Chapter 3 of The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
RULES AND REGULATIONS. At six o'clock they were awakened by a long, melodious trumpet call. The vigorous tripping melody drove the sleep from their brains like a dash of cold water. Billie found herself sitting up in bed humming: "'Oh, come to the stable, As soon as you're able And feed the horses grain.
Chapter 3 of The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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run or move very quickly or hastily
From this reading “The vigorous tripping melody drove the sleep from their brains like a dash of cold water.”
a humming noise
From this reading “Billie found herself sitting up in bed humming:”
having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune
From this reading “At six o'clock they were awakened by a long, melodious trumpet call.”
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
From this reading “The vigorous tripping melody drove the sleep from their brains like a dash of cold water.”
plural of “regulation” — an authoritative rule
From this reading “RULES AND REGULATIONS.”
characterized by a buoyant rhythm
From this reading “The vigorous tripping melody drove the sleep from their brains like a dash of cold water.”
proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet
From this reading “At six o'clock they were awakened by a long, melodious trumpet call.”
characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity
From this reading “The vigorous tripping melody drove the sleep from their brains like a dash of cold water.”
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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 At six o'clock they were awakened by a long, melodious trumpet call.
(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading "'Oh, come to the stable, As soon as you're able And feed the horses grain.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading RULES AND REGULATIONS.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "'Oh, come to the stable, As soon as you're able And feed the horses grain.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At six o'clock they were awakened by a long, melodious trumpet call.
aroused or activated
From this reading At six o'clock they were awakened by a long, melodious trumpet call.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading Billie found herself sitting up in bed humming:
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From this reading Billie found herself sitting up in bed humming:
plural of “brain” — that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading The vigorous tripping melody drove the sleep from their brains like a dash of cold water.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading At six o'clock they were awakened by a long, melodious trumpet call.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading At six o'clock they were awakened by a long, melodious trumpet call.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading The vigorous tripping melody drove the sleep from their brains like a dash of cold water.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "'Oh, come to the stable, As soon as you're able And feed the horses grain.
run or move very quickly or hastily
From this reading The vigorous tripping melody drove the sleep from their brains like a dash of cold water.
a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
From this reading The vigorous tripping melody drove the sleep from their brains like a dash of cold water.
provide as food
From this reading "'Oh, come to the stable, As soon as you're able And feed the horses grain.
set up or found
From this reading Billie found herself sitting up in bed humming:
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The vigorous tripping melody drove the sleep from their brains like a dash of cold water.
a relatively small granular particle of a substance
From this reading "'Oh, come to the stable, As soon as you're able And feed the horses grain.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Billie found herself sitting up in bed humming:
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading "'Oh, come to the stable, As soon as you're able And feed the horses grain.
a humming noise
From this reading Billie found herself sitting up in bed humming:
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Billie found herself sitting up in bed humming:
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading The vigorous tripping melody drove the sleep from their brains like a dash of cold water.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading At six o'clock they were awakened by a long, melodious trumpet call.
having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune
From this reading At six o'clock they were awakened by a long, melodious trumpet call.
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
From this reading The vigorous tripping melody drove the sleep from their brains like a dash of cold water.
according to the clock
From this reading At six o'clock they were awakened by a long, melodious trumpet call.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The vigorous tripping melody drove the sleep from their brains like a dash of cold water.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "'Oh, come to the stable, As soon as you're able And feed the horses grain.
plural of “regulation” — an authoritative rule
From this reading RULES AND REGULATIONS.
plural of “rule” — a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
From this reading RULES AND REGULATIONS.
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
From this reading Billie found herself sitting up in bed humming:
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading At six o'clock they were awakened by a long, melodious trumpet call.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading The vigorous tripping melody drove the sleep from their brains like a dash of cold water.
in the near future
From this reading "'Oh, come to the stable, As soon as you're able And feed the horses grain.
resistant to change of position or condition
From this reading "'Oh, come to the stable, As soon as you're able And feed the horses grain.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The vigorous tripping melody drove the sleep from their brains like a dash of cold water.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The vigorous tripping melody drove the sleep from their brains like a dash of cold water.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At six o'clock they were awakened by a long, melodious trumpet call.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "'Oh, come to the stable, As soon as you're able And feed the horses grain.
characterized by a buoyant rhythm
From this reading The vigorous tripping melody drove the sleep from their brains like a dash of cold water.
proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet
From this reading At six o'clock they were awakened by a long, melodious trumpet call.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Billie found herself sitting up in bed humming:
characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity
From this reading The vigorous tripping melody drove the sleep from their brains like a dash of cold water.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading The vigorous tripping melody drove the sleep from their brains like a dash of cold water.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading At six o'clock they were awakened by a long, melodious trumpet call.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "'Oh, come to the stable, As soon as you're able And feed the horses grain.
Chapter 3 of The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp by Katherine Stokes holds 153 sentences, grouped into 31 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.
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