Chapter 13 of The Outdoor Girls of Deepdale is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of The Outdoor Girls of Deepdale is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BROKEN RAIL Dumb amazement held the girls in suspense for a moment. Then came a chorus of cries. "Mollie, you never did that!" "Forgot our lunch!" "And we're so hungry!"
Chapter 13 of The Outdoor Girls of Deepdale is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
From this reading “THE BROKEN RAIL Dumb amazement held the girls in suspense for a moment.”
any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
From this reading “Then came a chorus of cries.”
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
From this reading “THE BROKEN RAIL Dumb amazement held the girls in suspense for a moment.”
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading “"And we're so hungry!"”
take the midday meal
From this reading “"Forgot our lunch!"”
popular aquarium fish
From this reading “"Mollie, you never did that!"”
a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
From this reading “THE BROKEN RAIL Dumb amazement held the girls in suspense for a moment.”
apprehension about what is going to happen
From this reading “THE BROKEN RAIL Dumb amazement held the girls in suspense for a moment.”
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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 THE BROKEN RAIL Dumb amazement held the girls in suspense for a moment.
the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising
From this reading THE BROKEN RAIL Dumb amazement held the girls in suspense for a moment.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And we're so hungry!"
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading THE BROKEN RAIL Dumb amazement held the girls in suspense for a moment.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Then came a chorus of cries.
any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
From this reading Then came a chorus of cries.
plural of “cry” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading Then came a chorus of cries.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Mollie, you never did that!"
slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
From this reading THE BROKEN RAIL Dumb amazement held the girls in suspense for a moment.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE BROKEN RAIL Dumb amazement held the girls in suspense for a moment.
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading "Forgot our lunch!"
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading THE BROKEN RAIL Dumb amazement held the girls in suspense for a moment.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading THE BROKEN RAIL Dumb amazement held the girls in suspense for a moment.
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading "And we're so hungry!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE BROKEN RAIL Dumb amazement held the girls in suspense for a moment.
take the midday meal
From this reading "Forgot our lunch!"
popular aquarium fish
From this reading "Mollie, you never did that!"
a particular point in time
From this reading THE BROKEN RAIL Dumb amazement held the girls in suspense for a moment.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "Mollie, you never did that!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then came a chorus of cries.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "Forgot our lunch!"
a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
From this reading THE BROKEN RAIL Dumb amazement held the girls in suspense for a moment.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "And we're so hungry!"
apprehension about what is going to happen
From this reading THE BROKEN RAIL Dumb amazement held the girls in suspense for a moment.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Mollie, you never did that!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BROKEN RAIL Dumb amazement held the girls in suspense for a moment.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then came a chorus of cries.
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From this reading "And we're so hungry!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Mollie, you never did that!"
Chapter 13 of The Outdoor Girls of Deepdale by Laura Lee Hope holds 202 sentences, grouped into 41 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 13 holds 202 sentences of The Outdoor Girls of Deepdale, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
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