Chapter 5 of Frank Reade, Jr., and His Electric Ice Ship is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Frank Reade, Jr., and His Electric Ice Ship is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BARNEY AND THE BEAR. “Pomp, we are going down into the sea!” “Golly! Marse Frank, am de machinery bruck?” “No; but ice is forming around the gyroscopes so they can’t revolve.”
Chapter 5 of Frank Reade, Jr., and His Electric Ice Ship is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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have
From this reading “BARNEY AND THE BEAR.”
-ing form of “form” — create (as an entity)
From this reading ““No; but ice is forming around the gyroscopes so they can’t revolve.””
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading “Marse Frank, am de machinery bruck?””
plural of “gyroscope” — rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction
From this reading ““No; but ice is forming around the gyroscopes so they can’t revolve.””
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading ““No; but ice is forming around the gyroscopes so they can’t revolve.””
machines or machine systems collectively
From this reading “Marse Frank, am de machinery bruck?””
cheap or pretentious or vain display
From this reading ““Pomp, we are going down into the sea!””
turn on or around an axis or a center
From this reading ““No; but ice is forming around the gyroscopes so they can’t revolve.””
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 ““Pomp, we are going down into the sea!””
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Marse Frank, am de machinery bruck?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BARNEY AND THE BEAR.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Pomp, we are going down into the sea!”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “No; but ice is forming around the gyroscopes so they can’t revolve.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BARNEY AND THE BEAR.
have
From this reading BARNEY AND THE BEAR.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Marse Frank, am de machinery bruck?”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “No; but ice is forming around the gyroscopes so they can’t revolve.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No; but ice is forming around the gyroscopes so they can’t revolve.”
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading Marse Frank, am de machinery bruck?”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “Pomp, we are going down into the sea!”
-ing form of “form” — create (as an entity)
From this reading “No; but ice is forming around the gyroscopes so they can’t revolve.”
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading Marse Frank, am de machinery bruck?”
the act of departing
From this reading “Pomp, we are going down into the sea!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Golly!
plural of “gyroscope” — rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction
From this reading “No; but ice is forming around the gyroscopes so they can’t revolve.”
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading “No; but ice is forming around the gyroscopes so they can’t revolve.”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “Pomp, we are going down into the sea!”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “No; but ice is forming around the gyroscopes so they can’t revolve.”
machines or machine systems collectively
From this reading Marse Frank, am de machinery bruck?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Marse Frank, am de machinery bruck?”
not any; not one
From this reading “No; but ice is forming around the gyroscopes so they can’t revolve.”
cheap or pretentious or vain display
From this reading “Pomp, we are going down into the sea!”
turn on or around an axis or a center
From this reading “No; but ice is forming around the gyroscopes so they can’t revolve.”
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading “Pomp, we are going down into the sea!”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “No; but ice is forming around the gyroscopes so they can’t revolve.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BARNEY AND THE BEAR.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “No; but ice is forming around the gyroscopes so they can’t revolve.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Pomp, we are going down into the sea!”
Chapter 5 of Frank Reade, Jr., and His Electric Ice Ship by Luis Senarens holds 109 sentences, grouped into 22 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 109 sentences of Frank Reade, Jr., and His Electric Ice Ship, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
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