Chapter 21 of The Putnam Hall Encampment is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 21 of The Putnam Hall Encampment is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ON BUTTERFLY ISLAND “What’s this?” “Oh, I am stung!” “It’s a nest of hornets!” “Let me get out of this!” “Ouch!
Chapter 21 of The Putnam Hall Encampment is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 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.
flutter like a butterfly
From this reading “ON BUTTERFLY ISLAND “What’s this?””
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading ““Let me get out of this!””
plural of “hornet” — large stinging paper wasp
From this reading ““It’s a nest of hornets!””
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading “ON BUTTERFLY ISLAND “What’s this?””
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading ““Let me get out of this!””
a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
From this reading ““It’s a nest of hornets!””
aroused to impatience or anger
From this reading ““Oh, I am stung!””
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.
move out of or depart from
In this reading ““Let me get out of this!””
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 “It’s a nest of hornets!”
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “Oh, I am stung!”
flutter like a butterfly
From this reading ON BUTTERFLY ISLAND “What’s this?”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Let me get out of this!”
plural of “hornet” — large stinging paper wasp
From this reading “It’s a nest of hornets!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Oh, I am stung!”
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading ON BUTTERFLY ISLAND “What’s this?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It’s a nest of hornets!”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Let me get out of this!”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Let me get out of this!”
a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
From this reading “It’s a nest of hornets!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “It’s a nest of hornets!”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, I am stung!”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON BUTTERFLY ISLAND “What’s this?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Ouch!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “Let me get out of this!”
aroused to impatience or anger
From this reading “Oh, I am stung!”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading ON BUTTERFLY ISLAND “What’s this?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ON BUTTERFLY ISLAND “What’s this?”
Chapter 21 of The Putnam Hall Encampment by Edward Stratemeyer holds 153 sentences, grouped into 31 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 21 holds 153 sentences of The Putnam Hall Encampment, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 21 of The Putnam Hall Encampment by Edward Stratemeyer exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 153 sentences, grouped into 31 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.
Work through the 31 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 31 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 21 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Putnam Hall Encampment, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
