Chapter 4 of Airplane Boys in the Black Woods is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Airplane Boys in the Black Woods is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GHOSTS "Hey, what are you waiting for?" Lang called sharply. "These kids want their arms loose," the guardian answered. "Tell 'em to slide with their heels--" "I won't. I gotta get over, haven't I!"
Chapter 4 of Airplane Boys in the Black Woods is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “ghost” — a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading “GHOSTS "Hey, what are you waiting for?"”
a person who cares for persons or property
From this reading “"These kids want their arms loose," the guardian answered.”
plural of “heel” — the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
From this reading “"Tell 'em to slide with their heels--" "I won't.”
plural of “kid” — a young person of either sex
From this reading “"These kids want their arms loose," the guardian answered.”
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading “"These kids want their arms loose," the guardian answered.”
in an aggressive manner
From this reading “Lang called sharply.”
a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
From this reading “"Tell 'em to slide with their heels--" "I won't.”
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading “GHOSTS "Hey, what are you waiting for?"”
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.
travel across or pass over
In this reading “I gotta get over, haven't I!"”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading "These kids want their arms loose," the guardian answered.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading GHOSTS "Hey, what are you waiting for?"
weapons considered collectively
From this reading "These kids want their arms loose," the guardian answered.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Lang called sharply.
a quad with a square body
From this reading "Tell 'em to slide with their heels--" "I won't.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading GHOSTS "Hey, what are you waiting for?"
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I gotta get over, haven't I!"
plural of “ghost” — a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading GHOSTS "Hey, what are you waiting for?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I gotta get over, haven't I!"
a person who cares for persons or property
From this reading "These kids want their arms loose," the guardian answered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I gotta get over, haven't I!"
plural of “heel” — the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
From this reading "Tell 'em to slide with their heels--" "I won't.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GHOSTS "Hey, what are you waiting for?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Tell 'em to slide with their heels--" "I won't.
plural of “kid” — a young person of either sex
From this reading "These kids want their arms loose," the guardian answered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lang called sharply.
not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
From this reading "These kids want their arms loose," the guardian answered.
above and across; more than
From this reading I gotta get over, haven't I!"
in an aggressive manner
From this reading Lang called sharply.
a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
From this reading "Tell 'em to slide with their heels--" "I won't.
express in words
From this reading "Tell 'em to slide with their heels--" "I won't.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "These kids want their arms loose," the guardian answered.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading "These kids want their arms loose," the guardian answered.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "These kids want their arms loose," the guardian answered.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Tell 'em to slide with their heels--" "I won't.
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading GHOSTS "Hey, what are you waiting for?"
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "These kids want their arms loose," the guardian answered.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading GHOSTS "Hey, what are you waiting for?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Tell 'em to slide with their heels--" "I won't.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Tell 'em to slide with their heels--" "I won't.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading GHOSTS "Hey, what are you waiting for?"
Chapter 4 of Airplane Boys in the Black Woods by E. J. (Edith Janice) Craine holds 182 sentences, grouped into 37 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 4 holds 182 sentences of Airplane Boys in the Black Woods, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Airplane Boys in the Black Woods by E. J. (Edith Janice) Craine exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 182 sentences, grouped into 37 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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