Chapter 5 of Dave Dashaway the Young Aviator is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Dave Dashaway the Young Aviator is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MAKING OFF “Now is your chance, Dave.” “Yes, the coast looks clear.” “How’s your foot?” “That horse liniment from the stable has fixed it up all right. I think I could run as good as ever.”
Chapter 5 of Dave Dashaway the Young Aviator is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading “MAKING OFF “Now is your chance, Dave.””
rid of obstructions
From this reading ““Yes, the coast looks clear.””
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading ““Yes, the coast looks clear.””
(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
From this reading ““That horse liniment from the stable has fixed it up all right.”
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading ““How’s your foot?””
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading ““That horse liniment from the stable has fixed it up all right.”
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading ““Yes, the coast looks clear.””
resistant to change of position or condition
From this reading ““That horse liniment from the stable has fixed it up all right.”
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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 “That horse liniment from the stable has fixed it up all right.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I think I could run as good as ever.”
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading MAKING OFF “Now is your chance, Dave.”
rid of obstructions
From this reading “Yes, the coast looks clear.”
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading “Yes, the coast looks clear.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I think I could run as good as ever.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MAKING OFF “Now is your chance, Dave.”
at any time
From this reading I think I could run as good as ever.”
(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
From this reading “That horse liniment from the stable has fixed it up all right.
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading “How’s your foot?”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “That horse liniment from the stable has fixed it up all right.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading I think I could run as good as ever.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “That horse liniment from the stable has fixed it up all right.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “That horse liniment from the stable has fixed it up all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How’s your foot?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I think I could run as good as ever.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MAKING OFF “Now is your chance, Dave.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “That horse liniment from the stable has fixed it up all right.
a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain
From this reading “That horse liniment from the stable has fixed it up all right.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading “Yes, the coast looks clear.”
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading MAKING OFF “Now is your chance, Dave.”
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading MAKING OFF “Now is your chance, Dave.”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading MAKING OFF “Now is your chance, Dave.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “That horse liniment from the stable has fixed it up all right.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading I think I could run as good as ever.”
resistant to change of position or condition
From this reading “That horse liniment from the stable has fixed it up all right.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That horse liniment from the stable has fixed it up all right.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Yes, the coast looks clear.”
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I think I could run as good as ever.”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “That horse liniment from the stable has fixed it up all right.
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, the coast looks clear.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading MAKING OFF “Now is your chance, Dave.”
Chapter 5 of Dave Dashaway the Young Aviator by Roy Rockwood holds 121 sentences, grouped into 25 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 5 holds 121 sentences of Dave Dashaway the Young Aviator, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
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