Chapter 5 of The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A WONDERFUL OUTING "Hello, Betty, that you? Yes, this is Mollie, of course. It seems to me that I'm always at the 'phone these days. But, oh, Betty, I just simply couldn't wait a minute to tell you!
Chapter 5 of The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island is here in full — 171 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an expression of greeting
From this reading “A WONDERFUL OUTING "Hello, Betty, that you?”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “But, oh, Betty, I just simply couldn't wait a minute to tell you!”
popular aquarium fish
From this reading “Yes, this is Mollie, of course.”
a journey taken for pleasure
From this reading “A WONDERFUL OUTING "Hello, Betty, that you?”
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading “It seems to me that I'm always at the 'phone these days.”
and nothing more
From this reading “But, oh, Betty, I just simply couldn't wait a minute to tell you!”
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “But, oh, Betty, I just simply couldn't wait a minute to tell you!”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “A WONDERFUL OUTING "Hello, Betty, that you?”
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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 WONDERFUL OUTING "Hello, Betty, that you?
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading It seems to me that I'm always at the 'phone these days.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It seems to me that I'm always at the 'phone these days.
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From this reading A WONDERFUL OUTING "Hello, Betty, that you?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, oh, Betty, I just simply couldn't wait a minute to tell you!
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From this reading But, oh, Betty, I just simply couldn't wait a minute to tell you!
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading Yes, this is Mollie, of course.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading It seems to me that I'm always at the 'phone these days.
an expression of greeting
From this reading A WONDERFUL OUTING "Hello, Betty, that you?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But, oh, Betty, I just simply couldn't wait a minute to tell you!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It seems to me that I'm always at the 'phone these days.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yes, this is Mollie, of course.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seems to me that I'm always at the 'phone these days.
and nothing more
From this reading But, oh, Betty, I just simply couldn't wait a minute to tell you!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It seems to me that I'm always at the 'phone these days.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading But, oh, Betty, I just simply couldn't wait a minute to tell you!
popular aquarium fish
From this reading Yes, this is Mollie, of course.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Yes, this is Mollie, of course.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading But, oh, Betty, I just simply couldn't wait a minute to tell you!
a journey taken for pleasure
From this reading A WONDERFUL OUTING "Hello, Betty, that you?
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading It seems to me that I'm always at the 'phone these days.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading It seems to me that I'm always at the 'phone these days.
and nothing more
From this reading But, oh, Betty, I just simply couldn't wait a minute to tell you!
express in words
From this reading But, oh, Betty, I just simply couldn't wait a minute to tell you!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A WONDERFUL OUTING "Hello, Betty, that you?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It seems to me that I'm always at the 'phone these days.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading It seems to me that I'm always at the 'phone these days.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Yes, this is Mollie, of course.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It seems to me that I'm always at the 'phone these days.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading But, oh, Betty, I just simply couldn't wait a minute to tell you!
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading A WONDERFUL OUTING "Hello, Betty, that you?
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, this is Mollie, of course.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A WONDERFUL OUTING "Hello, Betty, that you?
Chapter 5 of The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island by Laura Lee Hope holds 171 sentences, grouped into 35 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 5 holds 171 sentences of The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
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