Chapter 2 of Dave Dashaway the Young Aviator is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Dave Dashaway the Young Aviator is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FROM THE CLOUDS “What’s happened?” shouted out Ned Towner, in dismay and confusion. “Dobbin ran away, that’s all,” replied Dave quickly. “Why?” asked Ned, righting himself and looking around him in a puzzled way. “Something struck him.” Dave made the declaration as he dismounted cautiously from the wagon.
Chapter 2 of Dave Dashaway the Young Aviator is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact
From this reading “Dave made the declaration as he dismounted cautiously from the wagon.”
disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
From this reading “FROM THE CLOUDS “What’s happened?” shouted out Ned Towner, in dismay and confusion.”
a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
From this reading “Dave made the declaration as he dismounted cautiously from the wagon.”
the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
From this reading “FROM THE CLOUDS “What’s happened?” shouted out Ned Towner, in dismay and confusion.”
a quiet plodding workhorse
From this reading ““Dobbin ran away, that’s all,” replied Dave quickly.”
filled with bewilderment
From this reading ““Why?” asked Ned, righting himself and looking around him in a puzzled way.”
a resident of a town or city
From this reading “FROM THE CLOUDS “What’s happened?” shouted out Ned Towner, in dismay and confusion.”
any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
From this reading “Dave made the declaration as he dismounted cautiously from the wagon.”
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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flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
In this reading ““Dobbin ran away, that’s all,” replied Dave quickly.”
In this reading “FROM THE CLOUDS “What’s happened?” shouted out Ned Towner, in dismay and confusion.”
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 “Why?” asked Ned, righting himself and looking around him in a puzzled way.
(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 “Dobbin ran away, that’s all,” replied Dave quickly.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading FROM THE CLOUDS “What’s happened?” shouted out Ned Towner, in dismay and confusion.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “Why?” asked Ned, righting himself and looking around him in a puzzled way.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Dave made the declaration as he dismounted cautiously from the wagon.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Why?” asked Ned, righting himself and looking around him in a puzzled way.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “Dobbin ran away, that’s all,” replied Dave quickly.
as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact
From this reading Dave made the declaration as he dismounted cautiously from the wagon.
plural of “cloud” — any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
From this reading FROM THE CLOUDS “What’s happened?” shouted out Ned Towner, in dismay and confusion.
disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
From this reading FROM THE CLOUDS “What’s happened?” shouted out Ned Towner, in dismay and confusion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Dobbin ran away, that’s all,” replied Dave quickly.
a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
From this reading Dave made the declaration as he dismounted cautiously from the wagon.
the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
From this reading FROM THE CLOUDS “What’s happened?” shouted out Ned Towner, in dismay and confusion.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dave made the declaration as he dismounted cautiously from the wagon.
a quiet plodding workhorse
From this reading “Dobbin ran away, that’s all,” replied Dave quickly.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading FROM THE CLOUDS “What’s happened?” shouted out Ned Towner, in dismay and confusion.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading FROM THE CLOUDS “What’s happened?” shouted out Ned Towner, in dismay and confusion.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Dave made the declaration as he dismounted cautiously from the wagon.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Why?” asked Ned, righting himself and looking around him in a puzzled way.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Why?” asked Ned, righting himself and looking around him in a puzzled way.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading FROM THE CLOUDS “What’s happened?” shouted out Ned Towner, in dismay and confusion.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading “Why?” asked Ned, righting himself and looking around him in a puzzled way.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Dave made the declaration as he dismounted cautiously from the wagon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FROM THE CLOUDS “What’s happened?” shouted out Ned Towner, in dismay and confusion.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading FROM THE CLOUDS “What’s happened?” shouted out Ned Towner, in dismay and confusion.
filled with bewilderment
From this reading “Why?” asked Ned, righting himself and looking around him in a puzzled way.
with speed
From this reading “Dobbin ran away, that’s all,” replied Dave quickly.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “Dobbin ran away, that’s all,” replied Dave quickly.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “Dobbin ran away, that’s all,” replied Dave quickly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why?” asked Ned, righting himself and looking around him in a puzzled way.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading FROM THE CLOUDS “What’s happened?” shouted out Ned Towner, in dismay and confusion.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Something struck him.”
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading “Something struck him.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Dobbin ran away, that’s all,” replied Dave quickly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FROM THE CLOUDS “What’s happened?” shouted out Ned Towner, in dismay and confusion.
a resident of a town or city
From this reading FROM THE CLOUDS “What’s happened?” shouted out Ned Towner, in dismay and confusion.
any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
From this reading Dave made the declaration as he dismounted cautiously from the wagon.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “Why?” asked Ned, righting himself and looking around him in a puzzled way.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FROM THE CLOUDS “What’s happened?” shouted out Ned Towner, in dismay and confusion.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why?” asked Ned, righting himself and looking around him in a puzzled way.
Chapter 2 of Dave Dashaway the Young Aviator by Roy Rockwood holds 127 sentences, grouped into 26 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 2 holds 127 sentences of Dave Dashaway the Young Aviator, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Dave Dashaway the Young Aviator by Roy Rockwood exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 127 sentences, grouped into 26 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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