Chapter 7 of Dave Dashaway, Air Champion is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Dave Dashaway, Air Champion is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE HIDDEN HAND “Hurray!” cheered Hiram Dobbs enthusiastically—“we’re off! Oh, Dave, this is life!” “We are going to make this a record attempt, Hiram,” the young aviator advised his excited assistant. “Got the sealed barographs in place? All right.
Chapter 7 of Dave Dashaway, Air Champion is here in full — 119 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel
From this reading ““We are going to make this a record attempt, Hiram,” the young aviator advised his excited assistant.”
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
From this reading ““We are going to make this a record attempt, Hiram,” the young aviator advised his excited assistant.”
someone who operates an aircraft
From this reading ““We are going to make this a record attempt, Hiram,” the young aviator advised his excited assistant.”
past form of “cheer” — give encouragement to
From this reading “THE HIDDEN HAND “Hurray!” cheered Hiram Dobbs enthusiastically—“we’re off!”
with enthusiasm; in an enthusiastic manner
From this reading “THE HIDDEN HAND “Hurray!” cheered Hiram Dobbs enthusiastically—“we’re off!”
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading ““We are going to make this a record attempt, Hiram,” the young aviator advised his excited assistant.”
anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
From this reading ““We are going to make this a record attempt, Hiram,” the young aviator advised his excited assistant.”
established irrevocably
From this reading ““Got the sealed barographs in place?”
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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 “We are going to make this a record attempt, Hiram,” the young aviator advised his excited assistant.
having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel
From this reading “We are going to make this a record attempt, Hiram,” the young aviator advised his excited assistant.
(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.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “We are going to make this a record attempt, Hiram,” the young aviator advised his excited assistant.
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
From this reading “We are going to make this a record attempt, Hiram,” the young aviator advised his excited assistant.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading “We are going to make this a record attempt, Hiram,” the young aviator advised his excited assistant.
someone who operates an aircraft
From this reading “We are going to make this a record attempt, Hiram,” the young aviator advised his excited assistant.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Got the sealed barographs in place?
past form of “cheer” — give encouragement to
From this reading THE HIDDEN HAND “Hurray!” cheered Hiram Dobbs enthusiastically—“we’re off!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, Dave, this is life!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE HIDDEN HAND “Hurray!” cheered Hiram Dobbs enthusiastically—“we’re off!
with enthusiasm; in an enthusiastic manner
From this reading THE HIDDEN HAND “Hurray!” cheered Hiram Dobbs enthusiastically—“we’re off!
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading “We are going to make this a record attempt, Hiram,” the young aviator advised his excited assistant.
the act of departing
From this reading “We are going to make this a record attempt, Hiram,” the young aviator advised his excited assistant.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Got the sealed barographs in place?
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading THE HIDDEN HAND “Hurray!” cheered Hiram Dobbs enthusiastically—“we’re off!
not accessible to view
From this reading THE HIDDEN HAND “Hurray!” cheered Hiram Dobbs enthusiastically—“we’re off!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE HIDDEN HAND “Hurray!” cheered Hiram Dobbs enthusiastically—“we’re off!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “We are going to make this a record attempt, Hiram,” the young aviator advised his excited assistant.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE HIDDEN HAND “Hurray!” cheered Hiram Dobbs enthusiastically—“we’re off!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Got the sealed barographs in place?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Oh, Dave, this is life!”
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Oh, Dave, this is life!”
engage in
From this reading “We are going to make this a record attempt, Hiram,” the young aviator advised his excited assistant.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading THE HIDDEN HAND “Hurray!” cheered Hiram Dobbs enthusiastically—“we’re off!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, Dave, this is life!”
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “Got the sealed barographs in place?
anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
From this reading “We are going to make this a record attempt, Hiram,” the young aviator advised his excited assistant.
precisely, exactly
From this reading All right.
established irrevocably
From this reading “Got the sealed barographs in place?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HIDDEN HAND “Hurray!” cheered Hiram Dobbs enthusiastically—“we’re off!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Oh, Dave, this is life!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “We are going to make this a record attempt, Hiram,” the young aviator advised his excited assistant.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We are going to make this a record attempt, Hiram,” the young aviator advised his excited assistant.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE HIDDEN HAND “Hurray!” cheered Hiram Dobbs enthusiastically—“we’re off!
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading “We are going to make this a record attempt, Hiram,” the young aviator advised his excited assistant.
Chapter 7 of Dave Dashaway, Air Champion by Roy Rockwood holds 119 sentences, grouped into 24 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 7 holds 119 sentences of Dave Dashaway, Air Champion, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
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