Chapter 16 of The Boy Aviators in Record Flight is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Boy Aviators in Record Flight is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE AUTO GONE. “Harry!” “What is it, Frank?” “Get on your clothes. You, too, Bart Witherbee, and be sure to conceal the map of your mine carefully.”
Chapter 16 of The Boy Aviators in Record Flight is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/22 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading “THE AUTO GONE.”
a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight
From this reading “You, too, Bart Witherbee, and be sure to conceal the map of your mine carefully.””
taking care or paying attention
From this reading “You, too, Bart Witherbee, and be sure to conceal the map of your mine carefully.””
clothing in general
From this reading ““Get on your clothes.”
prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading “You, too, Bart Witherbee, and be sure to conceal the map of your mine carefully.””
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading ““What is it, Frank?””
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading ““Harry!””
make a map of; show or establish the features of details of
From this reading “You, too, Bart Witherbee, and be sure to conceal the map of your mine carefully.””
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 “You, too, Bart Witherbee, and be sure to conceal the map of your mine carefully.””
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You, too, Bart Witherbee, and be sure to conceal the map of your mine carefully.”
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading THE AUTO GONE.
a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight
From this reading You, too, Bart Witherbee, and be sure to conceal the map of your mine carefully.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading You, too, Bart Witherbee, and be sure to conceal the map of your mine carefully.”
taking care or paying attention
From this reading You, too, Bart Witherbee, and be sure to conceal the map of your mine carefully.”
clothing in general
From this reading “Get on your clothes.
prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading You, too, Bart Witherbee, and be sure to conceal the map of your mine carefully.”
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
From this reading “What is it, Frank?”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Get on your clothes.
destroyed or killed
From this reading THE AUTO GONE.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading “Harry!”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “What is it, Frank?”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “What is it, Frank?”
make a map of; show or establish the features of details of
From this reading You, too, Bart Witherbee, and be sure to conceal the map of your mine carefully.”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading You, too, Bart Witherbee, and be sure to conceal the map of your mine carefully.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You, too, Bart Witherbee, and be sure to conceal the map of your mine carefully.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Get on your clothes.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading You, too, Bart Witherbee, and be sure to conceal the map of your mine carefully.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE AUTO GONE.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You, too, Bart Witherbee, and be sure to conceal the map of your mine carefully.”
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading You, too, Bart Witherbee, and be sure to conceal the map of your mine carefully.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What is it, Frank?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You, too, Bart Witherbee, and be sure to conceal the map of your mine carefully.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You, too, Bart Witherbee, and be sure to conceal the map of your mine carefully.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Get on your clothes.
Chapter 16 of The Boy Aviators in Record Flight by John Henry Goldfrap holds 110 sentences, grouped into 22 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 16 holds 110 sentences of The Boy Aviators in Record Flight, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of The Boy Aviators in Record Flight by John Henry Goldfrap exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 110 sentences, grouped into 22 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.
Work through the 22 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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