Chapter 8 of The Outdoor Girls in Florida is here in full — 98 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Outdoor Girls in Florida is here in full — 98 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LAUNCHING THE BOAT "Can you smell the orange blossoms?" "Yes. Aren't they delicious!" "It reminds me of a wedding--hark, can you hear the strains of Mendelssohn?" "Those are frogs, Betty," laughed Mollie.
Chapter 8 of The Outdoor Girls in Florida is here in full — 98 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “blossom” — reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
From this reading “LAUNCHING THE BOAT "Can you smell the orange blossoms?"”
plural of “frog” — any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
From this reading “"Those are frogs, Betty," laughed Mollie.”
listen; used mostly in the imperative
From this reading “"It reminds me of a wedding--hark, can you hear the strains of Mendelssohn?"”
the act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time
From this reading “LAUNCHING THE BOAT "Can you smell the orange blossoms?"”
German musician and romantic composer of orchestral and choral works (1809-1847)
From this reading “"It reminds me of a wedding--hark, can you hear the strains of Mendelssohn?"”
popular aquarium fish
From this reading “"Those are frogs, Betty," laughed Mollie.”
third-person singular of “remind” — put in the mind of someone
From this reading “"It reminds me of a wedding--hark, can you hear the strains of Mendelssohn?"”
plural of “strain” — (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
From this reading “"It reminds me of a wedding--hark, can you hear the strains of Mendelssohn?"”
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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 "It reminds me of a wedding--hark, can you hear the strains of Mendelssohn?"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Those are frogs, Betty," laughed Mollie.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Aren't they delicious!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Those are frogs, Betty," laughed Mollie.
plural of “blossom” — reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
From this reading LAUNCHING THE BOAT "Can you smell the orange blossoms?"
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading LAUNCHING THE BOAT "Can you smell the orange blossoms?"
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading LAUNCHING THE BOAT "Can you smell the orange blossoms?"
greatly pleasing or entertaining
From this reading Aren't they delicious!"
plural of “frog” — any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
From this reading "Those are frogs, Betty," laughed Mollie.
listen; used mostly in the imperative
From this reading "It reminds me of a wedding--hark, can you hear the strains of Mendelssohn?"
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading "It reminds me of a wedding--hark, can you hear the strains of Mendelssohn?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It reminds me of a wedding--hark, can you hear the strains of Mendelssohn?"
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading "Those are frogs, Betty," laughed Mollie.
the act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time
From this reading LAUNCHING THE BOAT "Can you smell the orange blossoms?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "It reminds me of a wedding--hark, can you hear the strains of Mendelssohn?"
German musician and romantic composer of orchestral and choral works (1809-1847)
From this reading "It reminds me of a wedding--hark, can you hear the strains of Mendelssohn?"
popular aquarium fish
From this reading "Those are frogs, Betty," laughed Mollie.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "It reminds me of a wedding--hark, can you hear the strains of Mendelssohn?"
round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
From this reading LAUNCHING THE BOAT "Can you smell the orange blossoms?"
third-person singular of “remind” — put in the mind of someone
From this reading "It reminds me of a wedding--hark, can you hear the strains of Mendelssohn?"
the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading LAUNCHING THE BOAT "Can you smell the orange blossoms?"
plural of “strain” — (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
From this reading "It reminds me of a wedding--hark, can you hear the strains of Mendelssohn?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LAUNCHING THE BOAT "Can you smell the orange blossoms?"
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Aren't they delicious!"
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "Those are frogs, Betty," laughed Mollie.
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
From this reading "It reminds me of a wedding--hark, can you hear the strains of Mendelssohn?"
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading LAUNCHING THE BOAT "Can you smell the orange blossoms?"
Chapter 8 of The Outdoor Girls in Florida by Laura Lee Hope holds 98 sentences, grouped into 20 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 8 holds 98 sentences of The Outdoor Girls in Florida, unabridged, divided into 20 reading sections.
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