Chapter 11 of Witches Cove: A Mystery Story for Girls is here in full — 325 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Witches Cove: A Mystery Story for Girls is here in full — 325 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE WAVERING RED LIGHT “Look, Don. What a strange red light.” Pearl, who had been curled like a kitten on the prow of the boat, rose on her elbows to point away to sea. “Where?” Don asked.
Chapter 11 of Witches Cove: A Mystery Story for Girls is here in full — 325 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading “Pearl, who had been curled like a kitten on the prow of the boat, rose on her elbows to point away to sea.”
(of hair) making curls or having been made to curl
From this reading “Pearl, who had been curled like a kitten on the prow of the boat, rose on her elbows to point away to sea.”
a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
From this reading “THE WAVERING RED LIGHT “Look, Don.”
plural of “elbow” — hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
From this reading “Pearl, who had been curled like a kitten on the prow of the boat, rose on her elbows to point away to sea.”
young domestic cat
From this reading “Pearl, who had been curled like a kitten on the prow of the boat, rose on her elbows to point away to sea.”
a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
From this reading “Pearl, who had been curled like a kitten on the prow of the boat, rose on her elbows to point away to sea.”
front part of a vessel or aircraft
From this reading “Pearl, who had been curled like a kitten on the prow of the boat, rose on her elbows to point away to sea.”
indecision in speech or action
From this reading “THE WAVERING RED LIGHT “Look, Don.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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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 What a strange red light.”
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Don asked.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Pearl, who had been curled like a kitten on the prow of the boat, rose on her elbows to point away to sea.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Pearl, who had been curled like a kitten on the prow of the boat, rose on her elbows to point away to sea.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading Pearl, who had been curled like a kitten on the prow of the boat, rose on her elbows to point away to sea.
(of hair) making curls or having been made to curl
From this reading Pearl, who had been curled like a kitten on the prow of the boat, rose on her elbows to point away to sea.
a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
From this reading THE WAVERING RED LIGHT “Look, Don.
plural of “elbow” — hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
From this reading Pearl, who had been curled like a kitten on the prow of the boat, rose on her elbows to point away to sea.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Pearl, who had been curled like a kitten on the prow of the boat, rose on her elbows to point away to sea.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Pearl, who had been curled like a kitten on the prow of the boat, rose on her elbows to point away to sea.
young domestic cat
From this reading Pearl, who had been curled like a kitten on the prow of the boat, rose on her elbows to point away to sea.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading THE WAVERING RED LIGHT “Look, Don.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Pearl, who had been curled like a kitten on the prow of the boat, rose on her elbows to point away to sea.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading THE WAVERING RED LIGHT “Look, Don.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Pearl, who had been curled like a kitten on the prow of the boat, rose on her elbows to point away to sea.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Pearl, who had been curled like a kitten on the prow of the boat, rose on her elbows to point away to sea.
a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
From this reading Pearl, who had been curled like a kitten on the prow of the boat, rose on her elbows to point away to sea.
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading Pearl, who had been curled like a kitten on the prow of the boat, rose on her elbows to point away to sea.
front part of a vessel or aircraft
From this reading Pearl, who had been curled like a kitten on the prow of the boat, rose on her elbows to point away to sea.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading THE WAVERING RED LIGHT “Look, Don.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading Pearl, who had been curled like a kitten on the prow of the boat, rose on her elbows to point away to sea.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading Pearl, who had been curled like a kitten on the prow of the boat, rose on her elbows to point away to sea.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading What a strange red light.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WAVERING RED LIGHT “Look, Don.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Pearl, who had been curled like a kitten on the prow of the boat, rose on her elbows to point away to sea.
indecision in speech or action
From this reading THE WAVERING RED LIGHT “Look, Don.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What a strange red light.”
in or at the place that
From this reading “Where?”
which person or people
From this reading Pearl, who had been curled like a kitten on the prow of the boat, rose on her elbows to point away to sea.
Chapter 11 of Witches Cove: A Mystery Story for Girls by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 325 sentences, grouped into 65 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 11 holds 325 sentences of Witches Cove: A Mystery Story for Girls, unabridged, divided into 65 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Witches Cove: A Mystery Story for Girls by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 325 sentences, grouped into 65 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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