Chapter 8 of The Outdoor Girls at the Hostess House is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Outdoor Girls at the Hostess House is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ENTER SERGEANT MULLINS "Mollie, you've been crying." "I have not!" snapped Mollie, turning so the light would not fall on her face. "Well, what are your eyes and nose all red for then?" asked Amy reasonably. "Ask them," retorted Mollie. "Probably just did it to make me mad."
Chapter 8 of The Outdoor Girls at the Hostess House is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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demanding attention
From this reading “ENTER SERGEANT MULLINS "Mollie, you've been crying."”
roused to anger
From this reading “"Probably just did it to make me mad."”
popular aquarium fish
From this reading “ENTER SERGEANT MULLINS "Mollie, you've been crying."”
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading “"Well, what are your eyes and nose all red for then?" asked Amy reasonably.”
to certain extent or degree
From this reading “"Well, what are your eyes and nose all red for then?" asked Amy reasonably.”
past form of “retort” — answer back
From this reading “"Ask them," retorted Mollie.”
any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal
From this reading “ENTER SERGEANT MULLINS "Mollie, you've been crying."”
inflected form of “snap” — utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading “"I have not!" snapped Mollie, turning so the light would not fall on her face.”
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(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 "Well, what are your eyes and nose all red for then?" asked Amy reasonably.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, what are your eyes and nose all red for then?" asked Amy reasonably.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Well, what are your eyes and nose all red for then?" asked Amy reasonably.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Well, what are your eyes and nose all red for then?" asked Amy reasonably.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Ask them," retorted Mollie.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Well, what are your eyes and nose all red for then?" asked Amy reasonably.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading ENTER SERGEANT MULLINS "Mollie, you've been crying."
demanding attention
From this reading ENTER SERGEANT MULLINS "Mollie, you've been crying."
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Probably just did it to make me mad."
to come or go into
From this reading ENTER SERGEANT MULLINS "Mollie, you've been crying."
opinion or judgment
From this reading "Well, what are your eyes and nose all red for then?" asked Amy reasonably.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading "I have not!" snapped Mollie, turning so the light would not fall on her face.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading "I have not!" snapped Mollie, turning so the light would not fall on her face.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Well, what are your eyes and nose all red for then?" asked Amy reasonably.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have not!" snapped Mollie, turning so the light would not fall on her face.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "I have not!" snapped Mollie, turning so the light would not fall on her face.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I have not!" snapped Mollie, turning so the light would not fall on her face.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Probably just did it to make me mad."
and nothing more
From this reading "Probably just did it to make me mad."
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading "I have not!" snapped Mollie, turning so the light would not fall on her face.
roused to anger
From this reading "Probably just did it to make me mad."
engage in
From this reading "Probably just did it to make me mad."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Probably just did it to make me mad."
popular aquarium fish
From this reading ENTER SERGEANT MULLINS "Mollie, you've been crying."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ENTER SERGEANT MULLINS "Mollie, you've been crying."
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading "Well, what are your eyes and nose all red for then?" asked Amy reasonably.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I have not!" snapped Mollie, turning so the light would not fall on her face.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "I have not!" snapped Mollie, turning so the light would not fall on her face.
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
From this reading "Probably just did it to make me mad."
to certain extent or degree
From this reading "Well, what are your eyes and nose all red for then?" asked Amy reasonably.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading "Well, what are your eyes and nose all red for then?" asked Amy reasonably.
past form of “retort” — answer back
From this reading "Ask them," retorted Mollie.
any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal
From this reading ENTER SERGEANT MULLINS "Mollie, you've been crying."
inflected form of “snap” — utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading "I have not!" snapped Mollie, turning so the light would not fall on her face.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "I have not!" snapped Mollie, turning so the light would not fall on her face.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I have not!" snapped Mollie, turning so the light would not fall on her face.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Ask them," retorted Mollie.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Well, what are your eyes and nose all red for then?" asked Amy reasonably.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Probably just did it to make me mad."
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading "I have not!" snapped Mollie, turning so the light would not fall on her face.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, what are your eyes and nose all red for then?" asked Amy reasonably.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Well, what are your eyes and nose all red for then?" asked Amy reasonably.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "I have not!" snapped Mollie, turning so the light would not fall on her face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ENTER SERGEANT MULLINS "Mollie, you've been crying."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Well, what are your eyes and nose all red for then?" asked Amy reasonably.
Chapter 8 of The Outdoor Girls at the Hostess House by Laura Lee Hope holds 108 sentences, grouped into 22 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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