Chapter 4 of Linda Carlton's Ocean Flight is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Linda Carlton's Ocean Flight is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_The Ground School_ "I certainly don't care for that woman!" announced Louise emphatically, as she got into Linda's roadster. "Miss Hulbert?" inquired her chum. "Yes. You might think she were the one and only queen of the air! And it's all so silly.
Chapter 4 of Linda Carlton's Ocean Flight is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading “_The Ground School_ "I certainly don't care for that woman!" announced Louise emphatically, as she got into Linda's roadster.”
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading “"Miss Hulbert?" inquired her chum.”
without question and beyond doubt
From this reading “_The Ground School_ "I certainly don't care for that woman!" announced Louise emphatically, as she got into Linda's roadster.”
past form of “inquire” — address a question to and expect an answer from
From this reading “"Miss Hulbert?" inquired her chum.”
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading “You might think she were the one and only queen of the air!”
an open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat
From this reading “_The Ground School_ "I certainly don't care for that woman!" announced Louise emphatically, as she got into Linda's roadster.”
an educational institution
ludicrous, foolish
From this reading “And it's all so silly.”
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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get involved in or with
In this reading “_The Ground School_ "I certainly don't care for that woman!" announced Louise emphatically, as she got into Linda's roadster.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading You might think she were the one and only queen of the air!
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading And it's all so silly.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You might think she were the one and only queen of the air!
declared publicly; made widely known
From this reading _The Ground School_ "I certainly don't care for that woman!" announced Louise emphatically, as she got into Linda's roadster.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _The Ground School_ "I certainly don't care for that woman!" announced Louise emphatically, as she got into Linda's roadster.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading _The Ground School_ "I certainly don't care for that woman!" announced Louise emphatically, as she got into Linda's roadster.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading _The Ground School_ "I certainly don't care for that woman!" announced Louise emphatically, as she got into Linda's roadster.
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading "Miss Hulbert?" inquired her chum.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _The Ground School_ "I certainly don't care for that woman!" announced Louise emphatically, as she got into Linda's roadster.
without question and beyond doubt
From this reading _The Ground School_ "I certainly don't care for that woman!" announced Louise emphatically, as she got into Linda's roadster.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _The Ground School_ "I certainly don't care for that woman!" announced Louise emphatically, as she got into Linda's roadster.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading _The Ground School_ "I certainly don't care for that woman!" announced Louise emphatically, as she got into Linda's roadster.
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading _The Ground School_ "I certainly don't care for that woman!" announced Louise emphatically, as she got into Linda's roadster.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Miss Hulbert?" inquired her chum.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Miss Hulbert?" inquired her chum.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _The Ground School_ "I certainly don't care for that woman!" announced Louise emphatically, as she got into Linda's roadster.
past form of “inquire” — address a question to and expect an answer from
From this reading "Miss Hulbert?" inquired her chum.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading _The Ground School_ "I certainly don't care for that woman!" announced Louise emphatically, as she got into Linda's roadster.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And it's all so silly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _The Ground School_ "I certainly don't care for that woman!" announced Louise emphatically, as she got into Linda's roadster.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _The Ground School_ "I certainly don't care for that woman!" announced Louise emphatically, as she got into Linda's roadster.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading You might think she were the one and only queen of the air!
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "Miss Hulbert?" inquired her chum.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You might think she were the one and only queen of the air!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading You might think she were the one and only queen of the air!
and nothing more
From this reading You might think she were the one and only queen of the air!
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading You might think she were the one and only queen of the air!
an open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat
From this reading _The Ground School_ "I certainly don't care for that woman!" announced Louise emphatically, as she got into Linda's roadster.
an educational institution
From this reading _The Ground School_ "I certainly don't care for that woman!" announced Louise emphatically, as she got into Linda's roadster.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _The Ground School_ "I certainly don't care for that woman!" announced Louise emphatically, as she got into Linda's roadster.
ludicrous, foolish
From this reading And it's all so silly.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And it's all so silly.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _The Ground School_ "I certainly don't care for that woman!" announced Louise emphatically, as she got into Linda's roadster.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The Ground School_ "I certainly don't care for that woman!" announced Louise emphatically, as she got into Linda's roadster.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading You might think she were the one and only queen of the air!
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You might think she were the one and only queen of the air!
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading _The Ground School_ "I certainly don't care for that woman!" announced Louise emphatically, as she got into Linda's roadster.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You might think she were the one and only queen of the air!
Chapter 4 of Linda Carlton's Ocean Flight by Edith Lavell holds 183 sentences, grouped into 37 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 183 sentences of Linda Carlton's Ocean Flight, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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