Chapter 14 of The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A VISITOR WHO WAS WELCOME "Wake up, girls. Put on your bathing suits and jump in." Miss Elting already was dressed in her blue bathing costume, her hair tucked under her red rubber bathing cap. "We have just time for a swim before breakfast. I see the smoke curling up from the campfire already."
Chapter 14 of The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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immersing the body in water or sunshine
From this reading “Put on your bathing suits and jump in."”
a small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp)
From this reading “I see the smoke curling up from the campfire already."”
the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
From this reading “Miss Elting already was dressed in her blue bathing costume, her hair tucked under her red rubber bathing cap.”
a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target
From this reading “I see the smoke curling up from the campfire already."”
an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
From this reading “Miss Elting already was dressed in her blue bathing costume, her hair tucked under her red rubber bathing cap.”
plural of “suit” — a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color
From this reading “Put on your bathing suits and jump in."”
travel through water
From this reading “"We have just time for a swim before breakfast.”
having tucked or being tucked
From this reading “Miss Elting already was dressed in her blue bathing costume, her hair tucked under her red rubber bathing cap.”
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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 VISITOR WHO WAS WELCOME "Wake up, girls.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading Miss Elting already was dressed in her blue bathing costume, her hair tucked under her red rubber bathing cap.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Put on your bathing suits and jump in."
immersing the body in water or sunshine
From this reading Put on your bathing suits and jump in."
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "We have just time for a swim before breakfast.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading Miss Elting already was dressed in her blue bathing costume, her hair tucked under her red rubber bathing cap.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading "We have just time for a swim before breakfast.
a small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp)
From this reading I see the smoke curling up from the campfire already."
a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading Miss Elting already was dressed in her blue bathing costume, her hair tucked under her red rubber bathing cap.
the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
From this reading Miss Elting already was dressed in her blue bathing costume, her hair tucked under her red rubber bathing cap.
a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target
From this reading I see the smoke curling up from the campfire already."
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
From this reading Miss Elting already was dressed in her blue bathing costume, her hair tucked under her red rubber bathing cap.
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From this reading Miss Elting already was dressed in her blue bathing costume, her hair tucked under her red rubber bathing cap.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "We have just time for a swim before breakfast.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I see the smoke curling up from the campfire already."
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading A VISITOR WHO WAS WELCOME "Wake up, girls.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading Miss Elting already was dressed in her blue bathing costume, her hair tucked under her red rubber bathing cap.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "We have just time for a swim before breakfast.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Miss Elting already was dressed in her blue bathing costume, her hair tucked under her red rubber bathing cap.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I see the smoke curling up from the campfire already."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Put on your bathing suits and jump in."
move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Put on your bathing suits and jump in."
and nothing more
From this reading "We have just time for a swim before breakfast.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading Miss Elting already was dressed in her blue bathing costume, her hair tucked under her red rubber bathing cap.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Put on your bathing suits and jump in."
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Put on your bathing suits and jump in."
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading Miss Elting already was dressed in her blue bathing costume, her hair tucked under her red rubber bathing cap.
an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
From this reading Miss Elting already was dressed in her blue bathing costume, her hair tucked under her red rubber bathing cap.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I see the smoke curling up from the campfire already."
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading I see the smoke curling up from the campfire already."
plural of “suit” — a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color
From this reading Put on your bathing suits and jump in."
travel through water
From this reading "We have just time for a swim before breakfast.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I see the smoke curling up from the campfire already."
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading "We have just time for a swim before breakfast.
having tucked or being tucked
From this reading Miss Elting already was dressed in her blue bathing costume, her hair tucked under her red rubber bathing cap.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Miss Elting already was dressed in her blue bathing costume, her hair tucked under her red rubber bathing cap.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading A VISITOR WHO WAS WELCOME "Wake up, girls.
someone who visits
From this reading A VISITOR WHO WAS WELCOME "Wake up, girls.
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading A VISITOR WHO WAS WELCOME "Wake up, girls.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A VISITOR WHO WAS WELCOME "Wake up, girls.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We have just time for a swim before breakfast.
accept gladly
From this reading A VISITOR WHO WAS WELCOME "Wake up, girls.
which person or people
From this reading A VISITOR WHO WAS WELCOME "Wake up, girls.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Put on your bathing suits and jump in."
Chapter 14 of The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea by Janet Aldridge holds 164 sentences, grouped into 33 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 14 holds 164 sentences of The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
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