Chapter 5 of Wyn's Camping Days is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Wyn's Camping Days is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BESSIE LAVINE Suddenly a gay voice hailed Wyn. "Hi, Captain of the Go-Aheads! What are you doing, mooning here?" "Why, Bess!" returned Wyn, turning to greet Bessie Lavine. "I didn't see you coming along."
Chapter 5 of Wyn's Camping Days is here in full — 101 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “"I didn't see you coming along."”
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading “What are you doing, mooning here?"”
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading “BESSIE LAVINE Suddenly a gay voice hailed Wyn.”
express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading “"Why, Bess!" returned Wyn, turning to greet Bessie Lavine.”
past form of “hail” — praise vociferously
From this reading “BESSIE LAVINE Suddenly a gay voice hailed Wyn.”
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading “"Why, Bess!" returned Wyn, turning to greet Bessie Lavine.”
happening unexpectedly
From this reading “BESSIE LAVINE Suddenly a gay voice hailed Wyn.”
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading “"Why, Bess!" returned Wyn, turning to greet Bessie Lavine.”
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.
In this reading “BESSIE LAVINE Suddenly a gay voice hailed Wyn.”
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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 BESSIE LAVINE Suddenly a gay voice hailed Wyn.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading "I didn't see you coming along."
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading What are you doing, mooning here?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why, Bess!" returned Wyn, turning to greet Bessie Lavine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BESSIE LAVINE Suddenly a gay voice hailed Wyn.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading "Hi, Captain of the Go-Aheads!
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading "I didn't see you coming along."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I didn't see you coming along."
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading What are you doing, mooning here?"
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading BESSIE LAVINE Suddenly a gay voice hailed Wyn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hi, Captain of the Go-Aheads!
express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading "Why, Bess!" returned Wyn, turning to greet Bessie Lavine.
past form of “hail” — praise vociferously
From this reading BESSIE LAVINE Suddenly a gay voice hailed Wyn.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading What are you doing, mooning here?"
an expression of greeting
From this reading "Hi, Captain of the Go-Aheads!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I didn't see you coming along."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BESSIE LAVINE Suddenly a gay voice hailed Wyn.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What are you doing, mooning here?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Hi, Captain of the Go-Aheads!
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading "Why, Bess!" returned Wyn, turning to greet Bessie Lavine.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "I didn't see you coming along."
happening unexpectedly
From this reading BESSIE LAVINE Suddenly a gay voice hailed Wyn.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Hi, Captain of the Go-Aheads!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Why, Bess!" returned Wyn, turning to greet Bessie Lavine.
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading "Why, Bess!" returned Wyn, turning to greet Bessie Lavine.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading BESSIE LAVINE Suddenly a gay voice hailed Wyn.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What are you doing, mooning here?"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why, Bess!" returned Wyn, turning to greet Bessie Lavine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BESSIE LAVINE Suddenly a gay voice hailed Wyn.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What are you doing, mooning here?"
Chapter 5 of Wyn's Camping Days by Amy Bell Marlowe holds 101 sentences, grouped into 21 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 5 holds 101 sentences of Wyn's Camping Days, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
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