Chapter 20 of The Flaming Mountain is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The Flaming Mountain is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Old One Yields Rick banked the Sky Wagon over the fleet. Scotty, in the front passenger seat, had the camera ready. Hartson Brant, in the rear seat, had a motion-picture camera poised. Governor Montoya, the fourth in the party, even had his personal camera along. Their cameras were not the only ones.
Chapter 20 of The Flaming Mountain is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “bank” — tip laterally
From this reading “The Old One Yields Rick banked the Sky Wagon over the fleet.”
small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
From this reading “Hartson Brant, in the rear seat, had a motion-picture camera poised.”
equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)
From this reading “Scotty, in the front passenger seat, had the camera ready.”
plural of “camera” — equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)
From this reading “Their cameras were not the only ones.”
a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
From this reading “Scotty, in the front passenger seat, had the camera ready.”
marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action
From this reading “Hartson Brant, in the rear seat, had a motion-picture camera poised.”
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading “The Old One Yields Rick banked the Sky Wagon over the fleet.”
plural of “yield” — production of a certain amount
From this reading “The Old One Yields Rick banked the Sky Wagon over the fleet.”
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.
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In this reading “Hartson Brant, in the rear seat, had a motion-picture camera poised.”
In this reading “Hartson Brant, in the rear seat, had a motion-picture camera poised.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Hartson Brant, in the rear seat, had a motion-picture camera poised.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Governor Montoya, the fourth in the party, even had his personal camera along.
past form of “bank” — tip laterally
From this reading The Old One Yields Rick banked the Sky Wagon over the fleet.
small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
From this reading Hartson Brant, in the rear seat, had a motion-picture camera poised.
equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)
From this reading Scotty, in the front passenger seat, had the camera ready.
plural of “camera” — equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)
From this reading Their cameras were not the only ones.
divisible by two
From this reading Governor Montoya, the fourth in the party, even had his personal camera along.
group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
From this reading The Old One Yields Rick banked the Sky Wagon over the fleet.
following the third position; number four in a countable series
From this reading Governor Montoya, the fourth in the party, even had his personal camera along.
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading Scotty, in the front passenger seat, had the camera ready.
the head of a state government
From this reading Governor Montoya, the fourth in the party, even had his personal camera along.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Scotty, in the front passenger seat, had the camera ready.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hartson Brant, in the rear seat, had a motion-picture camera poised.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Governor Montoya, the fourth in the party, even had his personal camera along.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Scotty, in the front passenger seat, had the camera ready.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Governor Montoya, the fourth in the party, even had his personal camera along.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hartson Brant, in the rear seat, had a motion-picture camera poised.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Their cameras were not the only ones.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading The Old One Yields Rick banked the Sky Wagon over the fleet.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The Old One Yields Rick banked the Sky Wagon over the fleet.
plural of “one” — the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Their cameras were not the only ones.
and nothing more
From this reading Their cameras were not the only ones.
above and across; more than
From this reading The Old One Yields Rick banked the Sky Wagon over the fleet.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading Governor Montoya, the fourth in the party, even had his personal camera along.
a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
From this reading Scotty, in the front passenger seat, had the camera ready.
concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
From this reading Governor Montoya, the fourth in the party, even had his personal camera along.
marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action
From this reading Hartson Brant, in the rear seat, had a motion-picture camera poised.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading Scotty, in the front passenger seat, had the camera ready.
the back of a military formation or procession
From this reading Hartson Brant, in the rear seat, had a motion-picture camera poised.
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading The Old One Yields Rick banked the Sky Wagon over the fleet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Scotty, in the front passenger seat, had the camera ready.
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading Scotty, in the front passenger seat, had the camera ready.
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading The Old One Yields Rick banked the Sky Wagon over the fleet.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Old One Yields Rick banked the Sky Wagon over the fleet.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their cameras were not the only ones.
any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
From this reading The Old One Yields Rick banked the Sky Wagon over the fleet.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Their cameras were not the only ones.
plural of “yield” — production of a certain amount
From this reading The Old One Yields Rick banked the Sky Wagon over the fleet.
Chapter 20 of The Flaming Mountain by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin holds 78 sentences, grouped into 16 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 20 holds 78 sentences of The Flaming Mountain, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
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