Chapter 22 of The Outdoor Girls Around the Campfire is here in full — 86 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of The Outdoor Girls Around the Campfire is here in full — 86 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A CLEW As the Outdoor Girls were nearing camp Mollie finally broke the long silence that had fallen upon them. “Something’s got to be done for that old lady,” she said, explosively. “She oughtn’t to live up there all alone. Didn’t you notice to-day how queer she acted? It’s enough to drive anybody crazy, living alone like that.”
Chapter 22 of The Outdoor Girls Around the Campfire is here in full — 86 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “act” — perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading “Didn’t you notice to-day how queer she acted?”
any person at all
From this reading “It’s enough to drive anybody crazy, living alone like that.””
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading “It’s enough to drive anybody crazy, living alone like that.””
suddenly and rapidly
From this reading ““Something’s got to be done for that old lady,” she said, explosively.”
popular aquarium fish
From this reading “A CLEW As the Outdoor Girls were nearing camp Mollie finally broke the long silence that had fallen upon them.”
-ing form of “near” — move towards
From this reading “A CLEW As the Outdoor Girls were nearing camp Mollie finally broke the long silence that had fallen upon them.”
located, suited for, or taking place in the open air
From this reading “A CLEW As the Outdoor Girls were nearing camp Mollie finally broke the long silence that had fallen upon them.”
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading “Didn’t you notice to-day how queer she acted?”
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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your own wife
In this reading ““Something’s got to be done for that old lady,” she said, explosively.”
In this reading “A CLEW As the Outdoor Girls were nearing camp Mollie finally broke the long silence that had fallen upon them.”
In this reading “A CLEW As the Outdoor Girls were nearing camp Mollie finally broke the long silence that had fallen upon them.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 A CLEW As the Outdoor Girls were nearing camp Mollie finally broke the long silence that had fallen upon them.
past form of “act” — perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading Didn’t you notice to-day how queer she acted?
(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 “She oughtn’t to live up there all alone.
Having no one else present.
From this reading “She oughtn’t to live up there all alone.
any person at all
From this reading It’s enough to drive anybody crazy, living alone like that.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A CLEW As the Outdoor Girls were nearing camp Mollie finally broke the long silence that had fallen upon them.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Something’s got to be done for that old lady,” she said, explosively.
lacking funds
From this reading A CLEW As the Outdoor Girls were nearing camp Mollie finally broke the long silence that had fallen upon them.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading A CLEW As the Outdoor Girls were nearing camp Mollie finally broke the long silence that had fallen upon them.
a ball of yarn or cord or thread
From this reading A CLEW As the Outdoor Girls were nearing camp Mollie finally broke the long silence that had fallen upon them.
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading It’s enough to drive anybody crazy, living alone like that.”
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From this reading Didn’t you notice to-day how queer she acted?
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “Something’s got to be done for that old lady,” she said, explosively.
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading It’s enough to drive anybody crazy, living alone like that.”
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading It’s enough to drive anybody crazy, living alone like that.”
suddenly and rapidly
From this reading “Something’s got to be done for that old lady,” she said, explosively.
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading A CLEW As the Outdoor Girls were nearing camp Mollie finally broke the long silence that had fallen upon them.
after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
From this reading A CLEW As the Outdoor Girls were nearing camp Mollie finally broke the long silence that had fallen upon them.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Something’s got to be done for that old lady,” she said, explosively.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading A CLEW As the Outdoor Girls were nearing camp Mollie finally broke the long silence that had fallen upon them.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Something’s got to be done for that old lady,” she said, explosively.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A CLEW As the Outdoor Girls were nearing camp Mollie finally broke the long silence that had fallen upon them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Didn’t you notice to-day how queer she acted?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s enough to drive anybody crazy, living alone like that.”
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “Something’s got to be done for that old lady,” she said, explosively.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It’s enough to drive anybody crazy, living alone like that.”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “She oughtn’t to live up there all alone.
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading It’s enough to drive anybody crazy, living alone like that.”
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 A CLEW As the Outdoor Girls were nearing camp Mollie finally broke the long silence that had fallen upon them.
popular aquarium fish
From this reading A CLEW As the Outdoor Girls were nearing camp Mollie finally broke the long silence that had fallen upon them.
-ing form of “near” — move towards
From this reading A CLEW As the Outdoor Girls were nearing camp Mollie finally broke the long silence that had fallen upon them.
an announcement containing information about an event
From this reading Didn’t you notice to-day how queer she acted?
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading “Something’s got to be done for that old lady,” she said, explosively.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “She oughtn’t to live up there all alone.
located, suited for, or taking place in the open air
From this reading A CLEW As the Outdoor Girls were nearing camp Mollie finally broke the long silence that had fallen upon them.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading Didn’t you notice to-day how queer she acted?
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Something’s got to be done for that old lady,” she said, explosively.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Something’s got to be done for that old lady,” she said, explosively.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading A CLEW As the Outdoor Girls were nearing camp Mollie finally broke the long silence that had fallen upon them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Something’s got to be done for that old lady,” she said, explosively.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A CLEW As the Outdoor Girls were nearing camp Mollie finally broke the long silence that had fallen upon them.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A CLEW As the Outdoor Girls were nearing camp Mollie finally broke the long silence that had fallen upon them.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading A CLEW As the Outdoor Girls were nearing camp Mollie finally broke the long silence that had fallen upon them.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “She oughtn’t to live up there all alone.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Something’s got to be done for that old lady,” she said, explosively.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Didn’t you notice to-day how queer she acted?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “She oughtn’t to live up there all alone.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading A CLEW As the Outdoor Girls were nearing camp Mollie finally broke the long silence that had fallen upon them.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A CLEW As the Outdoor Girls were nearing camp Mollie finally broke the long silence that had fallen upon them.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Didn’t you notice to-day how queer she acted?
Chapter 22 of The Outdoor Girls Around the Campfire by Laura Lee Hope holds 86 sentences, grouped into 18 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 22 holds 86 sentences of The Outdoor Girls Around the Campfire, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
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