Chapter 24 of The Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm is here in full — 71 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of The Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm is here in full — 71 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE FIRE FILM "All ready now, Russ!" "All ready, Mr. Pertell." "Then start off. Be ready with the torch there, Sandy, and touch off the pile of hay and straw inside the barn when I give the word. Then come out for the bucket brigade."
Chapter 24 of The Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm is here in full — 71 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading “Be ready with the torch there, Sandy, and touch off the pile of hay and straw inside the barn when I give the word.”
army unit smaller than a division
From this reading “Then come out for the bucket brigade."”
a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
From this reading “Then come out for the bucket brigade."”
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
From this reading “THE FIRE FILM "All ready now, Russ!"”
grass mowed and cured for use as fodder
From this reading “Be ready with the torch there, Sandy, and touch off the pile of hay and straw inside the barn when I give the word.”
plural of “rus” — the medieval Russian state established by Scandinavian traders in the 9th century; the capital was first in Novgorod and then in Kiev
From this reading “THE FIRE FILM "All ready now, Russ!"”
of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown
From this reading “Be ready with the torch there, Sandy, and touch off the pile of hay and straw inside the barn when I give the word.”
a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
From this reading “Be ready with the torch there, Sandy, and touch off the pile of hay and straw inside the barn when I give the word.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
(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 THE FIRE FILM "All ready now, Russ!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Be ready with the torch there, Sandy, and touch off the pile of hay and straw inside the barn when I give the word.
an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
From this reading Be ready with the torch there, Sandy, and touch off the pile of hay and straw inside the barn when I give the word.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Be ready with the torch there, Sandy, and touch off the pile of hay and straw inside the barn when I give the word.
army unit smaller than a division
From this reading Then come out for the bucket brigade."
a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
From this reading Then come out for the bucket brigade."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Then come out for the bucket brigade."
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
From this reading THE FIRE FILM "All ready now, Russ!"
start firing a weapon
From this reading THE FIRE FILM "All ready now, Russ!"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Then come out for the bucket brigade."
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Be ready with the torch there, Sandy, and touch off the pile of hay and straw inside the barn when I give the word.
grass mowed and cured for use as fodder
From this reading Be ready with the torch there, Sandy, and touch off the pile of hay and straw inside the barn when I give the word.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Be ready with the torch there, Sandy, and touch off the pile of hay and straw inside the barn when I give the word.
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
From this reading Be ready with the torch there, Sandy, and touch off the pile of hay and straw inside the barn when I give the word.
a form of address for a man
From this reading "All ready, Mr. Pertell."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading THE FIRE FILM "All ready now, Russ!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Be ready with the torch there, Sandy, and touch off the pile of hay and straw inside the barn when I give the word.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Then start off.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Then come out for the bucket brigade."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "All ready, Mr. Pertell."
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
From this reading Be ready with the torch there, Sandy, and touch off the pile of hay and straw inside the barn when I give the word.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading THE FIRE FILM "All ready now, Russ!"
plural of “rus” — the medieval Russian state established by Scandinavian traders in the 9th century; the capital was first in Novgorod and then in Kiev
From this reading THE FIRE FILM "All ready now, Russ!"
of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown
From this reading Be ready with the torch there, Sandy, and touch off the pile of hay and straw inside the barn when I give the word.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading "Then start off.
plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
From this reading Be ready with the torch there, Sandy, and touch off the pile of hay and straw inside the barn when I give the word.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FIRE FILM "All ready now, Russ!"
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Then start off.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Be ready with the torch there, Sandy, and touch off the pile of hay and straw inside the barn when I give the word.
a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
From this reading Be ready with the torch there, Sandy, and touch off the pile of hay and straw inside the barn when I give the word.
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading Be ready with the torch there, Sandy, and touch off the pile of hay and straw inside the barn when I give the word.
at the time that
From this reading Be ready with the torch there, Sandy, and touch off the pile of hay and straw inside the barn when I give the word.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Be ready with the torch there, Sandy, and touch off the pile of hay and straw inside the barn when I give the word.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading Be ready with the torch there, Sandy, and touch off the pile of hay and straw inside the barn when I give the word.
Chapter 24 of The Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm by Laura Lee Hope holds 71 sentences, grouped into 15 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 71 sentences of The Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm, unabridged, divided into 15 reading sections.
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