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Chapter 6 of The Boy Aeronauts' Club is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry. Neither Tom nor Hal seemed surprised. “Are you goin’ along as cook?” began Bob, questioning the grinning Jerry. “Cook!” exclaimed Hal. “Can he cook?”
Chapter 6 of The Boy Aeronauts' Club is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading “THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry.”
prepare a hot meal
From this reading ““Are you goin’ along as cook?” began Bob, questioning the grinning Jerry.”
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading ““Are you goin’ along as cook?” began Bob, questioning the grinning Jerry.”
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading “THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry.”
perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)
From this reading ““Are you goin’ along as cook?” began Bob, questioning the grinning Jerry.”
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading “THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry.”
plural of “set” — a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
From this reading “THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry.”
plural of “sister” — a female person who has the same parents as another person
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In this reading “THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry.”
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following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “Are you goin’ along as cook?” began Bob, questioning the grinning Jerry.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Are you goin’ along as cook?” began Bob, questioning the grinning Jerry.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry.
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry.
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “Are you goin’ along as cook?” began Bob, questioning the grinning Jerry.
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Can he cook?”
prepare a hot meal
From this reading “Are you goin’ along as cook?” began Bob, questioning the grinning Jerry.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading “Cook!” exclaimed Hal.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Are you goin’ along as cook?” began Bob, questioning the grinning Jerry.
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading “Are you goin’ along as cook?” began Bob, questioning the grinning Jerry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Neither Tom nor Hal seemed surprised.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Can he cook?”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry.
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Neither Tom nor Hal seemed surprised.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Neither Tom nor Hal seemed surprised.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry.
perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)
From this reading “Are you goin’ along as cook?” began Bob, questioning the grinning Jerry.
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Neither Tom nor Hal seemed surprised.
plural of “set” — a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
From this reading THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry.
plural of “sister” — a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry.
in the near future
From this reading THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry.
taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment
From this reading Neither Tom nor Hal seemed surprised.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry.
male cat
From this reading Neither Tom nor Hal seemed surprised.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry.
(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 THE _THREE SISTERS_ SETS SAIL As soon as the _Three Sisters_ was well on her way out into the bay, Bob gave his attention to Jerry.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Are you goin’ along as cook?” began Bob, questioning the grinning Jerry.
Chapter 6 of The Boy Aeronauts' Club by H. L. (Harry Lincoln) Sayler holds 165 sentences, grouped into 33 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 165 sentences of The Boy Aeronauts' Club, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
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