Chapter 20 of The Aeroplane Boys on the Wing is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The Aeroplane Boys on the Wing is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE AEROPLANE BOYS ONCE MORE AFLOAT. "Frank! Oh! Frank!" More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.
Chapter 20 of The Aeroplane Boys on the Wing is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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aimlessly drifting
From this reading “THE AEROPLANE BOYS ONCE MORE AFLOAT.”
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading “More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.”
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading “More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.”
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading “More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.”
pull, as against a resistance
From this reading “More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.”
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading “More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.”
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading “"Frank!”
close in time; about to occur
From this reading “More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.
an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
From this reading THE AEROPLANE BOYS ONCE MORE AFLOAT.
aimlessly drifting
From this reading THE AEROPLANE BOYS ONCE MORE AFLOAT.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading THE AEROPLANE BOYS ONCE MORE AFLOAT.
a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
From this reading More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.
the child of your aunt or uncle
From this reading More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.
the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
From this reading More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.
pull, as against a resistance
From this reading More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading "Frank!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.
close in time; about to occur
From this reading More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading THE AEROPLANE BOYS ONCE MORE AFLOAT.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh!
on one occasion
From this reading THE AEROPLANE BOYS ONCE MORE AFLOAT.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE AEROPLANE BOYS ONCE MORE AFLOAT.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading More than a few times had it fallen to Frank Bird to drag his cousin and chum, Andy, back from some impending danger.
Chapter 20 of The Aeroplane Boys on the Wing by John Luther Langworthy holds 141 sentences, grouped into 29 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 20 holds 141 sentences of The Aeroplane Boys on the Wing, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 20 of The Aeroplane Boys on the Wing by John Luther Langworthy exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 141 sentences, grouped into 29 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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