Chapter 6 of The Torch Bearer: A Camp Fire Girls' Story is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of The Torch Bearer: A Camp Fire Girls' Story is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"_Afraid!_" Miss Laura caught herself up quickly. "Yes'm," said Jim in a still smaller voice, his eyes hidden now. "O--then I'll leave the light, of course." But there was just a shade of disappointment in Miss Laura's voice and Jim caught it. "Good-night, dear," she added, with a light touch on the straight brown hair.
Chapter 6 of The Torch Bearer: A Camp Fire Girls' Story is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading “"Good-night, dear," she added, with a light touch on the straight brown hair.”
a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized
From this reading “But there was just a shade of disappointment in Miss Laura's voice and Jim caught it.”
not accessible to view
From this reading “"Yes'm," said Jim in a still smaller voice, his eyes hidden now.”
with speed
From this reading “"_Afraid!_" Miss Laura caught herself up quickly.”
relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
From this reading “But there was just a shade of disappointment in Miss Laura's voice and Jim caught it.”
small or little relative to something else
From this reading “"Yes'm," said Jim in a still smaller voice, his eyes hidden now.”
successive (without a break)
From this reading “"Good-night, dear," she added, with a light touch on the straight brown hair.”
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading “"Good-night, dear," she added, with a light touch on the straight brown hair.”
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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 "Yes'm," said Jim in a still smaller voice, his eyes hidden now.
past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading "Good-night, dear," she added, with a light touch on the straight brown hair.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading "_Afraid!_" Miss Laura caught herself up quickly.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But there was just a shade of disappointment in Miss Laura's voice and Jim caught it.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading "Good-night, dear," she added, with a light touch on the straight brown hair.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But there was just a shade of disappointment in Miss Laura's voice and Jim caught it.
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading "_Afraid!_" Miss Laura caught herself up quickly.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading "O--then I'll leave the light, of course."
dearly loved
From this reading "Good-night, dear," she added, with a light touch on the straight brown hair.
a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized
From this reading But there was just a shade of disappointment in Miss Laura's voice and Jim caught it.
opinion or judgment
From this reading "Yes'm," said Jim in a still smaller voice, his eyes hidden now.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Good-night, dear," she added, with a light touch on the straight brown hair.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading "Good-night, dear," she added, with a light touch on the straight brown hair.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading "_Afraid!_" Miss Laura caught herself up quickly.
not accessible to view
From this reading "Yes'm," said Jim in a still smaller voice, his eyes hidden now.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Yes'm," said Jim in a still smaller voice, his eyes hidden now.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "O--then I'll leave the light, of course."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Yes'm," said Jim in a still smaller voice, his eyes hidden now.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But there was just a shade of disappointment in Miss Laura's voice and Jim caught it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes'm," said Jim in a still smaller voice, his eyes hidden now.
and nothing more
From this reading But there was just a shade of disappointment in Miss Laura's voice and Jim caught it.
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From this reading "_Afraid!_" Miss Laura caught herself up quickly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But there was just a shade of disappointment in Miss Laura's voice and Jim caught it.
go away from a place
From this reading "O--then I'll leave the light, of course."
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading "O--then I'll leave the light, of course."
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "_Afraid!_" Miss Laura caught herself up quickly.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Yes'm," said Jim in a still smaller voice, his eyes hidden now.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading "O--then I'll leave the light, of course."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "O--then I'll leave the light, of course."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Good-night, dear," she added, with a light touch on the straight brown hair.
with speed
From this reading "_Afraid!_" Miss Laura caught herself up quickly.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Yes'm," said Jim in a still smaller voice, his eyes hidden now.
relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
From this reading But there was just a shade of disappointment in Miss Laura's voice and Jim caught it.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Good-night, dear," she added, with a light touch on the straight brown hair.
small or little relative to something else
From this reading "Yes'm," said Jim in a still smaller voice, his eyes hidden now.
not in physical motion
From this reading "Yes'm," said Jim in a still smaller voice, his eyes hidden now.
successive (without a break)
From this reading "Good-night, dear," she added, with a light touch on the straight brown hair.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "O--then I'll leave the light, of course."
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "O--then I'll leave the light, of course."
in or at that place or location
From this reading But there was just a shade of disappointment in Miss Laura's voice and Jim caught it.
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading "Good-night, dear," she added, with a light touch on the straight brown hair.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "_Afraid!_" Miss Laura caught herself up quickly.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading "Yes'm," said Jim in a still smaller voice, his eyes hidden now.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But there was just a shade of disappointment in Miss Laura's voice and Jim caught it.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Good-night, dear," she added, with a light touch on the straight brown hair.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes'm," said Jim in a still smaller voice, his eyes hidden now.
Chapter 6 of The Torch Bearer: A Camp Fire Girls' Story by I. T. (Ida Treadwell) Thurston holds 423 sentences, grouped into 85 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 6 holds 423 sentences of The Torch Bearer: A Camp Fire Girls' Story, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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