Chapter V of Frank Reade Jr.'s Air Wonder, The "Kite", “A Daring Escape,” is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter V of Frank Reade Jr.'s Air Wonder, The "Kite", “A Daring Escape,” is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A cry of despair welled up from Harding’s agonized bosom. He realized only too well the truth of Frank’s words. Death most awful confronted them. There seemed no power at hand to save them. That the brigand chief would execute his threat there was no doubt.
Chapter V of Frank Reade Jr.'s Air Wonder, The "Kite", “A Daring Escape,” is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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expressing pain or agony
From this reading “A cry of despair welled up from Harding’s agonized bosom.”
the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
From this reading “A cry of despair welled up from Harding’s agonized bosom.”
past form of “confront” — oppose, as in hostility or a competition
From this reading “Death most awful confronted them.”
kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
From this reading “That the brigand chief would execute his threat there was no doubt.”
possessive form of “frank” — a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century
possessive form of “harding” — 29th President of the United States; two of his appointees were involved in the Teapot Dome scandal (1865-1823)
successfully completed or brought to an end
From this reading “He realized only too well the truth of Frank’s words.”
something that is a source of danger
From this reading “That the brigand chief would execute his threat there was no doubt.”
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 “Death most awful confronted them.”
close in space; within reach
In this reading “There seemed no power at hand to save them.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A cry of despair welled up from Harding’s agonized bosom.
expressing pain or agony
From this reading A cry of despair welled up from Harding’s agonized bosom.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There seemed no power at hand to save them.
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading Death most awful confronted them.
the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
From this reading A cry of despair welled up from Harding’s agonized bosom.
an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
From this reading That the brigand chief would execute his threat there was no doubt.
a person who is in charge
From this reading That the brigand chief would execute his threat there was no doubt.
past form of “confront” — oppose, as in hostility or a competition
From this reading Death most awful confronted them.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading A cry of despair welled up from Harding’s agonized bosom.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Death most awful confronted them.
a state in which all hope is lost or absent
From this reading A cry of despair welled up from Harding’s agonized bosom.
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading That the brigand chief would execute his threat there was no doubt.
kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
From this reading That the brigand chief would execute his threat there was no doubt.
possessive form of “frank” — a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century
From this reading He realized only too well the truth of Frank’s words.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A cry of despair welled up from Harding’s agonized bosom.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading There seemed no power at hand to save them.
possessive form of “harding” — 29th President of the United States; two of his appointees were involved in the Teapot Dome scandal (1865-1823)
From this reading A cry of despair welled up from Harding’s agonized bosom.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He realized only too well the truth of Frank’s words.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading That the brigand chief would execute his threat there was no doubt.
used to form the superlative
From this reading Death most awful confronted them.
not any; not one
From this reading There seemed no power at hand to save them.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A cry of despair welled up from Harding’s agonized bosom.
and nothing more
From this reading He realized only too well the truth of Frank’s words.
possession of controlling influence
From this reading There seemed no power at hand to save them.
successfully completed or brought to an end
From this reading He realized only too well the truth of Frank’s words.
except for; apart from
From this reading There seemed no power at hand to save them.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading There seemed no power at hand to save them.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That the brigand chief would execute his threat there was no doubt.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He realized only too well the truth of Frank’s words.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Death most awful confronted them.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There seemed no power at hand to save them.
something that is a source of danger
From this reading That the brigand chief would execute his threat there was no doubt.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There seemed no power at hand to save them.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading He realized only too well the truth of Frank’s words.
a fact that has been verified
From this reading He realized only too well the truth of Frank’s words.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading A cry of despair welled up from Harding’s agonized bosom.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That the brigand chief would execute his threat there was no doubt.
(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 He realized only too well the truth of Frank’s words.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A cry of despair welled up from Harding’s agonized bosom.
the words that are spoken
From this reading He realized only too well the truth of Frank’s words.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading That the brigand chief would execute his threat there was no doubt.
Chapter 5 of Frank Reade Jr.'s Air Wonder, The "Kite" by Luis Senarens holds 176 sentences, grouped into 36 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.
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