Chapter 2 of Motor Matt's Air Ship is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Motor Matt's Air Ship is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CAPTURING AN AIR-SHIP. "Py shiminy grickets! Vat do you t'ink oof dot! See dere vonce, Matt. A palloon, or I vas a lopsder!
Chapter 2 of Motor Matt's Air Ship is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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-ing form of “capture” — succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
From this reading “CAPTURING AN AIR-SHIP.”
a very small circular shape
From this reading “Vat do you t'ink oof dot!”
the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
From this reading “See dere vonce, Matt.”
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “See dere vonce, Matt.”
a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
From this reading “Vat do you t'ink oof dot!”
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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 palloon, or I vas a lopsder!
transport (cargo) by air
From this reading CAPTURING AN AIR-SHIP.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading CAPTURING AN AIR-SHIP.
-ing form of “capture” — succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
From this reading CAPTURING AN AIR-SHIP.
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From this reading See dere vonce, Matt.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Vat do you t'ink oof dot!
a very small circular shape
From this reading Vat do you t'ink oof dot!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Py shiminy grickets!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A palloon, or I vas a lopsder!
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From this reading A palloon, or I vas a lopsder!
the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
From this reading See dere vonce, Matt.
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From this reading Vat do you t'ink oof dot!
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading A palloon, or I vas a lopsder!
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From this reading A palloon, or I vas a lopsder!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Py shiminy grickets!
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See dere vonce, Matt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Py shiminy grickets!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Vat do you t'ink oof dot!
a tube in which a body fluid circulates
From this reading A palloon, or I vas a lopsder!
a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
From this reading Vat do you t'ink oof dot!
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From this reading See dere vonce, Matt.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Vat do you t'ink oof dot!
Chapter 2 of Motor Matt's Air Ship by Stanley R. Matthews holds 114 sentences, grouped into 23 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 2 holds 114 sentences of Motor Matt's Air Ship, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Motor Matt's Air Ship by Stanley R. Matthews exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 114 sentences, grouped into 23 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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