Chapter 5 of Dave Dawson at Dunkirk is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Dave Dawson at Dunkirk is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Good grief, that scared me!" the English boy breathed. "We'll talk later," Dave said. "Right now we're making tracks away from here. Got your shoes on?" "Yes," Freddy replied.
Chapter 5 of Dave Dawson at Dunkirk is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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uttered without voice
From this reading “"Good grief, that scared me!" the English boy breathed.”
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading “"Good grief, that scared me!" the English boy breathed.”
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading “"Good grief, that scared me!" the English boy breathed.”
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading “"We'll talk later," Dave said.”
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading “"Right now we're making tracks away from here.”
made afraid
From this reading “"Good grief, that scared me!" the English boy breathed.”
a particular situation
From this reading “Got your shoes on?"”
plural of “track” — a line or route along which something travels or moves
From this reading “"Right now we're making tracks away from here.”
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In this reading “"Right now we're making tracks away from here.”
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from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Right now we're making tracks away from here.
a youthful male person
From this reading "Good grief, that scared me!" the English boy breathed.
uttered without voice
From this reading "Good grief, that scared me!" the English boy breathed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We'll talk later," Dave said.
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading "Good grief, that scared me!" the English boy breathed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes," Freddy replied.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Right now we're making tracks away from here.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Good grief, that scared me!" the English boy breathed.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Got your shoes on?"
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading "Good grief, that scared me!" the English boy breathed.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Right now we're making tracks away from here.
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading "We'll talk later," Dave said.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading "Right now we're making tracks away from here.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Good grief, that scared me!" the English boy breathed.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Right now we're making tracks away from here.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Got your shoes on?"
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading "Yes," Freddy replied.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "Right now we're making tracks away from here.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "We'll talk later," Dave said.
made afraid
From this reading "Good grief, that scared me!" the English boy breathed.
a particular situation
From this reading Got your shoes on?"
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading "We'll talk later," Dave said.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Good grief, that scared me!" the English boy breathed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Good grief, that scared me!" the English boy breathed.
plural of “track” — a line or route along which something travels or moves
From this reading "Right now we're making tracks away from here.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We'll talk later," Dave said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Right now we're making tracks away from here.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes," Freddy replied.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Got your shoes on?"
Chapter 5 of Dave Dawson at Dunkirk by Robert Sidney Bowen holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 413 sentences of Dave Dawson at Dunkirk, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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