Chapter 2 of The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FREDA'S STORY "Well, are we all here?" "Count noses!" "Did anybody lose anything?" "If it's a pocketbook it's mine!" "Especially if it has money in it!"
Chapter 2 of The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any person at all
From this reading “"Did anybody lose anything?"”
determine the number or amount of
From this reading “"Count noses!"”
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading “"Especially if it has money in it!"”
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “"Did anybody lose anything?"”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “"If it's a pocketbook it's mine!"”
plural of “nose” — the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading “"Count noses!"”
your personal financial means
From this reading “"If it's a pocketbook it's mine!"”
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “FREDA'S STORY "Well, are we all here?"”
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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 "If it's a pocketbook it's mine!"
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading FREDA'S STORY "Well, are we all here?"
any person at all
From this reading "Did anybody lose anything?"
any thing at all
From this reading "Did anybody lose anything?"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading FREDA'S STORY "Well, are we all here?"
determine the number or amount of
From this reading "Count noses!"
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Did anybody lose anything?"
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading "Especially if it has money in it!"
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From this reading FREDA'S STORY "Well, are we all here?"
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Especially if it has money in it!"
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading FREDA'S STORY "Well, are we all here?"
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If it's a pocketbook it's mine!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Especially if it has money in it!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Especially if it has money in it!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If it's a pocketbook it's mine!"
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading "Did anybody lose anything?"
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "If it's a pocketbook it's mine!"
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading "Especially if it has money in it!"
plural of “nose” — the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading "Count noses!"
your personal financial means
From this reading "If it's a pocketbook it's mine!"
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading FREDA'S STORY "Well, are we all here?"
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading FREDA'S STORY "Well, are we all here?"
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading FREDA'S STORY "Well, are we all here?"
Chapter 2 of The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay by Margaret Penrose holds 162 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 2 holds 162 sentences of The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
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