Chapter 7 of The Motor Boys on the Wing is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Motor Boys on the Wing is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A CURIOUS RACE “What’s the matter?” “Is anybody killed?” “Oh, there’s some one under the locomotive! A child!” “I’m going to faint!
Chapter 7 of The Motor Boys on the Wing is here in full — 114 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any person at all
From this reading ““Is anybody killed?””
a young person of either sex
From this reading “A child!””
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading “A CURIOUS RACE “What’s the matter?””
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading ““I’m going to faint!”
past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading ““Is anybody killed?””
a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
From this reading ““Oh, there’s some one under the locomotive!”
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “A CURIOUS RACE “What’s the matter?””
any competition
From this reading “A CURIOUS RACE “What’s the matter?””
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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 CURIOUS RACE “What’s the matter?”
any person at all
From this reading “Is anybody killed?”
a young person of either sex
From this reading A child!”
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading A CURIOUS RACE “What’s the matter?”
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading “I’m going to faint!
the act of departing
From this reading “I’m going to faint!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’m going to faint!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Is anybody killed?”
past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading “Is anybody killed?”
a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
From this reading “Oh, there’s some one under the locomotive!
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading A CURIOUS RACE “What’s the matter?”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, there’s some one under the locomotive!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Oh, there’s some one under the locomotive!
any competition
From this reading A CURIOUS RACE “What’s the matter?”
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “Oh, there’s some one under the locomotive!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A CURIOUS RACE “What’s the matter?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, there’s some one under the locomotive!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I’m going to faint!
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “Oh, there’s some one under the locomotive!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A CURIOUS RACE “What’s the matter?”
Chapter 7 of The Motor Boys on the Wing by Clarence Young holds 114 sentences, grouped into 23 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 7 holds 114 sentences of The Motor Boys on the Wing, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of The Motor Boys on the Wing by Clarence Young exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 114 sentences, grouped into 23 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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