Chapter 24 of The Motor Girls at Lookout Beach is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of The Motor Girls at Lookout Beach is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE TWO ORPHANS "Oh, Rose! I can't go another step! Let them catch us if they want to. I think I--a--am going to--die!" "Nellie dear, try to keep up.
Chapter 24 of The Motor Girls at Lookout Beach is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading “Let them catch us if they want to.”
dearly loved
From this reading “"Nellie dear, try to keep up.”
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “I think I--a--am going to--die!"”
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading “"Nellie dear, try to keep up.”
plural of “orphan” — a child who has lost both parents
From this reading “THE TWO ORPHANS "Oh, Rose!”
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading “THE TWO ORPHANS "Oh, Rose!”
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading “I can't go another step!”
make an effort or attempt
From this reading “"Nellie dear, try to keep up.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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maintain a required pace or level
In this reading “"Nellie dear, try to keep up.”
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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 I think I--a--am going to--die!"
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I think I--a--am going to--die!"
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading I can't go another step!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can't go another step!
discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading Let them catch us if they want to.
dearly loved
From this reading "Nellie dear, try to keep up.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading I think I--a--am going to--die!"
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I can't go another step!
the act of departing
From this reading I think I--a--am going to--die!"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I can't go another step!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Let them catch us if they want to.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading "Nellie dear, try to keep up.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let them catch us if they want to.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Nellie dear, try to keep up.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading THE TWO ORPHANS "Oh, Rose!
plural of “orphan” — a child who has lost both parents
From this reading THE TWO ORPHANS "Oh, Rose!
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading THE TWO ORPHANS "Oh, Rose!
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading I can't go another step!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TWO ORPHANS "Oh, Rose!
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Let them catch us if they want to.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Let them catch us if they want to.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I think I--a--am going to--die!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Let them catch us if they want to.
make an effort or attempt
From this reading "Nellie dear, try to keep up.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading THE TWO ORPHANS "Oh, Rose!
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Nellie dear, try to keep up.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let them catch us if they want to.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading Let them catch us if they want to.
Chapter 24 of The Motor Girls at Lookout Beach by Margaret Penrose holds 125 sentences, grouped into 25 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 24 holds 125 sentences of The Motor Girls at Lookout Beach, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 24 of The Motor Girls at Lookout Beach by Margaret Penrose exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 125 sentences, grouped into 25 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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