Chapter 1 of The Strange Cabin on Catamount Island is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Strange Cabin on Catamount Island is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"And so Herb Benson dared you, Max, you say?" "That's what he did, Steve." "To camp on Catamount Island?" "And stay there a full week. He said that even if we did have nerve enough to make the _try_, he'd give us just one solitary night to hang out there!"
Chapter 1 of The Strange Cabin on Catamount Island is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading “"To camp on Catamount Island?"”
short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur
From this reading “"To camp on Catamount Island?"”
past form of “dare” — take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading “"And so Herb Benson dared you, Max, you say?"”
be suspended or hanging
From this reading “He said that even if we did have nerve enough to make the _try_, he'd give us just one solitary night to hang out there!"”
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
From this reading “"And so Herb Benson dared you, Max, you say?"”
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
From this reading “"And so Herb Benson dared you, Max, you say?"”
any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
From this reading “He said that even if we did have nerve enough to make the _try_, he'd give us just one solitary night to hang out there!"”
characterized by or preferring solitude
From this reading “He said that even if we did have nerve enough to make the _try_, he'd give us just one solitary night to hang out there!"”
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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 "And stay there a full week.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And so Herb Benson dared you, Max, you say?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And so Herb Benson dared you, Max, you say?"
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading "To camp on Catamount Island?"
short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur
From this reading "To camp on Catamount Island?"
past form of “dare” — take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading "And so Herb Benson dared you, Max, you say?"
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "That's what he did, Steve."
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading He said that even if we did have nerve enough to make the _try_, he'd give us just one solitary night to hang out there!"
divisible by two
From this reading He said that even if we did have nerve enough to make the _try_, he'd give us just one solitary night to hang out there!"
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading "And stay there a full week.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading He said that even if we did have nerve enough to make the _try_, he'd give us just one solitary night to hang out there!"
be suspended or hanging
From this reading He said that even if we did have nerve enough to make the _try_, he'd give us just one solitary night to hang out there!"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He said that even if we did have nerve enough to make the _try_, he'd give us just one solitary night to hang out there!"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "That's what he did, Steve."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He said that even if we did have nerve enough to make the _try_, he'd give us just one solitary night to hang out there!"
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
From this reading "And so Herb Benson dared you, Max, you say?"
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He said that even if we did have nerve enough to make the _try_, he'd give us just one solitary night to hang out there!"
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading "To camp on Catamount Island?"
and nothing more
From this reading He said that even if we did have nerve enough to make the _try_, he'd give us just one solitary night to hang out there!"
engage in
From this reading He said that even if we did have nerve enough to make the _try_, he'd give us just one solitary night to hang out there!"
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
From this reading "And so Herb Benson dared you, Max, you say?"
any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
From this reading He said that even if we did have nerve enough to make the _try_, he'd give us just one solitary night to hang out there!"
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading He said that even if we did have nerve enough to make the _try_, he'd give us just one solitary night to hang out there!"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "To camp on Catamount Island?"
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He said that even if we did have nerve enough to make the _try_, he'd give us just one solitary night to hang out there!"
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading He said that even if we did have nerve enough to make the _try_, he'd give us just one solitary night to hang out there!"
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading He said that even if we did have nerve enough to make the _try_, he'd give us just one solitary night to hang out there!"
express in words
From this reading "And so Herb Benson dared you, Max, you say?"
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "And so Herb Benson dared you, Max, you say?"
characterized by or preferring solitude
From this reading He said that even if we did have nerve enough to make the _try_, he'd give us just one solitary night to hang out there!"
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading "And stay there a full week.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's what he did, Steve."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He said that even if we did have nerve enough to make the _try_, he'd give us just one solitary night to hang out there!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's what he did, Steve."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He said that even if we did have nerve enough to make the _try_, he'd give us just one solitary night to hang out there!"
in or at that place or location
From this reading "And stay there a full week.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "To camp on Catamount Island?"
make an effort or attempt
From this reading He said that even if we did have nerve enough to make the _try_, he'd give us just one solitary night to hang out there!"
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He said that even if we did have nerve enough to make the _try_, he'd give us just one solitary night to hang out there!"
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading He said that even if we did have nerve enough to make the _try_, he'd give us just one solitary night to hang out there!"
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading "And stay there a full week.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "That's what he did, Steve."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "And so Herb Benson dared you, Max, you say?"
Chapter 1 of The Strange Cabin on Catamount Island by Lawrence J. Leslie holds 116 sentences, grouped into 24 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.
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