Chapter 8 of Dave Dawson at Truk is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Dave Dawson at Truk is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Stop them!" he cried. "They're Jap spies. Stop them even if you have to shoot!" The sergeant still gaped blankly, but the private first class who was with him seemed to collect his wits. He spun around and made a grab for Kato.
Chapter 8 of Dave Dawson at Truk is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a blank and uncomprehending manner
From this reading “The sergeant still gaped blankly, but the private first class who was with him seemed to collect his wits.”
get or gather together
From this reading “The sergeant still gaped blankly, but the private first class who was with him seemed to collect his wits.”
take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
From this reading “He spun around and made a grab for Kato.”
(offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent
From this reading “"They're Jap spies.”
any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal
From this reading “The sergeant still gaped blankly, but the private first class who was with him seemed to collect his wits.”
plural of “spy” — (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
From this reading “"They're Jap spies.”
inflected form of “spin” — revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
From this reading “He spun around and made a grab for Kato.”
the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception
From this reading “The sergeant still gaped blankly, but the private first class who was with him seemed to collect his wits.”
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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revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
In this reading “He spun around and made a grab for Kato.”
the highest rank in a classification
In this reading “The sergeant still gaped blankly, but the private first class who was with him seemed to collect his wits.”
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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 He spun around and made a grab for Kato.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He spun around and made a grab for Kato.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading He spun around and made a grab for Kato.
in a blank and uncomprehending manner
From this reading The sergeant still gaped blankly, but the private first class who was with him seemed to collect his wits.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The sergeant still gaped blankly, but the private first class who was with him seemed to collect his wits.
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
From this reading The sergeant still gaped blankly, but the private first class who was with him seemed to collect his wits.
get or gather together
From this reading The sergeant still gaped blankly, but the private first class who was with him seemed to collect his wits.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Stop them!" he cried.
divisible by two
From this reading Stop them even if you have to shoot!"
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading The sergeant still gaped blankly, but the private first class who was with him seemed to collect his wits.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He spun around and made a grab for Kato.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The sergeant still gaped blankly, but the private first class who was with him seemed to collect his wits.
take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
From this reading He spun around and made a grab for Kato.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Stop them even if you have to shoot!"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Stop them!" he cried.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The sergeant still gaped blankly, but the private first class who was with him seemed to collect his wits.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The sergeant still gaped blankly, but the private first class who was with him seemed to collect his wits.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Stop them even if you have to shoot!"
(offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent
From this reading "They're Jap spies.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He spun around and made a grab for Kato.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading He spun around and made a grab for Kato.
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
From this reading The sergeant still gaped blankly, but the private first class who was with him seemed to collect his wits.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The sergeant still gaped blankly, but the private first class who was with him seemed to collect his wits.
any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal
From this reading The sergeant still gaped blankly, but the private first class who was with him seemed to collect his wits.
hit with a missile from a weapon
From this reading Stop them even if you have to shoot!"
plural of “spy” — (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
From this reading "They're Jap spies.
inflected form of “spin” — revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
From this reading He spun around and made a grab for Kato.
not in physical motion
From this reading The sergeant still gaped blankly, but the private first class who was with him seemed to collect his wits.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading "Stop them!" he cried.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sergeant still gaped blankly, but the private first class who was with him seemed to collect his wits.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Stop them!" he cried.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "They're Jap spies.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Stop them even if you have to shoot!"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sergeant still gaped blankly, but the private first class who was with him seemed to collect his wits.
which person or people
From this reading The sergeant still gaped blankly, but the private first class who was with him seemed to collect his wits.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The sergeant still gaped blankly, but the private first class who was with him seemed to collect his wits.
the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception
From this reading The sergeant still gaped blankly, but the private first class who was with him seemed to collect his wits.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Stop them even if you have to shoot!"
Chapter 8 of Dave Dawson at Truk by Robert Sidney Bowen holds 411 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 8 holds 411 sentences of Dave Dawson at Truk, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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