Chapter 6 of Dave Dawson with the Eighth Air Force is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Dave Dawson with the Eighth Air Force is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Come on down and fight, you rats!" Dawson muttered time and time again. "If you think we're going to leave our big boys unprotected and go up after you, you're nuts. So come on down here, and mix it up, if you dare. Come on!"
Chapter 6 of Dave Dawson with the Eighth Air Force is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading “So come on down here, and mix it up, if you dare.”
a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike
From this reading “Dawson muttered time and time again.”
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading “"Come on down and fight, you rats!"”
mix together different elements
From this reading “So come on down here, and mix it up, if you dare.”
past form of “mutter” — talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
From this reading “Dawson muttered time and time again.”
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
From this reading “"If you think we're going to leave our big boys unprotected and go up after you, you're nuts.”
plural of “rat” — any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
From this reading “"Come on down and fight, you rats!"”
lacking protection or defense
From this reading “"If you think we're going to leave our big boys unprotected and go up after you, you're nuts.”
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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In this reading “"If you think we're going to leave our big boys unprotected and go up after you, you're nuts.”
move upward
In this reading “"If you think we're going to leave our big boys unprotected and go up after you, you're nuts.”
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later than; following
From this reading "If you think we're going to leave our big boys unprotected and go up after you, you're nuts.
anew
From this reading Dawson muttered time and time again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Come on down and fight, you rats!"
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "If you think we're going to leave our big boys unprotected and go up after you, you're nuts.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading "If you think we're going to leave our big boys unprotected and go up after you, you're nuts.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Come on down and fight, you rats!"
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading So come on down here, and mix it up, if you dare.
a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in the Klondike
From this reading Dawson muttered time and time again.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "Come on down and fight, you rats!"
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading "Come on down and fight, you rats!"
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "If you think we're going to leave our big boys unprotected and go up after you, you're nuts.
the act of departing
From this reading "If you think we're going to leave our big boys unprotected and go up after you, you're nuts.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading So come on down here, and mix it up, if you dare.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If you think we're going to leave our big boys unprotected and go up after you, you're nuts.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading So come on down here, and mix it up, if you dare.
go away from a place
From this reading "If you think we're going to leave our big boys unprotected and go up after you, you're nuts.
mix together different elements
From this reading So come on down here, and mix it up, if you dare.
past form of “mutter” — talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
From this reading Dawson muttered time and time again.
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
From this reading "If you think we're going to leave our big boys unprotected and go up after you, you're nuts.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Come on down and fight, you rats!"
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "If you think we're going to leave our big boys unprotected and go up after you, you're nuts.
plural of “rat” — any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
From this reading "Come on down and fight, you rats!"
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So come on down here, and mix it up, if you dare.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "If you think we're going to leave our big boys unprotected and go up after you, you're nuts.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Dawson muttered time and time again.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "If you think we're going to leave our big boys unprotected and go up after you, you're nuts.
lacking protection or defense
From this reading "If you think we're going to leave our big boys unprotected and go up after you, you're nuts.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "If you think we're going to leave our big boys unprotected and go up after you, you're nuts.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If you think we're going to leave our big boys unprotected and go up after you, you're nuts.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Come on down and fight, you rats!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If you think we're going to leave our big boys unprotected and go up after you, you're nuts.
Chapter 6 of Dave Dawson with the Eighth Air Force by Robert Sidney Bowen holds 431 sentences, grouped into 87 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 6 holds 431 sentences of Dave Dawson with the Eighth Air Force, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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