!" cried the woman.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Mrs. Livingston, the Chief Guardian of the Camp Girls, held her young friends off the better to look at them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mrs. Livingston, the Chief Guardian of the Camp Girls, held her young friends off the better to look at them.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We did," replied Miss Elting.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "And I did not know you were coming.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why did you not let me know?"
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading AT HOME BY THE SEA "Oh, my dear Meadow-Brook Girls!" cried the woman.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "And I did not know you were coming.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Mrs. Livingston, the Chief Guardian of the Camp Girls, held her young friends off the better to look at them.
Chapter 6 of The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea by Janet Aldridge holds 159 sentences, grouped into 32 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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