Chapter XVI of Airship Andy, “Bail Wanted,” is here in full — 142 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XVI
Chapter XVI of Airship Andy, “Bail Wanted,” is here in full — 142 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench. He beckoned to Andy. “No, I’ll stand up,” said our hero. “All right, I won’t be long. Short and sweet is my motto.
Chapter XVI of Airship Andy, “Bail Wanted,” is here in full — 142 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “beckon” — signal with the hands or nod
From this reading “He beckoned to Andy.”
a long seat for more than one person
From this reading “The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench.”
A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading “The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench.”
an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles
From this reading “The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench.”
past form of “grate” — furnish with a grate
From this reading “The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench.”
a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
From this reading ““No, I’ll stand up,” said our hero.”
a favorite saying of a sect or political group
From this reading “Short and sweet is my motto.”
(law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
From this reading “The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench.”
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.
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In this reading “The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench.”
In this reading “The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench.”
rise to one's feet
In this reading ““No, I’ll stand up,” said our hero.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “All right, I won’t be long.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He beckoned to Andy.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “All right, I won’t be long.
past form of “beckon” — signal with the hands or nod
From this reading He beckoned to Andy.
a long seat for more than one person
From this reading The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench.
A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench.
an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles
From this reading The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench.
past form of “grate” — furnish with a grate
From this reading The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He beckoned to Andy.
a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
From this reading “No, I’ll stand up,” said our hero.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “All right, I won’t be long.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No, I’ll stand up,” said our hero.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Short and sweet is my motto.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading “All right, I won’t be long.
a favorite saying of a sect or political group
From this reading Short and sweet is my motto.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Short and sweet is my motto.
not any; not one
From this reading “No, I’ll stand up,” said our hero.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “No, I’ll stand up,” said our hero.
(law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
From this reading The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench.
precisely, exactly
From this reading “All right, I won’t be long.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “No, I’ll stand up,” said our hero.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading Short and sweet is my motto.
be standing; be upright
From this reading “No, I’ll stand up,” said our hero.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading Short and sweet is my motto.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The garage owner moved a few feet away from the grated door of the cell room and sat down on a bench.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He beckoned to Andy.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “No, I’ll stand up,” said our hero.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “All right, I won’t be long.
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