Chapter 25 of The Air Trust is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 25 of The Air Trust is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"GUILTY." Speechless and dazed, Gabriel stared at her as though at some strange apparition. "Daughter of--of Isaac Flint?" he stammered, clinging to the bars. "Come, come, lady, yuh can't stay no longer!" the officer again insisted, tapping her on the shoulder. "Yuh'd oughta been out o' here ten minutes ago!
Chapter 25 of The Air Trust is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/28 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a ghostly appearing figure
From this reading “Speechless and dazed, Gabriel stared at her as though at some strange apparition.”
-ing form of “cling” — come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
From this reading “"Daughter of--of Isaac Flint?" he stammered, clinging to the bars.”
in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
From this reading “Speechless and dazed, Gabriel stared at her as though at some strange apparition.”
a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony
From this reading “"Daughter of--of Isaac Flint?" he stammered, clinging to the bars.”
(Bible) the archangel who was the messenger of God
From this reading “Speechless and dazed, Gabriel stared at her as though at some strange apparition.”
(Old Testament) the second patriarch; son of Abraham and Sarah who was offered by Abraham as a sacrifice to God; father of Jacob and Esau
From this reading “"Daughter of--of Isaac Flint?" he stammered, clinging to the bars.”
temporarily incapable of speaking
From this reading “Speechless and dazed, Gabriel stared at her as though at some strange apparition.”
the sound of light blow or knock
From this reading “"Come, come, lady, yuh can't stay no longer!" the officer again insisted, tapping her on the shoulder.”
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anew
From this reading "Come, come, lady, yuh can't stay no longer!" the officer again insisted, tapping her on the shoulder.
in the past
From this reading "Yuh'd oughta been out o' here ten minutes ago!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Speechless and dazed, Gabriel stared at her as though at some strange apparition.
a ghostly appearing figure
From this reading Speechless and dazed, Gabriel stared at her as though at some strange apparition.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Speechless and dazed, Gabriel stared at her as though at some strange apparition.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Speechless and dazed, Gabriel stared at her as though at some strange apparition.
gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights
From this reading "Daughter of--of Isaac Flint?" he stammered, clinging to the bars.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "Yuh'd oughta been out o' here ten minutes ago!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Come, come, lady, yuh can't stay no longer!" the officer again insisted, tapping her on the shoulder.
-ing form of “cling” — come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
From this reading "Daughter of--of Isaac Flint?" he stammered, clinging to the bars.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Come, come, lady, yuh can't stay no longer!" the officer again insisted, tapping her on the shoulder.
a female human offspring
From this reading "Daughter of--of Isaac Flint?" he stammered, clinging to the bars.
in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
From this reading Speechless and dazed, Gabriel stared at her as though at some strange apparition.
a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony
From this reading "Daughter of--of Isaac Flint?" he stammered, clinging to the bars.
(Bible) the archangel who was the messenger of God
From this reading Speechless and dazed, Gabriel stared at her as though at some strange apparition.
responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act
From this reading "GUILTY."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Daughter of--of Isaac Flint?" he stammered, clinging to the bars.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Speechless and dazed, Gabriel stared at her as though at some strange apparition.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Yuh'd oughta been out o' here ten minutes ago!
past form of “insist” — be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading "Come, come, lady, yuh can't stay no longer!" the officer again insisted, tapping her on the shoulder.
(Old Testament) the second patriarch; son of Abraham and Sarah who was offered by Abraham as a sacrifice to God; father of Jacob and Esau
From this reading "Daughter of--of Isaac Flint?" he stammered, clinging to the bars.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading "Come, come, lady, yuh can't stay no longer!" the officer again insisted, tapping her on the shoulder.
for more time
From this reading "Come, come, lady, yuh can't stay no longer!" the officer again insisted, tapping her on the shoulder.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading "Yuh'd oughta been out o' here ten minutes ago!
not any; not one
From this reading "Come, come, lady, yuh can't stay no longer!" the officer again insisted, tapping her on the shoulder.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading "Yuh'd oughta been out o' here ten minutes ago!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Daughter of--of Isaac Flint?" he stammered, clinging to the bars.
any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
From this reading "Come, come, lady, yuh can't stay no longer!" the officer again insisted, tapping her on the shoulder.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Come, come, lady, yuh can't stay no longer!" the officer again insisted, tapping her on the shoulder.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yuh'd oughta been out o' here ten minutes ago!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Yuh'd oughta been out o' here ten minutes ago!
lift onto one's shoulders
From this reading "Come, come, lady, yuh can't stay no longer!" the officer again insisted, tapping her on the shoulder.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Speechless and dazed, Gabriel stared at her as though at some strange apparition.
temporarily incapable of speaking
From this reading Speechless and dazed, Gabriel stared at her as though at some strange apparition.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Daughter of--of Isaac Flint?" he stammered, clinging to the bars.
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Speechless and dazed, Gabriel stared at her as though at some strange apparition.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading "Come, come, lady, yuh can't stay no longer!" the officer again insisted, tapping her on the shoulder.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading Speechless and dazed, Gabriel stared at her as though at some strange apparition.
the sound of light blow or knock
From this reading "Come, come, lady, yuh can't stay no longer!" the officer again insisted, tapping her on the shoulder.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading "Yuh'd oughta been out o' here ten minutes ago!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Daughter of--of Isaac Flint?" he stammered, clinging to the bars.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Speechless and dazed, Gabriel stared at her as though at some strange apparition.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Daughter of--of Isaac Flint?" he stammered, clinging to the bars.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Come, come, lady, yuh can't stay no longer!" the officer again insisted, tapping her on the shoulder.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yuh'd oughta been out o' here ten minutes ago!
Chapter 25 of The Air Trust by George Allan England 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 25 holds 141 sentences of The Air Trust, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
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