Chapter 7 of A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. is here in full — 295 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. is here in full — 295 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SALT WATER SPRAY The Wing Commander seemed bent upon saving the Hendee Hawk for some special show. For two days no call came for Stan and O'Malley. They lounged about, with O'Malley getting as restless as a panther and twice as grouchy. They went over to see Allison and found him sitting up. He would be out in a very short time.
Chapter 7 of A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. is here in full — 295 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an officer in command of a military unit
From this reading “SALT WATER SPRAY The Wing Commander seemed bent upon saving the Hendee Hawk for some special show.”
annoyed and irritable
From this reading “They lounged about, with O'Malley getting as restless as a panther and twice as grouchy.”
diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
From this reading “SALT WATER SPRAY The Wing Commander seemed bent upon saving the Hendee Hawk for some special show.”
a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis
From this reading “They lounged about, with O'Malley getting as restless as a panther and twice as grouchy.”
worried and uneasy
From this reading “They lounged about, with O'Malley getting as restless as a panther and twice as grouchy.”
an act of economizing; reduction in cost
From this reading “SALT WATER SPRAY The Wing Commander seemed bent upon saving the Hendee Hawk for some special show.”
a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying
From this reading “SALT WATER SPRAY The Wing Commander seemed bent upon saving the Hendee Hawk for some special show.”
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
From this reading “SALT WATER SPRAY The Wing Commander seemed bent upon saving the Hendee Hawk for some special show.”
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 “SALT WATER SPRAY The Wing Commander seemed bent upon saving the Hendee Hawk for some special show.”
In this reading “He would be out in a very short time.”
In this reading “For two days no call came for Stan and O'Malley.”
hold a review (of troops)
In this reading “They went over to see Allison and found him sitting up.”
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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 They lounged about, with O'Malley getting as restless as a panther and twice as grouchy.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading They lounged about, with O'Malley getting as restless as a panther and twice as grouchy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They went over to see Allison and found him sitting up.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For two days no call came for Stan and O'Malley.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They lounged about, with O'Malley getting as restless as a panther and twice as grouchy.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He would be out in a very short time.
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading SALT WATER SPRAY The Wing Commander seemed bent upon saving the Hendee Hawk for some special show.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading For two days no call came for Stan and O'Malley.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading For two days no call came for Stan and O'Malley.
an officer in command of a military unit
From this reading SALT WATER SPRAY The Wing Commander seemed bent upon saving the Hendee Hawk for some special show.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading For two days no call came for Stan and O'Malley.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading SALT WATER SPRAY The Wing Commander seemed bent upon saving the Hendee Hawk for some special show.
set up or found
From this reading They went over to see Allison and found him sitting up.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading They lounged about, with O'Malley getting as restless as a panther and twice as grouchy.
annoyed and irritable
From this reading They lounged about, with O'Malley getting as restless as a panther and twice as grouchy.
diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
From this reading SALT WATER SPRAY The Wing Commander seemed bent upon saving the Hendee Hawk for some special show.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He would be out in a very short time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SALT WATER SPRAY The Wing Commander seemed bent upon saving the Hendee Hawk for some special show.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They went over to see Allison and found him sitting up.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He would be out in a very short time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They lounged about, with O'Malley getting as restless as a panther and twice as grouchy.
not any; not one
From this reading For two days no call came for Stan and O'Malley.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For two days no call came for Stan and O'Malley.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading He would be out in a very short time.
above and across; more than
From this reading They went over to see Allison and found him sitting up.
a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis
From this reading They lounged about, with O'Malley getting as restless as a panther and twice as grouchy.
worried and uneasy
From this reading They lounged about, with O'Malley getting as restless as a panther and twice as grouchy.
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
From this reading SALT WATER SPRAY The Wing Commander seemed bent upon saving the Hendee Hawk for some special show.
an act of economizing; reduction in cost
From this reading SALT WATER SPRAY The Wing Commander seemed bent upon saving the Hendee Hawk for some special show.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading They went over to see Allison and found him sitting up.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading SALT WATER SPRAY The Wing Commander seemed bent upon saving the Hendee Hawk for some special show.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading He would be out in a very short time.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading SALT WATER SPRAY The Wing Commander seemed bent upon saving the Hendee Hawk for some special show.
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
From this reading They went over to see Allison and found him sitting up.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading SALT WATER SPRAY The Wing Commander seemed bent upon saving the Hendee Hawk for some special show.
unique or specific to a person or thing or category
From this reading SALT WATER SPRAY The Wing Commander seemed bent upon saving the Hendee Hawk for some special show.
a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying
From this reading SALT WATER SPRAY The Wing Commander seemed bent upon saving the Hendee Hawk for some special show.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For two days no call came for Stan and O'Malley.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SALT WATER SPRAY The Wing Commander seemed bent upon saving the Hendee Hawk for some special show.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They lounged about, with O'Malley getting as restless as a panther and twice as grouchy.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading He would be out in a very short time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They went over to see Allison and found him sitting up.
two times
From this reading They lounged about, with O'Malley getting as restless as a panther and twice as grouchy.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading For two days no call came for Stan and O'Malley.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading They went over to see Allison and found him sitting up.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading SALT WATER SPRAY The Wing Commander seemed bent upon saving the Hendee Hawk for some special show.
precisely as stated
From this reading He would be out in a very short time.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading SALT WATER SPRAY The Wing Commander seemed bent upon saving the Hendee Hawk for some special show.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading They went over to see Allison and found him sitting up.
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
From this reading SALT WATER SPRAY The Wing Commander seemed bent upon saving the Hendee Hawk for some special show.
in the company of; together with
From this reading They lounged about, with O'Malley getting as restless as a panther and twice as grouchy.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He would be out in a very short time.
Chapter 7 of A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. by Rutherford G. (Rutherford George) Montgomery holds 295 sentences, grouped into 59 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.
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