Chapter 20 of The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PEGGY'S SPLENDID RACE. "They're off!" "Hurrah!" "There they go!" These and hundreds of other cries and exclamations followed the report of the starting gun.
Chapter 20 of The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “cry” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading “These and hundreds of other cries and exclamations followed the report of the starting gun.”
plural of “exclamation” — an abrupt excited utterance
From this reading “These and hundreds of other cries and exclamations followed the report of the starting gun.”
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading “These and hundreds of other cries and exclamations followed the report of the starting gun.”
plural of “hundred” — ten 10s
From this reading “These and hundreds of other cries and exclamations followed the report of the starting gun.”
a victory cheer
From this reading “"Hurrah!"”
to give an account or representation of in words
From this reading “These and hundreds of other cries and exclamations followed the report of the starting gun.”
having great beauty and splendor
From this reading “PEGGY'S SPLENDID RACE.”
(especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear
From this reading “These and hundreds of other cries and exclamations followed the report of the starting gun.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading These and hundreds of other cries and exclamations followed the report of the starting gun.
plural of “cry” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading These and hundreds of other cries and exclamations followed the report of the starting gun.
plural of “exclamation” — an abrupt excited utterance
From this reading These and hundreds of other cries and exclamations followed the report of the starting gun.
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading These and hundreds of other cries and exclamations followed the report of the starting gun.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "There they go!"
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading These and hundreds of other cries and exclamations followed the report of the starting gun.
plural of “hundred” — ten 10s
From this reading These and hundreds of other cries and exclamations followed the report of the starting gun.
a victory cheer
From this reading "Hurrah!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading These and hundreds of other cries and exclamations followed the report of the starting gun.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "They're off!"
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading These and hundreds of other cries and exclamations followed the report of the starting gun.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PEGGY'S SPLENDID RACE.
any competition
From this reading PEGGY'S SPLENDID RACE.
to give an account or representation of in words
From this reading These and hundreds of other cries and exclamations followed the report of the starting gun.
having great beauty and splendor
From this reading PEGGY'S SPLENDID RACE.
(especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear
From this reading These and hundreds of other cries and exclamations followed the report of the starting gun.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading These and hundreds of other cries and exclamations followed the report of the starting gun.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "There they go!"
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These and hundreds of other cries and exclamations followed the report of the starting gun.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "There they go!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "They're off!"
Chapter 20 of The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly by Margaret Burnham holds 116 sentences, grouped into 24 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 116 sentences of The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 20 of The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly by Margaret Burnham exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 116 sentences, grouped into 24 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.
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