Chapter 9 of The Nowadays Girls in the Adirondacks is here in full — 105 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Nowadays Girls in the Adirondacks is here in full — 105 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE GOLF BALL "Girl overboard!" "Man overboard!" "Back water there! Around with the boat!" Thus came the cries from the big racing canoe.
Chapter 9 of The Nowadays Girls in the Adirondacks is here in full — 105 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
From this reading “THE GOLF BALL "Girl overboard!"”
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Thus came the cries from the big racing canoe.”
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading “Around with the boat!"”
small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
From this reading “Thus came the cries from the big racing canoe.”
plural of “cry” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading “Thus came the cries from the big racing canoe.”
a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes
From this reading “THE GOLF BALL "Girl overboard!"”
to extremes
From this reading “THE GOLF BALL "Girl overboard!"”
the sport of engaging in contests of speed
From this reading “Thus came the cries from the big racing canoe.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Around with the boat!"
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "Back water there!
round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
From this reading THE GOLF BALL "Girl overboard!"
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Thus came the cries from the big racing canoe.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading Around with the boat!"
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Thus came the cries from the big racing canoe.
small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
From this reading Thus came the cries from the big racing canoe.
plural of “cry” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading Thus came the cries from the big racing canoe.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Thus came the cries from the big racing canoe.
a young female
From this reading THE GOLF BALL "Girl overboard!"
a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes
From this reading THE GOLF BALL "Girl overboard!"
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "Man overboard!"
to extremes
From this reading THE GOLF BALL "Girl overboard!"
the sport of engaging in contests of speed
From this reading Thus came the cries from the big racing canoe.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GOLF BALL "Girl overboard!"
in or at that place or location
From this reading "Back water there!
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading Thus came the cries from the big racing canoe.
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 "Back water there!
in the company of; together with
From this reading Around with the boat!"
Chapter 9 of The Nowadays Girls in the Adirondacks by Gertrude Hall Brownell holds 105 sentences, grouped into 21 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 9 holds 105 sentences of The Nowadays Girls in the Adirondacks, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
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