Chapter 22 of Dave Dashaway and His Giant Airship is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Dave Dashaway and His Giant Airship is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FIRE AT SEA “Well, Dave, they stole a march on us last night.” “How is that, Hiram?” questioned the young aviator. “Landed. Yes, sir, the _Albatross_ made a landing about midnight on the beach of some island—Bermuda or Bahama, or something like that. Last point of land this side of Europe, the professor says.
Chapter 22 of Dave Dashaway and His Giant Airship is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
someone who operates an aircraft
From this reading ““How is that, Hiram?” questioned the young aviator.”
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading “Yes, sir, the _Albatross_ made a landing about midnight on the beach of some island—Bermuda or Bahama, or something like that.”
a group of islands in the Atlantic off the Carolina coast; British colony; a popular resort
From this reading “Yes, sir, the _Albatross_ made a landing about midnight on the beach of some island—Bermuda or Bahama, or something like that.”
owning or consisting of land or real estate
From this reading ““Landed.”
an intermediate platform in a staircase
From this reading “Yes, sir, the _Albatross_ made a landing about midnight on the beach of some island—Bermuda or Bahama, or something like that.”
past form of “question” — challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading ““How is that, Hiram?” questioned the young aviator.”
a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
From this reading “FIRE AT SEA “Well, Dave, they stole a march on us last night.””
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 “FIRE AT SEA “Well, Dave, they stole a march on us last night.””
In this reading “Yes, sir, the _Albatross_ made a landing about midnight on the beach of some island—Bermuda or Bahama, or something like that.”
In this reading “Yes, sir, the _Albatross_ made a landing about midnight on the beach of some island—Bermuda or Bahama, or something like that.”
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
In this reading “FIRE AT SEA “Well, Dave, they stole a march on us last night.””
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 FIRE AT SEA “Well, Dave, they stole a march on us last night.”
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Yes, sir, the _Albatross_ made a landing about midnight on the beach of some island—Bermuda or Bahama, or something like that.
(figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
From this reading Yes, sir, the _Albatross_ made a landing about midnight on the beach of some island—Bermuda or Bahama, or something like that.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading FIRE AT SEA “Well, Dave, they stole a march on us last night.”
someone who operates an aircraft
From this reading “How is that, Hiram?” questioned the young aviator.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yes, sir, the _Albatross_ made a landing about midnight on the beach of some island—Bermuda or Bahama, or something like that.
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading Yes, sir, the _Albatross_ made a landing about midnight on the beach of some island—Bermuda or Bahama, or something like that.
a group of islands in the Atlantic off the Carolina coast; British colony; a popular resort
From this reading Yes, sir, the _Albatross_ made a landing about midnight on the beach of some island—Bermuda or Bahama, or something like that.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FIRE AT SEA “Well, Dave, they stole a march on us last night.”
the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use “Europe” to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
From this reading Last point of land this side of Europe, the professor says.
start firing a weapon
From this reading FIRE AT SEA “Well, Dave, they stole a march on us last night.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How is that, Hiram?” questioned the young aviator.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How is that, Hiram?” questioned the young aviator.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “How is that, Hiram?” questioned the young aviator.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading Yes, sir, the _Albatross_ made a landing about midnight on the beach of some island—Bermuda or Bahama, or something like that.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading Last point of land this side of Europe, the professor says.
owning or consisting of land or real estate
From this reading “Landed.
an intermediate platform in a staircase
From this reading Yes, sir, the _Albatross_ made a landing about midnight on the beach of some island—Bermuda or Bahama, or something like that.
immediately past
From this reading FIRE AT SEA “Well, Dave, they stole a march on us last night.”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Yes, sir, the _Albatross_ made a landing about midnight on the beach of some island—Bermuda or Bahama, or something like that.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Yes, sir, the _Albatross_ made a landing about midnight on the beach of some island—Bermuda or Bahama, or something like that.
march in a procession
From this reading FIRE AT SEA “Well, Dave, they stole a march on us last night.”
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading Yes, sir, the _Albatross_ made a landing about midnight on the beach of some island—Bermuda or Bahama, or something like that.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading FIRE AT SEA “Well, Dave, they stole a march on us last night.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Yes, sir, the _Albatross_ made a landing about midnight on the beach of some island—Bermuda or Bahama, or something like that.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading FIRE AT SEA “Well, Dave, they stole a march on us last night.”
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Yes, sir, the _Albatross_ made a landing about midnight on the beach of some island—Bermuda or Bahama, or something like that.
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading Last point of land this side of Europe, the professor says.
someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
From this reading Last point of land this side of Europe, the professor says.
past form of “question” — challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading “How is that, Hiram?” questioned the young aviator.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading Last point of land this side of Europe, the professor says.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading FIRE AT SEA “Well, Dave, they stole a march on us last night.”
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Last point of land this side of Europe, the professor says.
term of address for a man
From this reading Yes, sir, the _Albatross_ made a landing about midnight on the beach of some island—Bermuda or Bahama, or something like that.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Yes, sir, the _Albatross_ made a landing about midnight on the beach of some island—Bermuda or Bahama, or something like that.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Yes, sir, the _Albatross_ made a landing about midnight on the beach of some island—Bermuda or Bahama, or something like that.
a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
From this reading FIRE AT SEA “Well, Dave, they stole a march on us last night.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “How is that, Hiram?” questioned the young aviator.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “How is that, Hiram?” questioned the young aviator.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading FIRE AT SEA “Well, Dave, they stole a march on us last night.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Last point of land this side of Europe, the professor says.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading FIRE AT SEA “Well, Dave, they stole a march on us last night.”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading FIRE AT SEA “Well, Dave, they stole a march on us last night.”
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, sir, the _Albatross_ made a landing about midnight on the beach of some island—Bermuda or Bahama, or something like that.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading “How is that, Hiram?” questioned the young aviator.
Chapter 22 of Dave Dashaway and His Giant Airship by Roy Rockwood holds 172 sentences, grouped into 35 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 22 holds 172 sentences of Dave Dashaway and His Giant Airship, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
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