Chapter 12 of Airship Andy is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Airship Andy is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Be careful, Mr. Parks!” “Foh goodness sake, sah! Yo want to break dat arm ober again?” Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut. They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.
Chapter 12 of Airship Andy is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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The middle point or core of an area.
From this reading “They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.”
a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading “Yo want to break dat arm ober again?””
excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion
From this reading “Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.”
arranged into groups
From this reading “They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.”
someone who is the first to think of or make something
From this reading “Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.”
a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals)
From this reading “Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.”
United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913)
From this reading ““Be careful, Mr. Parks!””
Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC)
From this reading “Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.”
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 ““Foh goodness sake, sah!”
In this reading “They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.
someone who operates an aircraft
From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.
anew
From this reading Yo want to break dat arm ober again?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading Yo want to break dat arm ober again?”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Be careful, Mr. Parks!”
terminate
From this reading Yo want to break dat arm ober again?”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.
exercising caution or showing care or attention
From this reading “Be careful, Mr. Parks!”
The middle point or core of an area.
From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.
prepare a hot meal
From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.
a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading Yo want to break dat arm ober again?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Foh goodness sake, sah!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.
excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion
From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.
that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
From this reading “Foh goodness sake, sah!
arranged into groups
From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.
someone who is the first to think of or make something
From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.
a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals)
From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.
a form of address for a man
From this reading “Be careful, Mr. Parks!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yo want to break dat arm ober again?”
held or filled or in use
From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.
United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913)
From this reading “Be careful, Mr. Parks!”
move hurridly
From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Foh goodness sake, sah!
a reason for wanting something done
From this reading “Foh goodness sake, sah!
Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC)
From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mr. Morse, the inventor, and Scipio, the cook, made a frantic rush for the aeronaut.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Yo want to break dat arm ober again?”
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading Yo want to break dat arm ober again?”
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were grouped together in the center of the space occupied by their camp.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yo want to break dat arm ober again?”
Chapter 12 of Airship Andy by Frank V. Webster holds 167 sentences, grouped into 34 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 12 holds 167 sentences of Airship Andy, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
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