Chapter 6 of Secret Mission to Alaska is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Secret Mission to Alaska is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“And you’ve been a bush pilot ever since?” Sandy said. “Boy, that must be an exciting life.” “Well, I wouldn’t call it exciting exactly. A little romantic maybe—everything about _Alashka_ is romantic.”
Chapter 6 of Secret Mission to Alaska is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading ““And you’ve been a bush pilot ever since?””
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “A little romantic maybe—everything about _Alashka_ is romantic.””
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading ““Well, I wouldn’t call it exciting exactly.”
creating or arousing excitement
From this reading ““Boy, that must be an exciting life.””
by chance
From this reading “A little romantic maybe—everything about _Alashka_ is romantic.””
operate an airplane
From this reading ““And you’ve been a bush pilot ever since?””
belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts
From this reading “A little romantic maybe—everything about _Alashka_ is romantic.””
of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown
From this reading “Sandy said.”
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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 “And you’ve been a bush pilot ever since?”
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading A little romantic maybe—everything about _Alashka_ is romantic.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A little romantic maybe—everything about _Alashka_ is romantic.”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “Boy, that must be an exciting life.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And you’ve been a bush pilot ever since?”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Boy, that must be an exciting life.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “And you’ve been a bush pilot ever since?”
a youthful male person
From this reading “Boy, that must be an exciting life.”
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading “And you’ve been a bush pilot ever since?”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Well, I wouldn’t call it exciting exactly.
at any time
From this reading “And you’ve been a bush pilot ever since?”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading A little romantic maybe—everything about _Alashka_ is romantic.”
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading “Well, I wouldn’t call it exciting exactly.
creating or arousing excitement
From this reading “Boy, that must be an exciting life.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Well, I wouldn’t call it exciting exactly.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A little romantic maybe—everything about _Alashka_ is romantic.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Well, I wouldn’t call it exciting exactly.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “Boy, that must be an exciting life.”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading A little romantic maybe—everything about _Alashka_ is romantic.”
by chance
From this reading A little romantic maybe—everything about _Alashka_ is romantic.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Boy, that must be an exciting life.”
operate an airplane
From this reading “And you’ve been a bush pilot ever since?”
belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts
From this reading A little romantic maybe—everything about _Alashka_ is romantic.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Sandy said.
of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown
From this reading Sandy said.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “And you’ve been a bush pilot ever since?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Boy, that must be an exciting life.”
(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 “Well, I wouldn’t call it exciting exactly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, I wouldn’t call it exciting exactly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And you’ve been a bush pilot ever since?”
Chapter 6 of Secret Mission to Alaska by Robert Leckie holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 6 holds 412 sentences of Secret Mission to Alaska, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Secret Mission to Alaska by Robert Leckie exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
Work through the 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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