Chapter 16 of The Strange Cabin on Catamount Island is here in full — 89 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Strange Cabin on Catamount Island is here in full — 89 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE LAST CAMP FIRE ON CATAMOUNT ISLAND. "Hello! In camp, there, ahoy! Show a head!" That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.
Chapter 16 of The Strange Cabin on Catamount Island is here in full — 89 sentences across 18 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 “THE LAST CAMP FIRE ON CATAMOUNT ISLAND.”
short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur
From this reading “THE LAST CAMP FIRE ON CATAMOUNT ISLAND.”
ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point
From this reading “That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.”
an expression of greeting
From this reading “"Hello!”
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading “THE LAST CAMP FIRE ON CATAMOUNT ISLAND.”
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
From this reading “That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.”
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
From this reading “That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.”
in a vehement outcry
From this reading “That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.”
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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 Show a head!"
a record or narrative description of past events
From this reading That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In camp, there, ahoy!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.
lacking funds
From this reading That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading THE LAST CAMP FIRE ON CATAMOUNT ISLAND.
put or send forth
From this reading That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.
short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur
From this reading THE LAST CAMP FIRE ON CATAMOUNT ISLAND.
ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point
From this reading That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.
start firing a weapon
From this reading THE LAST CAMP FIRE ON CATAMOUNT ISLAND.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Show a head!"
an expression of greeting
From this reading "Hello!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In camp, there, ahoy!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading THE LAST CAMP FIRE ON CATAMOUNT ISLAND.
and nothing more
From this reading That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
From this reading That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.
immediately past
From this reading THE LAST CAMP FIRE ON CATAMOUNT ISLAND.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
From this reading That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.
not one, and not any
From this reading That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE LAST CAMP FIRE ON CATAMOUNT ISLAND.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Show a head!"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LAST CAMP FIRE ON CATAMOUNT ISLAND.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.
in or at that place or location
From this reading In camp, there, ahoy!
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading That was the way Max shouted, as he broke into the circle of light cast by the camp fire, none too good just then, on account of lack of attention.
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