Chapter VIII of The Putnam Hall Encampment, “What the Girls Had to Tell,” is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VIII
Chapter VIII of The Putnam Hall Encampment, “What the Girls Had to Tell,” is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“What do you say, Jack, to a spin on our wheels?” “That suits me, Pepper. Shall we go alone, or ask some of the others?” “I have already asked Andy and Dale.” “Good enough.”
Chapter VIII of The Putnam Hall Encampment, “What the Girls Had to Tell,” is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 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.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading ““I have already asked Andy and Dale.””
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Shall we go alone, or ask some of the others?””
an open river valley (in a hilly area)
From this reading ““I have already asked Andy and Dale.””
a small worthless amount
From this reading ““What do you say, Jack, to a spin on our wheels?””
add pepper to
From this reading ““That suits me, Pepper.”
revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
From this reading ““What do you say, Jack, to a spin on our wheels?””
plural of “suit” — a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color
From this reading ““That suits me, Pepper.”
plural of “wheel” — a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)
From this reading ““What do you say, Jack, to a spin on our wheels?””
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
adequately good for the circumstances
In this reading ““Good enough.””
In this reading “Shall we go alone, or ask some of the others?””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “What do you say, Jack, to a spin on our wheels?”
Having no one else present.
From this reading Shall we go alone, or ask some of the others?”
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading “I have already asked Andy and Dale.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “I have already asked Andy and Dale.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I have already asked Andy and Dale.”
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Shall we go alone, or ask some of the others?”
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “I have already asked Andy and Dale.”
an open river valley (in a hilly area)
From this reading “I have already asked Andy and Dale.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “What do you say, Jack, to a spin on our wheels?”
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading “Good enough.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Shall we go alone, or ask some of the others?”
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “Good enough.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have already asked Andy and Dale.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I have already asked Andy and Dale.”
a small worthless amount
From this reading “What do you say, Jack, to a spin on our wheels?”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “That suits me, Pepper.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Shall we go alone, or ask some of the others?”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “What do you say, Jack, to a spin on our wheels?”
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Shall we go alone, or ask some of the others?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Shall we go alone, or ask some of the others?”
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “What do you say, Jack, to a spin on our wheels?”
add pepper to
From this reading “That suits me, Pepper.
express in words
From this reading “What do you say, Jack, to a spin on our wheels?”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Shall we go alone, or ask some of the others?”
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Shall we go alone, or ask some of the others?”
revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
From this reading “What do you say, Jack, to a spin on our wheels?”
plural of “suit” — a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color
From this reading “That suits me, Pepper.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That suits me, Pepper.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Shall we go alone, or ask some of the others?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “What do you say, Jack, to a spin on our wheels?”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Shall we go alone, or ask some of the others?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What do you say, Jack, to a spin on our wheels?”
plural of “wheel” — a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)
From this reading “What do you say, Jack, to a spin on our wheels?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What do you say, Jack, to a spin on our wheels?”
Chapter 8 of The Putnam Hall Encampment by Edward Stratemeyer holds 166 sentences, grouped into 34 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 166 sentences of The Putnam Hall Encampment, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Putnam Hall Encampment by Edward Stratemeyer exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 166 sentences, grouped into 34 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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