Chapter 10 of Dorothy Dixon and the Mystery Plane is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Dorothy Dixon and the Mystery Plane is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WRECKED The engine gave a grunt and stopped. But Bill scarcely noticed it. Hauling desperately to get Dorothy inboard, he thought his heart would burst. Suddenly he heard her cry: “Don’t pull! Just hold me by my legs.”
Chapter 10 of Dorothy Dixon and the Mystery Plane is here in full — 197 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with great urgency
From this reading “Hauling desperately to get Dorothy inboard, he thought his heart would burst.”
motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
From this reading “WRECKED The engine gave a grunt and stopped.”
the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
From this reading “WRECKED The engine gave a grunt and stopped.”
the activity of transporting goods by truck
From this reading “Hauling desperately to get Dorothy inboard, he thought his heart would burst.”
located within the hull or nearest the midline of a vessel or aircraft
From this reading “Hauling desperately to get Dorothy inboard, he thought his heart would burst.”
staying power
From this reading “Just hold me by my legs.””
cause to move by pulling
From this reading “Suddenly he heard her cry: “Don’t pull!”
destroyed in an accident
From this reading “WRECKED The engine gave a grunt and stopped.”
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 “But Bill scarcely noticed it.”
In this reading “WRECKED The engine gave a grunt and stopped.”
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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 WRECKED The engine gave a grunt and stopped.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WRECKED The engine gave a grunt and stopped.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading But Bill scarcely noticed it.
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading Hauling desperately to get Dorothy inboard, he thought his heart would burst.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Bill scarcely noticed it.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Just hold me by my legs.”
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Suddenly he heard her cry: “Don’t pull!
with great urgency
From this reading Hauling desperately to get Dorothy inboard, he thought his heart would burst.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Suddenly he heard her cry: “Don’t pull!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hauling desperately to get Dorothy inboard, he thought his heart would burst.
motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
From this reading WRECKED The engine gave a grunt and stopped.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading WRECKED The engine gave a grunt and stopped.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Hauling desperately to get Dorothy inboard, he thought his heart would burst.
the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
From this reading WRECKED The engine gave a grunt and stopped.
the activity of transporting goods by truck
From this reading Hauling desperately to get Dorothy inboard, he thought his heart would burst.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Hauling desperately to get Dorothy inboard, he thought his heart would burst.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Suddenly he heard her cry: “Don’t pull!
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Hauling desperately to get Dorothy inboard, he thought his heart would burst.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Suddenly he heard her cry: “Don’t pull!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Hauling desperately to get Dorothy inboard, he thought his heart would burst.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Just hold me by my legs.”
located within the hull or nearest the midline of a vessel or aircraft
From this reading Hauling desperately to get Dorothy inboard, he thought his heart would burst.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But Bill scarcely noticed it.
and nothing more
From this reading Just hold me by my legs.”
staying power
From this reading Just hold me by my legs.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Just hold me by my legs.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Just hold me by my legs.”
being perceived or observed
From this reading But Bill scarcely noticed it.
cause to move by pulling
From this reading Suddenly he heard her cry: “Don’t pull!
only a very short time before
From this reading But Bill scarcely noticed it.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading WRECKED The engine gave a grunt and stopped.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading Suddenly he heard her cry: “Don’t pull!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WRECKED The engine gave a grunt and stopped.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Hauling desperately to get Dorothy inboard, he thought his heart would burst.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hauling desperately to get Dorothy inboard, he thought his heart would burst.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Hauling desperately to get Dorothy inboard, he thought his heart would burst.
destroyed in an accident
From this reading WRECKED The engine gave a grunt and stopped.
Chapter 10 of Dorothy Dixon and the Mystery Plane by Dorothy Wayne holds 197 sentences, grouped into 40 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 10 holds 197 sentences of Dorothy Dixon and the Mystery Plane, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.
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