Chapter 21 of The Motor Boys Over the Ocean is here in full — 56 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of The Motor Boys Over the Ocean is here in full — 56 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MR. JACKSON IS GONE “That’s a great machine!” “Sort of cross between a dirigible and an aeroplane.” “Wonder where they came from?” “Say, how much speed can you make?”
Chapter 21 of The Motor Boys Over the Ocean is here in full — 56 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading ““Sort of cross between a dirigible and an aeroplane.””
travel across or pass over
From this reading ““Sort of cross between a dirigible and an aeroplane.””
destroyed or killed
From this reading “JACKSON IS GONE “That’s a great machine!””
English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936)
From this reading “JACKSON IS GONE “That’s a great machine!””
any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
From this reading “JACKSON IS GONE “That’s a great machine!””
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading ““Sort of cross between a dirigible and an aeroplane.””
move hurridly
From this reading ““Say, how much speed can you make?””
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading ““Wonder where they came from?””
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.
In this reading ““Sort of cross between a dirigible and an aeroplane.””
In this reading ““Wonder where they came from?””
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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 JACKSON IS GONE “That’s a great machine!”
an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
From this reading “Sort of cross between a dirigible and an aeroplane.”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “Sort of cross between a dirigible and an aeroplane.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Sort of cross between a dirigible and an aeroplane.”
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading “Sort of cross between a dirigible and an aeroplane.”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Wonder where they came from?”
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Say, how much speed can you make?”
travel across or pass over
From this reading “Sort of cross between a dirigible and an aeroplane.”
a steerable self-propelled aircraft
From this reading “Sort of cross between a dirigible and an aeroplane.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Wonder where they came from?”
destroyed or killed
From this reading JACKSON IS GONE “That’s a great machine!”
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading JACKSON IS GONE “That’s a great machine!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Say, how much speed can you make?”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading JACKSON IS GONE “That’s a great machine!”
English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936)
From this reading JACKSON IS GONE “That’s a great machine!”
any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
From this reading JACKSON IS GONE “That’s a great machine!”
engage in
From this reading “Say, how much speed can you make?”
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading “Say, how much speed can you make?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Sort of cross between a dirigible and an aeroplane.”
express in words
From this reading “Say, how much speed can you make?”
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading “Sort of cross between a dirigible and an aeroplane.”
move hurridly
From this reading “Say, how much speed can you make?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JACKSON IS GONE “That’s a great machine!”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Wonder where they came from?”
in or at the place that
From this reading “Wonder where they came from?”
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading “Wonder where they came from?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Say, how much speed can you make?”
Chapter 21 of The Motor Boys Over the Ocean by Clarence Young holds 56 sentences, grouped into 12 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 21 holds 56 sentences of The Motor Boys Over the Ocean, unabridged, divided into 12 reading sections.
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