Chapter 12 of The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT. The spot was fearfully lonely. Roy realized this to the full. Brave as the lad was, he felt suddenly chilled and creepy. Besides, the utter mystery that enveloped the affair was gruelling to the mind.
Chapter 12 of The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “chill” — depress or discourage
From this reading “Brave as the lad was, he felt suddenly chilled and creepy.”
annoying and unpleasant
From this reading “Brave as the lad was, he felt suddenly chilled and creepy.”
past form of “envelop” — enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
From this reading “Besides, the utter mystery that enveloped the affair was gruelling to the mind.”
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading “The spot was fearfully lonely.”
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading “Besides, the utter mystery that enveloped the affair was gruelling to the mind.”
a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
From this reading “PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT.”
successfully completed or brought to an end
From this reading “Roy realized this to the full.”
articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
From this reading “Besides, the utter mystery that enveloped the affair was gruelling to the mind.”
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.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading Besides, the utter mystery that enveloped the affair was gruelling to the mind.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Brave as the lad was, he felt suddenly chilled and creepy.
in addition to; as well as
From this reading Besides, the utter mystery that enveloped the affair was gruelling to the mind.
possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
From this reading Brave as the lad was, he felt suddenly chilled and creepy.
past form of “chill” — depress or discourage
From this reading Brave as the lad was, he felt suddenly chilled and creepy.
a plot intended to subvert another plot
From this reading PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT.
annoying and unpleasant
From this reading Brave as the lad was, he felt suddenly chilled and creepy.
past form of “envelop” — enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
From this reading Besides, the utter mystery that enveloped the affair was gruelling to the mind.
in fear
From this reading The spot was fearfully lonely.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Brave as the lad was, he felt suddenly chilled and creepy.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading Roy realized this to the full.
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
From this reading Besides, the utter mystery that enveloped the affair was gruelling to the mind.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Brave as the lad was, he felt suddenly chilled and creepy.
a boy or man
From this reading Brave as the lad was, he felt suddenly chilled and creepy.
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading The spot was fearfully lonely.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Besides, the utter mystery that enveloped the affair was gruelling to the mind.
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading Besides, the utter mystery that enveloped the affair was gruelling to the mind.
a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
From this reading PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT.
successfully completed or brought to an end
From this reading Roy realized this to the full.
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From this reading Roy realized this to the full.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading The spot was fearfully lonely.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading Brave as the lad was, he felt suddenly chilled and creepy.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Besides, the utter mystery that enveloped the affair was gruelling to the mind.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The spot was fearfully lonely.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Roy realized this to the full.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Roy realized this to the full.
articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
From this reading Besides, the utter mystery that enveloped the affair was gruelling to the mind.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The spot was fearfully lonely.
Chapter 12 of The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise by Margaret Burnham holds 157 sentences, grouped into 32 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 12 holds 157 sentences of The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
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