Chapter 14 of The Great Airship: A Tale of Adventure. is here in full — 295 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of The Great Airship: A Tale of Adventure. is here in full — 295 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A Brush with Pathans "There! At last! Listen!" The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship. "Look!
Chapter 14 of The Great Airship: A Tale of Adventure. is here in full — 295 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a steerable self-propelled aircraft
From this reading “The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship.”
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
From this reading “A Brush with Pathans "There!”
a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
From this reading “The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship.”
spectators at a golf or tennis match
From this reading “The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship.”
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading “The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship.”
inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading “The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship.”
of greater importance or stature or rank
From this reading “The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship.”
plural of “pathan” — a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan
From this reading “A Brush with Pathans "There!”
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.
spend time in a certain location or with certain people
In this reading “The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship.”
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 A Brush with Pathans "There!
a steerable self-propelled aircraft
From this reading The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At last!
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship.
rub with a brush, or as if with a brush
From this reading A Brush with Pathans "There!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship.
a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
From this reading The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship.
spectators at a golf or tennis match
From this reading The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship.
inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship.
immediately past
From this reading At last!
hear with intention
From this reading Listen!"
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "Look!
of greater importance or stature or rank
From this reading The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship.
plural of “pathan” — a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan
From this reading A Brush with Pathans "There!
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship.
in or at that place or location
From this reading A Brush with Pathans "There!
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship.
during the time that
From this reading The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading The Major held up a hand for silence while he hung out of the window of the gallery running beneath the huge framework of the airship.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A Brush with Pathans "There!
Chapter 14 of The Great Airship: A Tale of Adventure. by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton holds 295 sentences, grouped into 59 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 14 holds 295 sentences of The Great Airship: A Tale of Adventure., unabridged, divided into 59 reading sections.
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