Chapter 13 of Winona of the Camp Fire is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Winona of the Camp Fire is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Your father?” asked Louise frivolously. “No, the fish!” Tom rushed upstairs to change his clothes, while Louise thoughtfully ate another sandwich and called Winona. Winona came running down the back stairs. “Did you keep him?” she said.
Chapter 13 of Winona of the Camp Fire is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
From this reading “Tom rushed upstairs to change his clothes, while Louise thoughtfully ate another sandwich and called Winona.”
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading ““No, the fish!””
in a frivolous manner
From this reading ““Your father?” asked Louise frivolously.”
done under pressure
From this reading “Tom rushed upstairs to change his clothes, while Louise thoughtfully ate another sandwich and called Winona.”
two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them
From this reading “Tom rushed upstairs to change his clothes, while Louise thoughtfully ate another sandwich and called Winona.”
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading “Winona came running down the back stairs.”
in a thoughtful manner
From this reading “Tom rushed upstairs to change his clothes, while Louise thoughtfully ate another sandwich and called Winona.”
on a floor above
From this reading “Tom rushed upstairs to change his clothes, while Louise thoughtfully ate another sandwich and called Winona.”
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 “Winona came running down the back stairs.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Tom rushed upstairs to change his clothes, while Louise thoughtfully ate another sandwich and called Winona.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Tom rushed upstairs to change his clothes, while Louise thoughtfully ate another sandwich and called Winona.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Your father?” asked Louise frivolously.
goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
From this reading Tom rushed upstairs to change his clothes, while Louise thoughtfully ate another sandwich and called Winona.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Winona came running down the back stairs.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Tom rushed upstairs to change his clothes, while Louise thoughtfully ate another sandwich and called Winona.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Winona came running down the back stairs.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading Tom rushed upstairs to change his clothes, while Louise thoughtfully ate another sandwich and called Winona.
clothing in general
From this reading Tom rushed upstairs to change his clothes, while Louise thoughtfully ate another sandwich and called Winona.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Did you keep him?” she said.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Winona came running down the back stairs.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “Your father?” asked Louise frivolously.
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading “No, the fish!”
in a frivolous manner
From this reading “Your father?” asked Louise frivolously.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Did you keep him?” she said.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Tom rushed upstairs to change his clothes, while Louise thoughtfully ate another sandwich and called Winona.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading “Did you keep him?” she said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Your father?” asked Louise frivolously.
not any; not one
From this reading “No, the fish!”
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading Winona came running down the back stairs.
done under pressure
From this reading Tom rushed upstairs to change his clothes, while Louise thoughtfully ate another sandwich and called Winona.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Did you keep him?” she said.
two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them
From this reading Tom rushed upstairs to change his clothes, while Louise thoughtfully ate another sandwich and called Winona.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Did you keep him?” she said.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading Winona came running down the back stairs.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “No, the fish!”
in a thoughtful manner
From this reading Tom rushed upstairs to change his clothes, while Louise thoughtfully ate another sandwich and called Winona.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Tom rushed upstairs to change his clothes, while Louise thoughtfully ate another sandwich and called Winona.
male cat
From this reading Tom rushed upstairs to change his clothes, while Louise thoughtfully ate another sandwich and called Winona.
on a floor above
From this reading Tom rushed upstairs to change his clothes, while Louise thoughtfully ate another sandwich and called Winona.
during the time that
From this reading Tom rushed upstairs to change his clothes, while Louise thoughtfully ate another sandwich and called Winona.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tom rushed upstairs to change his clothes, while Louise thoughtfully ate another sandwich and called Winona.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Did you keep him?” she said.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Your father?” asked Louise frivolously.
Chapter 13 of Winona of the Camp Fire by Margaret Widdemer holds 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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 13 holds 411 sentences of Winona of the Camp Fire, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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