Chapter 5 of The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SEEKING ADVICE. JEAN giggled. Frank Kent and Jack were so funny. They both turned and glared at her with reproachful eyes. "I hope you don't think I have intruded," Frank protested hotly.
Chapter 5 of The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading “Frank Kent and Jack were so funny.”
past form of “giggle” — laugh nervously
From this reading “JEAN giggled.”
past form of “glare” — look at with a fixed gaze
From this reading “They both turned and glared at her with reproachful eyes.”
in a heated manner
From this reading “"I hope you don't think I have intruded," Frank protested hotly.”
past form of “intrude” — enter uninvited
From this reading “"I hope you don't think I have intruded," Frank protested hotly.”
a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans
From this reading “Frank Kent and Jack were so funny.”
past form of “protest” — utter words of protest
From this reading “"I hope you don't think I have intruded," Frank protested hotly.”
the act of searching for something
From this reading “SEEKING ADVICE.”
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.
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In this reading “They both turned and glared at her with reproachful eyes.”
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a proposal for an appropriate course of action
From this reading SEEKING ADVICE.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Frank Kent and Jack were so funny.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They both turned and glared at her with reproachful eyes.
the two together, not just one
From this reading They both turned and glared at her with reproachful eyes.
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From this reading "I hope you don't think I have intruded," Frank protested hotly.
opinion or judgment
From this reading They both turned and glared at her with reproachful eyes.
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading Frank Kent and Jack were so funny.
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading Frank Kent and Jack were so funny.
past form of “giggle” — laugh nervously
From this reading JEAN giggled.
past form of “glare” — look at with a fixed gaze
From this reading They both turned and glared at her with reproachful eyes.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I hope you don't think I have intruded," Frank protested hotly.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading They both turned and glared at her with reproachful eyes.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading "I hope you don't think I have intruded," Frank protested hotly.
in a heated manner
From this reading "I hope you don't think I have intruded," Frank protested hotly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I hope you don't think I have intruded," Frank protested hotly.
past form of “intrude” — enter uninvited
From this reading "I hope you don't think I have intruded," Frank protested hotly.
a small worthless amount
From this reading Frank Kent and Jack were so funny.
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
From this reading JEAN giggled.
a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans
From this reading Frank Kent and Jack were so funny.
past form of “protest” — utter words of protest
From this reading "I hope you don't think I have intruded," Frank protested hotly.
expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective
From this reading They both turned and glared at her with reproachful eyes.
the act of searching for something
From this reading SEEKING ADVICE.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Frank Kent and Jack were so funny.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They both turned and glared at her with reproachful eyes.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "I hope you don't think I have intruded," Frank protested hotly.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading They both turned and glared at her with reproachful eyes.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Frank Kent and Jack were so funny.
in the company of; together with
From this reading They both turned and glared at her with reproachful eyes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I hope you don't think I have intruded," Frank protested hotly.
Chapter 5 of The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge by Margaret Vandercook holds 151 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 5 holds 151 sentences of The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
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