Chapter 17 of The Adventure Girls in the Air is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of The Adventure Girls in the Air is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
RETURN “For she’s a jolly good fellow, for she’s a jolly good fellow——” the Adventure Girls sang loudly if not well. “And a hot cha cha!” Janet put in lavishly. “That doesn’t fit,” Carol complained. “I don’t care whether it does or not,” Janet said irrelevantly.
Chapter 17 of The Adventure Girls in the Air is here in full — 227 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
From this reading “RETURN “For she’s a jolly good fellow, for she’s a jolly good fellow——” the Adventure Girls sang loudly if not well.”
joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ
From this reading ““That doesn’t fit,” Carol complained.”
past form of “complain” — express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
From this reading ““That doesn’t fit,” Carol complained.”
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading ““That doesn’t fit,” Carol complained.”
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading “RETURN “For she’s a jolly good fellow, for she’s a jolly good fellow——” the Adventure Girls sang loudly if not well.”
in a wasteful manner
From this reading “Janet put in lavishly.”
with relatively high volume
From this reading “RETURN “For she’s a jolly good fellow, for she’s a jolly good fellow——” the Adventure Girls sang loudly if not well.”
North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng
From this reading “RETURN “For she’s a jolly good fellow, for she’s a jolly good fellow——” the Adventure Girls sang loudly if not well.”
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 “RETURN “For she’s a jolly good fellow, for she’s a jolly good fellow——” the Adventure Girls sang loudly if not well.”
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 RETURN “For she’s a jolly good fellow, for she’s a jolly good fellow——” the Adventure Girls sang loudly if not well.
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
From this reading RETURN “For she’s a jolly good fellow, for she’s a jolly good fellow——” the Adventure Girls sang loudly if not well.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And a hot cha cha!”
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading “I don’t care whether it does or not,” Janet said irrelevantly.
joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ
From this reading “That doesn’t fit,” Carol complained.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And a hot cha cha!”
past form of “complain” — express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
From this reading “That doesn’t fit,” Carol complained.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “I don’t care whether it does or not,” Janet said irrelevantly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That doesn’t fit,” Carol complained.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I don’t care whether it does or not,” Janet said irrelevantly.
a boy or man
From this reading RETURN “For she’s a jolly good fellow, for she’s a jolly good fellow——” the Adventure Girls sang loudly if not well.
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading “That doesn’t fit,” Carol complained.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading RETURN “For she’s a jolly good fellow, for she’s a jolly good fellow——” the Adventure Girls sang loudly if not well.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading RETURN “For she’s a jolly good fellow, for she’s a jolly good fellow——” the Adventure Girls sang loudly if not well.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading RETURN “For she’s a jolly good fellow, for she’s a jolly good fellow——” the Adventure Girls sang loudly if not well.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading “And a hot cha cha!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I don’t care whether it does or not,” Janet said irrelevantly.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading RETURN “For she’s a jolly good fellow, for she’s a jolly good fellow——” the Adventure Girls sang loudly if not well.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Janet put in lavishly.
in an irrelevant manner
From this reading “I don’t care whether it does or not,” Janet said irrelevantly.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I don’t care whether it does or not,” Janet said irrelevantly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Janet put in lavishly.
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading RETURN “For she’s a jolly good fellow, for she’s a jolly good fellow——” the Adventure Girls sang loudly if not well.
in a wasteful manner
From this reading Janet put in lavishly.
with relatively high volume
From this reading RETURN “For she’s a jolly good fellow, for she’s a jolly good fellow——” the Adventure Girls sang loudly if not well.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading RETURN “For she’s a jolly good fellow, for she’s a jolly good fellow——” the Adventure Girls sang loudly if not well.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “I don’t care whether it does or not,” Janet said irrelevantly.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Janet put in lavishly.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading RETURN “For she’s a jolly good fellow, for she’s a jolly good fellow——” the Adventure Girls sang loudly if not well.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I don’t care whether it does or not,” Janet said irrelevantly.
North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng
From this reading RETURN “For she’s a jolly good fellow, for she’s a jolly good fellow——” the Adventure Girls sang loudly if not well.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RETURN “For she’s a jolly good fellow, for she’s a jolly good fellow——” the Adventure Girls sang loudly if not well.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That doesn’t fit,” Carol complained.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading RETURN “For she’s a jolly good fellow, for she’s a jolly good fellow——” the Adventure Girls sang loudly if not well.
(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 RETURN “For she’s a jolly good fellow, for she’s a jolly good fellow——” the Adventure Girls sang loudly if not well.
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading “I don’t care whether it does or not,” Janet said irrelevantly.
Chapter 17 of The Adventure Girls in the Air by Clair Blank holds 227 sentences, grouped into 46 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 17 holds 227 sentences of The Adventure Girls in the Air, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 17 of The Adventure Girls in the Air by Clair Blank exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 227 sentences, grouped into 46 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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