Chapter 22 of Tom Fairfield in Camp is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Tom Fairfield in Camp is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave. But nothing of this kind happened. “If they would only come out, one at a time, I might capture them,” he thought. “Then I could go in and do as I pleased. But that’s too good luck to have happen.”
Chapter 22 of Tom Fairfield in Camp is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
From this reading ““If they would only come out, one at a time, I might capture them,” he thought.”
plural of “discovery” — the act of discovering something
From this reading “TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.”
-ing form of “hope” — expect and wish
From this reading “TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.”
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading “But that’s too good luck to have happen.””
move about in a confused manner
From this reading “TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.”
possessive form of “tom” — male cat
a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
From this reading “TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.”
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an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes
In this reading “But that’s too good luck to have happen.””
appear or become visible; make a showing
In this reading “TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.”
In this reading “But that’s too good luck to have happen.””
simultaneously
In this reading ““If they would only come out, one at a time, I might capture them,” he thought.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Then I could go in and do as I pleased.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Then I could go in and do as I pleased.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “If they would only come out, one at a time, I might capture them,” he thought.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But nothing of this kind happened.
succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
From this reading “If they would only come out, one at a time, I might capture them,” he thought.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Then I could go in and do as I pleased.
plural of “discovery” — the act of discovering something
From this reading TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Then I could go in and do as I pleased.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Then I could go in and do as I pleased.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading But that’s too good luck to have happen.”
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.
come to pass
From this reading But that’s too good luck to have happen.”
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading But nothing of this kind happened.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But that’s too good luck to have happen.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “If they would only come out, one at a time, I might capture them,” he thought.
-ing form of “hope” — expect and wish
From this reading TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “If they would only come out, one at a time, I might capture them,” he thought.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If they would only come out, one at a time, I might capture them,” he thought.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Then I could go in and do as I pleased.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading But nothing of this kind happened.
go away from a place
From this reading TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading But that’s too good luck to have happen.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.
move about in a confused manner
From this reading TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading But nothing of this kind happened.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But nothing of this kind happened.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “If they would only come out, one at a time, I might capture them,” he thought.
and nothing more
From this reading “If they would only come out, one at a time, I might capture them,” he thought.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.
experiencing or manifesting pleasure
From this reading “Then I could go in and do as I pleased.
a person, without saying who
From this reading TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.
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From this reading But that’s too good luck to have happen.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “If they would only come out, one at a time, I might capture them,” he thought.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Then I could go in and do as I pleased.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “If they would only come out, one at a time, I might capture them,” he thought.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But nothing of this kind happened.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “If they would only come out, one at a time, I might capture them,” he thought.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading “If they would only come out, one at a time, I might capture them,” he thought.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But that’s too good luck to have happen.”
male cat
From this reading TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.
possessive form of “tom” — male cat
From this reading TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading But that’s too good luck to have happen.”
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.
a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
From this reading TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.
in the company of; together with
From this reading TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading TOM’S DISCOVERIES Tom waited around a bit, hoping someone might come out from the mill, or that the watcher with the gun would leave.
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