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Chapter 27 of The Boy Inventors' Electric Hydroaeroplane is here in full — 96 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A DASH FOR LIBERTY. As silently as possible the escaped captives made for the Electric Monarch. They had almost gained the side of the craft when an unexpected obstacle barred their further progress. The interruption was in the form of a big white bulldog. “Gosh all hemlock!” gasped Reuben, “I plumb forgot about old Lion.”
Chapter 27 of The Boy Inventors' Electric Hydroaeroplane is here in full — 96 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
preventing entry or exit or a course of action
From this reading “They had almost gained the side of the craft when an unexpected obstacle barred their further progress.”
attack viciously and ferociously
From this reading “The interruption was in the form of a big white bulldog.”
plural of “captive” — a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading “As silently as possible the escaped captives made for the Electric Monarch.”
poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium
From this reading ““Gosh all hemlock!” gasped Reuben, “I plumb forgot about old Lion.””
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
From this reading “The interruption was in the form of a big white bulldog.”
something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted
From this reading “They had almost gained the side of the craft when an unexpected obstacle barred their further progress.”
measure the depth of something
From this reading ““Gosh all hemlock!” gasped Reuben, “I plumb forgot about old Lion.””
(Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel
From this reading ““Gosh all hemlock!” gasped Reuben, “I plumb forgot about old Lion.””
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 “The interruption was in the form of a big white bulldog.”
In this reading “A DASH FOR LIBERTY.”
In this reading ““Gosh all hemlock!” gasped Reuben, “I plumb forgot about old Lion.””
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 DASH FOR LIBERTY.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Gosh all hemlock!” gasped Reuben, “I plumb forgot about old Lion.”
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “Gosh all hemlock!” gasped Reuben, “I plumb forgot about old Lion.”
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading They had almost gained the side of the craft when an unexpected obstacle barred their further progress.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading They had almost gained the side of the craft when an unexpected obstacle barred their further progress.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As silently as possible the escaped captives made for the Electric Monarch.
preventing entry or exit or a course of action
From this reading They had almost gained the side of the craft when an unexpected obstacle barred their further progress.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The interruption was in the form of a big white bulldog.
attack viciously and ferociously
From this reading The interruption was in the form of a big white bulldog.
plural of “captive” — a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading As silently as possible the escaped captives made for the Electric Monarch.
the skilled practice of a practical occupation
From this reading They had almost gained the side of the craft when an unexpected obstacle barred their further progress.
run or move very quickly or hastily
From this reading A DASH FOR LIBERTY.
using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity
From this reading As silently as possible the escaped captives made for the Electric Monarch.
having escaped, especially from confinement
From this reading As silently as possible the escaped captives made for the Electric Monarch.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A DASH FOR LIBERTY.
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “Gosh all hemlock!” gasped Reuben, “I plumb forgot about old Lion.”
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading The interruption was in the form of a big white bulldog.
to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (“further” is used more often than “farther” in this abstract sense)
From this reading They had almost gained the side of the craft when an unexpected obstacle barred their further progress.
past form of “gain” — obtain
From this reading They had almost gained the side of the craft when an unexpected obstacle barred their further progress.
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading “Gosh all hemlock!” gasped Reuben, “I plumb forgot about old Lion.”
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From this reading “Gosh all hemlock!” gasped Reuben, “I plumb forgot about old Lion.”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had almost gained the side of the craft when an unexpected obstacle barred their further progress.
poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium
From this reading “Gosh all hemlock!” gasped Reuben, “I plumb forgot about old Lion.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Gosh all hemlock!” gasped Reuben, “I plumb forgot about old Lion.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The interruption was in the form of a big white bulldog.
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
From this reading The interruption was in the form of a big white bulldog.
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.
From this reading A DASH FOR LIBERTY.
large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
From this reading “Gosh all hemlock!” gasped Reuben, “I plumb forgot about old Lion.”
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading As silently as possible the escaped captives made for the Electric Monarch.
a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
From this reading As silently as possible the escaped captives made for the Electric Monarch.
something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted
From this reading They had almost gained the side of the craft when an unexpected obstacle barred their further progress.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They had almost gained the side of the craft when an unexpected obstacle barred their further progress.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading “Gosh all hemlock!” gasped Reuben, “I plumb forgot about old Lion.”
measure the depth of something
From this reading “Gosh all hemlock!” gasped Reuben, “I plumb forgot about old Lion.”
capable of happening or existing
From this reading As silently as possible the escaped captives made for the Electric Monarch.
gradual improvement or growth or development
From this reading They had almost gained the side of the craft when an unexpected obstacle barred their further progress.
(Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel
From this reading “Gosh all hemlock!” gasped Reuben, “I plumb forgot about old Lion.”
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading They had almost gained the side of the craft when an unexpected obstacle barred their further progress.
without speaking
From this reading As silently as possible the escaped captives made for the Electric Monarch.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As silently as possible the escaped captives made for the Electric Monarch.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They had almost gained the side of the craft when an unexpected obstacle barred their further progress.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had almost gained the side of the craft when an unexpected obstacle barred their further progress.
not expected or anticipated
From this reading They had almost gained the side of the craft when an unexpected obstacle barred their further progress.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The interruption was in the form of a big white bulldog.
at the time that
From this reading They had almost gained the side of the craft when an unexpected obstacle barred their further progress.
a Caucasian
From this reading The interruption was in the form of a big white bulldog.
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