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The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land
The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land

Chapter IV

Chapter 4 of The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Gordon (Adventure story writer) Stuart • Curated US English Learning Edition

Chapter 4 of The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land by Gordon (Adventure story writer) Stuart holds 185 sentences, grouped into 37 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.

What does chapter 4 of The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land contain?

Chapter 4 holds 185 sentences of The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 4 of The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land by Gordon (Adventure story writer) Stuart exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 185 sentences, grouped into 37 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.

How do I study chapter 4 of The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land?

Work through the 37 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 37 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 4 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 4 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Yes. All 2790 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #35808 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #35808, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 232 minutes of reading across 558 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Scouts
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Indian
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Books
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Reilly
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THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRD Immediately after lunch Mr. Phipps hastened off and the boys returned to the veranda to form their patrol.
Herb Phipps was acclaimed chairman and the meeting was on.
"First thing's nomination of officers," announced the chair.
"Shoot in some names, yuh guys!"
"The patrol leader's got to be a first-class scout," grinned Gray.
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The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land

Chapter IV

Chapter 4 of The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/37 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRD Immediately after lunch Mr. Phipps hastened off and the boys returned to the veranda to form their patrol.
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Herb Phipps was acclaimed chairman and the meeting was on.
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"First thing's nomination of officers," announced the chair.
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"Shoot in some names, yuh guys!"
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"The patrol leader's got to be a first-class scout," grinned Gray.

Learner Dictionary

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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRD Immediately after lunch Mr. Phipps hastened off and the boys returned to the veranda to form their patrol.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading "The patrol leader's got to be a first-class scout," grinned Gray.

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acclaimed

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From this reading Herb Phipps was acclaimed chairman and the meeting was on.

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afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRD Immediately after lunch Mr. Phipps hastened off and the boys returned to the veranda to form their patrol.

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRD Immediately after lunch Mr. Phipps hastened off and the boys returned to the veranda to form their patrol.

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announced

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From this reading "First thing's nomination of officers," announced the chair.

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beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading "The patrol leader's got to be a first-class scout," grinned Gray.

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BIRD

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From this reading THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRD Immediately after lunch Mr. Phipps hastened off and the boys returned to the veranda to form their patrol.

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boys

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From this reading THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRD Immediately after lunch Mr. Phipps hastened off and the boys returned to the veranda to form their patrol.

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chair

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From this reading "First thing's nomination of officers," announced the chair.

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chairman

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From this reading Herb Phipps was acclaimed chairman and the meeting was on.

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First

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first-class

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form

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From this reading THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRD Immediately after lunch Mr. Phipps hastened off and the boys returned to the veranda to form their patrol.

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got

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Gray

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grinned

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From this reading "The patrol leader's got to be a first-class scout," grinned Gray.

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guys

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From this reading "Shoot in some names, yuh guys!"

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hastened

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From this reading THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRD Immediately after lunch Mr. Phipps hastened off and the boys returned to the veranda to form their patrol.

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Herb

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From this reading Herb Phipps was acclaimed chairman and the meeting was on.

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Immediately

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From this reading THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRD Immediately after lunch Mr. Phipps hastened off and the boys returned to the veranda to form their patrol.

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inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading "Shoot in some names, yuh guys!"

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leader's

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From this reading "The patrol leader's got to be a first-class scout," grinned Gray.

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LEGEND

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From this reading THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRD Immediately after lunch Mr. Phipps hastened off and the boys returned to the veranda to form their patrol.

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lunch

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From this reading THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRD Immediately after lunch Mr. Phipps hastened off and the boys returned to the veranda to form their patrol.

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meeting

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From this reading Herb Phipps was acclaimed chairman and the meeting was on.

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Mr

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From this reading THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRD Immediately after lunch Mr. Phipps hastened off and the boys returned to the veranda to form their patrol.

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names

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From this reading "Shoot in some names, yuh guys!"

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nomination

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From this reading "First thing's nomination of officers," announced the chair.

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OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRD Immediately after lunch Mr. Phipps hastened off and the boys returned to the veranda to form their patrol.

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off

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From this reading THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRD Immediately after lunch Mr. Phipps hastened off and the boys returned to the veranda to form their patrol.

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officers

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From this reading "First thing's nomination of officers," announced the chair.

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onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Herb Phipps was acclaimed chairman and the meeting was on.

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patrol

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From this reading THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRD Immediately after lunch Mr. Phipps hastened off and the boys returned to the veranda to form their patrol.

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Phipps

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From this reading THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRD Immediately after lunch Mr. Phipps hastened off and the boys returned to the veranda to form their patrol.

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returned

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From this reading THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRD Immediately after lunch Mr. Phipps hastened off and the boys returned to the veranda to form their patrol.

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scout

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From this reading "The patrol leader's got to be a first-class scout," grinned Gray.

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Shoot

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From this reading "Shoot in some names, yuh guys!"

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some

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From this reading "Shoot in some names, yuh guys!"

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THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRD Immediately after lunch Mr. Phipps hastened off and the boys returned to the veranda to form their patrol.

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theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRD Immediately after lunch Mr. Phipps hastened off and the boys returned to the veranda to form their patrol.

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thing's

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From this reading "First thing's nomination of officers," announced the chair.

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THUNDER

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From this reading THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRD Immediately after lunch Mr. Phipps hastened off and the boys returned to the veranda to form their patrol.

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toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRD Immediately after lunch Mr. Phipps hastened off and the boys returned to the veranda to form their patrol.

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veranda

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From this reading THE LEGEND OF THE THUNDER BIRD Immediately after lunch Mr. Phipps hastened off and the boys returned to the veranda to form their patrol.

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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Herb Phipps was acclaimed chairman and the meeting was on.

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yuh

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From this reading "Shoot in some names, yuh guys!"

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