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Chapter 16 of Dave Dashaway Around the World is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A SIBERIAN ADVENTURE “Brrr-rr!” chattered Hiram Dobbs, with a shiver. “I say, Dave, have we got to stand this much longer?” “I sincerely hope not,” replied the young pilot of the _Comet_, in a really concerned tone. “I hoped to outride the storm. But it appears to me the snow is coming down thicker and faster every minute.”
Chapter 16 of Dave Dashaway Around the World is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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third-person singular of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “But it appears to me the snow is coming down thicker and faster every minute.””
(astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit
more quickly
From this reading “But it appears to me the snow is coming down thicker and faster every minute.””
operate an airplane
From this reading ““I sincerely hope not,” replied the young pilot of the _Comet_, in a really concerned tone.”
tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
From this reading “A SIBERIAN ADVENTURE “Brrr-rr!” chattered Hiram Dobbs, with a shiver.”
a native or inhabitant of Siberia
From this reading “A SIBERIAN ADVENTURE “Brrr-rr!” chattered Hiram Dobbs, with a shiver.”
with sincerity; without pretense
From this reading ““I sincerely hope not,” replied the young pilot of the _Comet_, in a really concerned tone.”
comparative of “thick” — not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading “But it appears to me the snow is coming down thicker and faster every minute.””
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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 A SIBERIAN ADVENTURE “Brrr-rr!” chattered Hiram Dobbs, with a shiver.
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
From this reading A SIBERIAN ADVENTURE “Brrr-rr!” chattered Hiram Dobbs, with a shiver.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But it appears to me the snow is coming down thicker and faster every minute.”
third-person singular of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading But it appears to me the snow is coming down thicker and faster every minute.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SIBERIAN ADVENTURE “Brrr-rr!” chattered Hiram Dobbs, with a shiver.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But it appears to me the snow is coming down thicker and faster every minute.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SIBERIAN ADVENTURE “Brrr-rr!” chattered Hiram Dobbs, with a shiver.
(astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit
From this reading “I sincerely hope not,” replied the young pilot of the _Comet_, in a really concerned tone.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading But it appears to me the snow is coming down thicker and faster every minute.”
feeling or showing worry or solicitude
From this reading “I sincerely hope not,” replied the young pilot of the _Comet_, in a really concerned tone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I say, Dave, have we got to stand this much longer?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SIBERIAN ADVENTURE “Brrr-rr!” chattered Hiram Dobbs, with a shiver.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading But it appears to me the snow is coming down thicker and faster every minute.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading But it appears to me the snow is coming down thicker and faster every minute.”
more quickly
From this reading But it appears to me the snow is coming down thicker and faster every minute.”
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “I say, Dave, have we got to stand this much longer?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I say, Dave, have we got to stand this much longer?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SIBERIAN ADVENTURE “Brrr-rr!” chattered Hiram Dobbs, with a shiver.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading “I sincerely hope not,” replied the young pilot of the _Comet_, in a really concerned tone.
past form of “hope” — expect and wish
From this reading “I hoped to outride the storm.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I say, Dave, have we got to stand this much longer?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I sincerely hope not,” replied the young pilot of the _Comet_, in a really concerned tone.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But it appears to me the snow is coming down thicker and faster every minute.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But it appears to me the snow is coming down thicker and faster every minute.”
for more time
From this reading “I say, Dave, have we got to stand this much longer?”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But it appears to me the snow is coming down thicker and faster every minute.”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading But it appears to me the snow is coming down thicker and faster every minute.”
to a great degree or extent
From this reading “I say, Dave, have we got to stand this much longer?”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “I sincerely hope not,” replied the young pilot of the _Comet_, in a really concerned tone.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I sincerely hope not,” replied the young pilot of the _Comet_, in a really concerned tone.
hang on during a trial of endurance
From this reading “I hoped to outride the storm.
operate an airplane
From this reading “I sincerely hope not,” replied the young pilot of the _Comet_, in a really concerned tone.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “I sincerely hope not,” replied the young pilot of the _Comet_, in a really concerned tone.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “I sincerely hope not,” replied the young pilot of the _Comet_, in a really concerned tone.
express in words
From this reading “I say, Dave, have we got to stand this much longer?”
tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
From this reading A SIBERIAN ADVENTURE “Brrr-rr!” chattered Hiram Dobbs, with a shiver.
a native or inhabitant of Siberia
From this reading A SIBERIAN ADVENTURE “Brrr-rr!” chattered Hiram Dobbs, with a shiver.
with sincerity; without pretense
From this reading “I sincerely hope not,” replied the young pilot of the _Comet_, in a really concerned tone.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading But it appears to me the snow is coming down thicker and faster every minute.”
be standing; be upright
From this reading “I say, Dave, have we got to stand this much longer?”
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading “I hoped to outride the storm.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I sincerely hope not,” replied the young pilot of the _Comet_, in a really concerned tone.
comparative of “thick” — not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading But it appears to me the snow is coming down thicker and faster every minute.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “I say, Dave, have we got to stand this much longer?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I say, Dave, have we got to stand this much longer?”
the quality of a person's voice
From this reading “I sincerely hope not,” replied the young pilot of the _Comet_, in a really concerned tone.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “I say, Dave, have we got to stand this much longer?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading A SIBERIAN ADVENTURE “Brrr-rr!” chattered Hiram Dobbs, with a shiver.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading “I sincerely hope not,” replied the young pilot of the _Comet_, in a really concerned tone.
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