Chapter 17 of Airship Andy is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Airship Andy is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“All right, Andy.” “Did you send the telegram?” “Yes, and paid for it, so there would be no delay.” “You needn’t have done that.” “I wanted to be sure that it went double rush.”
Chapter 17 of Airship Andy is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/17 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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cause to be slowed down or delayed
From this reading ““Yes, and paid for it, so there would be no delay.””
increase twofold
From this reading ““I wanted to be sure that it went double rush.””
marked by the reception of pay
From this reading ““Yes, and paid for it, so there would be no delay.””
move hurridly
From this reading ““I wanted to be sure that it went double rush.””
cause to go somewhere
From this reading ““Did you send the telegram?””
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading ““I wanted to be sure that it went double rush.””
a message transmitted by telegraph
From this reading ““Did you send the telegram?””
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading ““I wanted to be sure that it went double rush.””
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In this reading ““Did you send the telegram?””
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(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, Andy.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Yes, and paid for it, so there would be no delay.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “All right, Andy.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Yes, and paid for it, so there would be no delay.”
cause to be slowed down or delayed
From this reading “Yes, and paid for it, so there would be no delay.”
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Did you send the telegram?”
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “You needn’t have done that.”
increase twofold
From this reading “I wanted to be sure that it went double rush.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Yes, and paid for it, so there would be no delay.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You needn’t have done that.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I wanted to be sure that it went double rush.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Yes, and paid for it, so there would be no delay.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You needn’t have done that.”
not any; not one
From this reading “Yes, and paid for it, so there would be no delay.”
marked by the reception of pay
From this reading “Yes, and paid for it, so there would be no delay.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “All right, Andy.”
move hurridly
From this reading “I wanted to be sure that it went double rush.”
cause to go somewhere
From this reading “Did you send the telegram?”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Yes, and paid for it, so there would be no delay.”
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “I wanted to be sure that it went double rush.”
a message transmitted by telegraph
From this reading “Did you send the telegram?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “You needn’t have done that.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Did you send the telegram?”
in or at that place or location
From this reading “Yes, and paid for it, so there would be no delay.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I wanted to be sure that it went double rush.”
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading “I wanted to be sure that it went double rush.”
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “I wanted to be sure that it went double rush.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Yes, and paid for it, so there would be no delay.”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, and paid for it, so there would be no delay.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Did you send the telegram?”
Chapter 17 of Airship Andy by Frank V. Webster holds 88 sentences, grouped into 18 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 17 holds 88 sentences of Airship Andy, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 17 of Airship Andy by Frank V. Webster exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 88 sentences, grouped into 18 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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