Chapter 4 of Dave Dawson with the Flying Tigers is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Dave Dawson with the Flying Tigers is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"A British cruiser, of course!" the English youth told him. "Didn't I say the King's Navy? Well, there she is, and coming right for us. Happy days are here again, what?" Dawson gave a little shake of his head, and dropped the crazy conversation.
Chapter 4 of Dave Dawson with the Flying Tigers is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the people of Great Britain
From this reading “"A British cruiser, of course!" the English youth told him.”
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading “Dawson gave a little shake of his head, and dropped the crazy conversation.”
a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
From this reading “"A British cruiser, of course!" the English youth told him.”
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 gave a little shake of his head, and dropped the crazy conversation.”
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading “Dawson gave a little shake of his head, and dropped the crazy conversation.”
possessive form of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading “"Didn't I say the King's Navy?”
an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare
From this reading “"Didn't I say the King's Navy?”
move or cause to move back and forth
From this reading “Dawson gave a little shake of his head, and dropped the crazy conversation.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Happy days are here again, what?"”
as might be expected
In this reading “"A British cruiser, of course!" the English youth told him.”
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 "A British cruiser, of course!" the English youth told him.
anew
From this reading Happy days are here again, what?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Well, there she is, and coming right for us.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Happy days are here again, what?"
the people of Great Britain
From this reading "A British cruiser, of course!" the English youth told him.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Well, there she is, and coming right for us.
the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
From this reading Dawson gave a little shake of his head, and dropped the crazy conversation.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading "A British cruiser, of course!" the English youth told him.
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading Dawson gave a little shake of his head, and dropped the crazy conversation.
a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
From this reading "A British cruiser, of course!" the English youth told him.
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 gave a little shake of his head, and dropped the crazy conversation.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading Happy days are here again, what?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Didn't I say the King's Navy?
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading Dawson gave a little shake of his head, and dropped the crazy conversation.
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 "A British cruiser, of course!" the English youth told him.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Well, there she is, and coming right for us.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Dawson gave a little shake of his head, and dropped the crazy conversation.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Happy days are here again, what?"
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Dawson gave a little shake of his head, and dropped the crazy conversation.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Happy days are here again, what?"
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "A British cruiser, of course!" the English youth told him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Dawson gave a little shake of his head, and dropped the crazy conversation.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Didn't I say the King's Navy?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Well, there she is, and coming right for us.
possessive form of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading "Didn't I say the King's Navy?
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Dawson gave a little shake of his head, and dropped the crazy conversation.
an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare
From this reading "Didn't I say the King's Navy?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "A British cruiser, of course!" the English youth told him.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Well, there she is, and coming right for us.
express in words
From this reading "Didn't I say the King's Navy?
move or cause to move back and forth
From this reading Dawson gave a little shake of his head, and dropped the crazy conversation.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Well, there she is, and coming right for us.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "A British cruiser, of course!" the English youth told him.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Well, there she is, and coming right for us.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading "A British cruiser, of course!" the English youth told him.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Well, there she is, and coming right for us.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, there she is, and coming right for us.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Happy days are here again, what?"
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading "A British cruiser, of course!" the English youth told him.
Chapter 4 of Dave Dawson with the Flying Tigers by Robert Sidney Bowen holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 4 holds 410 sentences of Dave Dawson with the Flying Tigers, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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