Chapter 5 of The Bird boys is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Bird boys is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A MIDNIGHT ALARM. “I tell you what,” suggested Andy; “let’s cook our supper here. What’s to hinder, when we’ve got a stove handy, and there’s no great amount of gasolene around? I’m just hungry enough to want to see you throw things about and wrestle with a regular camp dinner. What say, Frank?”
Chapter 5 of The Bird boys is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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fear resulting from the awareness of danger
From this reading “A MIDNIGHT ALARM.”
a quantity of money
From this reading “What’s to hinder, when we’ve got a stove handy, and there’s no great amount of gasolene around?”
easy to reach
From this reading “What’s to hinder, when we’ve got a stove handy, and there’s no great amount of gasolene around?”
be a hindrance or obstacle to
From this reading “What’s to hinder, when we’ve got a stove handy, and there’s no great amount of gasolene around?”
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading “I’m just hungry enough to want to see you throw things about and wrestle with a regular camp dinner.”
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading “A MIDNIGHT ALARM.”
a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
From this reading “What’s to hinder, when we’ve got a stove handy, and there’s no great amount of gasolene around?”
combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force
From this reading “I’m just hungry enough to want to see you throw things about and wrestle with a regular camp dinner.”
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 “I’m just hungry enough to want to see you throw things about and wrestle with a regular camp dinner.”
In this reading “I’m just hungry enough to want to see you throw things about and wrestle with a regular camp dinner.”
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 A MIDNIGHT ALARM.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I’m just hungry enough to want to see you throw things about and wrestle with a regular camp dinner.
fear resulting from the awareness of danger
From this reading A MIDNIGHT ALARM.
a quantity of money
From this reading What’s to hinder, when we’ve got a stove handy, and there’s no great amount of gasolene around?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What’s to hinder, when we’ve got a stove handy, and there’s no great amount of gasolene around?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I tell you what,” suggested Andy; “let’s cook our supper here.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading What’s to hinder, when we’ve got a stove handy, and there’s no great amount of gasolene around?
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading I’m just hungry enough to want to see you throw things about and wrestle with a regular camp dinner.
prepare a hot meal
From this reading “I tell you what,” suggested Andy; “let’s cook our supper here.
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading I’m just hungry enough to want to see you throw things about and wrestle with a regular camp dinner.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading I’m just hungry enough to want to see you throw things about and wrestle with a regular camp dinner.
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading What say, Frank?”
a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
From this reading What’s to hinder, when we’ve got a stove handy, and there’s no great amount of gasolene around?
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading What’s to hinder, when we’ve got a stove handy, and there’s no great amount of gasolene around?
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading What’s to hinder, when we’ve got a stove handy, and there’s no great amount of gasolene around?
easy to reach
From this reading What’s to hinder, when we’ve got a stove handy, and there’s no great amount of gasolene around?
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “I tell you what,” suggested Andy; “let’s cook our supper here.
be a hindrance or obstacle to
From this reading What’s to hinder, when we’ve got a stove handy, and there’s no great amount of gasolene around?
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading I’m just hungry enough to want to see you throw things about and wrestle with a regular camp dinner.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I tell you what,” suggested Andy; “let’s cook our supper here.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’m just hungry enough to want to see you throw things about and wrestle with a regular camp dinner.
and nothing more
From this reading I’m just hungry enough to want to see you throw things about and wrestle with a regular camp dinner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I tell you what,” suggested Andy; “let’s cook our supper here.
12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
From this reading A MIDNIGHT ALARM.
not any; not one
From this reading What’s to hinder, when we’ve got a stove handy, and there’s no great amount of gasolene around?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What’s to hinder, when we’ve got a stove handy, and there’s no great amount of gasolene around?
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “I tell you what,” suggested Andy; “let’s cook our supper here.
in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle
From this reading I’m just hungry enough to want to see you throw things about and wrestle with a regular camp dinner.
express in words
From this reading What say, Frank?”
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I’m just hungry enough to want to see you throw things about and wrestle with a regular camp dinner.
a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
From this reading What’s to hinder, when we’ve got a stove handy, and there’s no great amount of gasolene around?
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading “I tell you what,” suggested Andy; “let’s cook our supper here.
a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
From this reading “I tell you what,” suggested Andy; “let’s cook our supper here.
express in words
From this reading “I tell you what,” suggested Andy; “let’s cook our supper here.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What’s to hinder, when we’ve got a stove handy, and there’s no great amount of gasolene around?
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading I’m just hungry enough to want to see you throw things about and wrestle with a regular camp dinner.
propel through the air
From this reading I’m just hungry enough to want to see you throw things about and wrestle with a regular camp dinner.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What’s to hinder, when we’ve got a stove handy, and there’s no great amount of gasolene around?
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading I’m just hungry enough to want to see you throw things about and wrestle with a regular camp dinner.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What’s to hinder, when we’ve got a stove handy, and there’s no great amount of gasolene around?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “I tell you what,” suggested Andy; “let’s cook our supper here.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What’s to hinder, when we’ve got a stove handy, and there’s no great amount of gasolene around?
at the time that
From this reading What’s to hinder, when we’ve got a stove handy, and there’s no great amount of gasolene around?
in the company of; together with
From this reading I’m just hungry enough to want to see you throw things about and wrestle with a regular camp dinner.
combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force
From this reading I’m just hungry enough to want to see you throw things about and wrestle with a regular camp dinner.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I tell you what,” suggested Andy; “let’s cook our supper here.
Chapter 5 of The Bird boys by John Luther Langworthy holds 124 sentences, grouped into 25 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 5 holds 124 sentences of The Bird boys, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Bird boys by John Luther Langworthy exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 124 sentences, grouped into 25 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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