Chapter 16 of The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea is here in full — 217 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea is here in full — 217 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE "She's found the buried treasure!" screamed Buster. The girls uttered a cheer. Harriet regarded Tommy's excited face inquiringly. "You really have found it?" "Yeth, yeth."
Chapter 16 of The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea is here in full — 217 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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placed in a grave
From this reading “TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE "She's found the buried treasure!" screamed Buster.”
an informal form of address for a man
From this reading “TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE "She's found the buried treasure!" screamed Buster.”
give encouragement to
From this reading “The girls uttered a cheer.”
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading “Harriet regarded Tommy's excited face inquiringly.”
past form of “regard” — deem to be
From this reading “Harriet regarded Tommy's excited face inquiringly.”
past form of “scream” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE "She's found the buried treasure!" screamed Buster.”
accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
From this reading “TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE "She's found the buried treasure!" screamed Buster.”
communicated in words
From this reading “The girls uttered a cheer.”
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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 girls uttered a cheer.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE "She's found the buried treasure!" screamed Buster.
placed in a grave
From this reading TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE "She's found the buried treasure!" screamed Buster.
an informal form of address for a man
From this reading TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE "She's found the buried treasure!" screamed Buster.
give encouragement to
From this reading The girls uttered a cheer.
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading Harriet regarded Tommy's excited face inquiringly.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Harriet regarded Tommy's excited face inquiringly.
set up or found
From this reading TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE "She's found the buried treasure!" screamed Buster.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading The girls uttered a cheer.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE "She's found the buried treasure!" screamed Buster.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Harriet regarded Tommy's excited face inquiringly.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "You really have found it?"
in an inquiring manner
From this reading Harriet regarded Tommy's excited face inquiringly.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "You really have found it?"
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading "You really have found it?"
past form of “regard” — deem to be
From this reading Harriet regarded Tommy's excited face inquiringly.
past form of “scream” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE "She's found the buried treasure!" screamed Buster.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE "She's found the buried treasure!" screamed Buster.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE "She's found the buried treasure!" screamed Buster.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE "She's found the buried treasure!" screamed Buster.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Harriet regarded Tommy's excited face inquiringly.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE "She's found the buried treasure!" screamed Buster.
accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
From this reading TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE "She's found the buried treasure!" screamed Buster.
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE "She's found the buried treasure!" screamed Buster.
communicated in words
From this reading The girls uttered a cheer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yeth, yeth."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You really have found it?"
Chapter 16 of The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea by Janet Aldridge holds 217 sentences, grouped into 44 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 16 holds 217 sentences of The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
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