Chapter 8 of The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OFF ON THE TRIP The girls stared blankly at one another. The boys frankly winked at each other, clearly unbelieving. “Haunted?” Betty finally gasped. “A ghost?” echoed Amy, falteringly.
Chapter 8 of The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
in a blank and uncomprehending manner
From this reading “OFF ON THE TRIP The girls stared blankly at one another.”
past form of “echo” — to say again or imitate
From this reading ““A ghost?” echoed Amy, falteringly.”
(used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that
From this reading “The boys frankly winked at each other, clearly unbelieving.”
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading “Betty finally gasped.”
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading ““A ghost?” echoed Amy, falteringly.”
having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something
From this reading ““Haunted?””
rejecting any belief in gods
From this reading “The boys frankly winked at each other, clearly unbelieving.”
past form of “wink” — signal by winking
From this reading “The boys frankly winked at each other, clearly unbelieving.”
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 ghost?” echoed Amy, falteringly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “A ghost?” echoed Amy, falteringly.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading OFF ON THE TRIP The girls stared blankly at one another.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading OFF ON THE TRIP The girls stared blankly at one another.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Betty finally gasped.
in a blank and uncomprehending manner
From this reading OFF ON THE TRIP The girls stared blankly at one another.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading The boys frankly winked at each other, clearly unbelieving.
without doubt or question
From this reading The boys frankly winked at each other, clearly unbelieving.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The boys frankly winked at each other, clearly unbelieving.
past form of “echo” — to say again or imitate
From this reading “A ghost?” echoed Amy, falteringly.
in an unsteady manner
From this reading “A ghost?” echoed Amy, falteringly.
after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
From this reading Betty finally gasped.
(used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that
From this reading The boys frankly winked at each other, clearly unbelieving.
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading Betty finally gasped.
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading “A ghost?” echoed Amy, falteringly.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading OFF ON THE TRIP The girls stared blankly at one another.
having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something
From this reading “Haunted?”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading OFF ON THE TRIP The girls stared blankly at one another.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading OFF ON THE TRIP The girls stared blankly at one another.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading OFF ON THE TRIP The girls stared blankly at one another.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading The boys frankly winked at each other, clearly unbelieving.
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading OFF ON THE TRIP The girls stared blankly at one another.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OFF ON THE TRIP The girls stared blankly at one another.
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading OFF ON THE TRIP The girls stared blankly at one another.
rejecting any belief in gods
From this reading The boys frankly winked at each other, clearly unbelieving.
past form of “wink” — signal by winking
From this reading The boys frankly winked at each other, clearly unbelieving.
Chapter 8 of The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake by Laura Lee Hope holds 111 sentences, grouped into 23 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 8 holds 111 sentences of The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake by Laura Lee Hope exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 111 sentences, grouped into 23 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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