Chapter 2 of The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MISS ELTING'S MYSTERIOUS CALLER "Come back here!" shouted the guide. Harriet halted. She hesitated at sight of the black shadows there rather than at the command. She distinctly heard some one floundering over a high board fence that shut in the rear yard of the store and post-office. Janus's hand was on her arm.
Chapter 2 of The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a social or business visitor
From this reading “MISS ELTING'S MYSTERIOUS CALLER "Come back here!" shouted the guide.”
clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment
From this reading “She distinctly heard some one floundering over a high board fence that shut in the rear yard of the store and post-office.”
enclose with a fence
From this reading “She distinctly heard some one floundering over a high board fence that shut in the rear yard of the store and post-office.”
-ing form of “flounder” — walk with great difficulty
From this reading “She distinctly heard some one floundering over a high board fence that shut in the rear yard of the store and post-office.”
someone employed to conduct others
From this reading “MISS ELTING'S MYSTERIOUS CALLER "Come back here!" shouted the guide.”
past form of “halt” — cause to stop
From this reading “Harriet halted.”
the back of a military formation or procession
From this reading “She distinctly heard some one floundering over a high board fence that shut in the rear yard of the store and post-office.”
plural of “shadow” — shade within clear boundaries
From this reading “She hesitated at sight of the black shadows there rather than at the command.”
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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 She distinctly heard some one floundering over a high board fence that shut in the rear yard of the store and post-office.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She distinctly heard some one floundering over a high board fence that shut in the rear yard of the store and post-office.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading Janus's hand was on her arm.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She hesitated at sight of the black shadows there rather than at the command.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading MISS ELTING'S MYSTERIOUS CALLER "Come back here!" shouted the guide.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading She hesitated at sight of the black shadows there rather than at the command.
a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading She distinctly heard some one floundering over a high board fence that shut in the rear yard of the store and post-office.
a social or business visitor
From this reading MISS ELTING'S MYSTERIOUS CALLER "Come back here!" shouted the guide.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading MISS ELTING'S MYSTERIOUS CALLER "Come back here!" shouted the guide.
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
From this reading She hesitated at sight of the black shadows there rather than at the command.
clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment
From this reading She distinctly heard some one floundering over a high board fence that shut in the rear yard of the store and post-office.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MISS ELTING'S MYSTERIOUS CALLER "Come back here!" shouted the guide.
enclose with a fence
From this reading She distinctly heard some one floundering over a high board fence that shut in the rear yard of the store and post-office.
-ing form of “flounder” — walk with great difficulty
From this reading She distinctly heard some one floundering over a high board fence that shut in the rear yard of the store and post-office.
someone employed to conduct others
From this reading MISS ELTING'S MYSTERIOUS CALLER "Come back here!" shouted the guide.
past form of “halt” — cause to stop
From this reading Harriet halted.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Janus's hand was on her arm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Harriet halted.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading She distinctly heard some one floundering over a high board fence that shut in the rear yard of the store and post-office.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Janus's hand was on her arm.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading MISS ELTING'S MYSTERIOUS CALLER "Come back here!" shouted the guide.
past form of “hesitate” — pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading She hesitated at sight of the black shadows there rather than at the command.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading She distinctly heard some one floundering over a high board fence that shut in the rear yard of the store and post-office.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She distinctly heard some one floundering over a high board fence that shut in the rear yard of the store and post-office.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Janus's hand was on her arm.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading MISS ELTING'S MYSTERIOUS CALLER "Come back here!" shouted the guide.
of an obscure nature
From this reading MISS ELTING'S MYSTERIOUS CALLER "Come back here!" shouted the guide.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She hesitated at sight of the black shadows there rather than at the command.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Janus's hand was on her arm.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She distinctly heard some one floundering over a high board fence that shut in the rear yard of the store and post-office.
above and across; more than
From this reading She distinctly heard some one floundering over a high board fence that shut in the rear yard of the store and post-office.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She distinctly heard some one floundering over a high board fence that shut in the rear yard of the store and post-office.
on the contrary
From this reading She hesitated at sight of the black shadows there rather than at the command.
the back of a military formation or procession
From this reading She distinctly heard some one floundering over a high board fence that shut in the rear yard of the store and post-office.
plural of “shadow” — shade within clear boundaries
From this reading She hesitated at sight of the black shadows there rather than at the command.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She hesitated at sight of the black shadows there rather than at the command.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading MISS ELTING'S MYSTERIOUS CALLER "Come back here!" shouted the guide.
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading She distinctly heard some one floundering over a high board fence that shut in the rear yard of the store and post-office.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading She hesitated at sight of the black shadows there rather than at the command.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading She distinctly heard some one floundering over a high board fence that shut in the rear yard of the store and post-office.
a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
From this reading She distinctly heard some one floundering over a high board fence that shut in the rear yard of the store and post-office.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She hesitated at sight of the black shadows there rather than at the command.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She distinctly heard some one floundering over a high board fence that shut in the rear yard of the store and post-office.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MISS ELTING'S MYSTERIOUS CALLER "Come back here!" shouted the guide.
in or at that place or location
From this reading She hesitated at sight of the black shadows there rather than at the command.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Janus's hand was on her arm.
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading She distinctly heard some one floundering over a high board fence that shut in the rear yard of the store and post-office.
Chapter 2 of The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills by Janet Aldridge holds 195 sentences, grouped into 39 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 2 holds 195 sentences of The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
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