Chapter 4 of The Motor Rangers' Cloud Cruiser is here in full — 100 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Motor Rangers' Cloud Cruiser is here in full — 100 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PROFESSOR GRIGG AND MR. TUBBS. “So it is. What on earth can it be doing out here? Wait a jiffy, I’ll go below and get the glasses.”
Chapter 4 of The Motor Rangers' Cloud Cruiser is here in full — 100 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or to a lower level than something
From this reading “Wait a jiffy, I’ll go below and get the glasses.””
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading “What on earth can it be doing out here?”
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading “What on earth can it be doing out here?”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Wait a jiffy, I’ll go below and get the glasses.””
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading “Wait a jiffy, I’ll go below and get the glasses.””
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
From this reading “Wait a jiffy, I’ll go below and get the glasses.””
someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
From this reading “PROFESSOR GRIGG AND MR.”
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “Wait a jiffy, I’ll go below and get the glasses.””
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used with question words to convey surprise
In this reading “What on earth can it be doing out here?”
In this reading “Wait a jiffy, I’ll go below and get the glasses.””
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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 Wait a jiffy, I’ll go below and get the glasses.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading PROFESSOR GRIGG AND MR.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading What on earth can it be doing out here?
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Wait a jiffy, I’ll go below and get the glasses.”
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading What on earth can it be doing out here?
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading What on earth can it be doing out here?
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading What on earth can it be doing out here?
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Wait a jiffy, I’ll go below and get the glasses.”
(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
From this reading Wait a jiffy, I’ll go below and get the glasses.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Wait a jiffy, I’ll go below and get the glasses.”
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From this reading PROFESSOR GRIGG AND MR.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading What on earth can it be doing out here?
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From this reading Wait a jiffy, I’ll go below and get the glasses.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “So it is.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “So it is.
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
From this reading Wait a jiffy, I’ll go below and get the glasses.”
a form of address for a man
From this reading PROFESSOR GRIGG AND MR.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading What on earth can it be doing out here?
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading What on earth can it be doing out here?
someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
From this reading PROFESSOR GRIGG AND MR.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So it is.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Wait a jiffy, I’ll go below and get the glasses.”
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From this reading TUBBS.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading Wait a jiffy, I’ll go below and get the glasses.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What on earth can it be doing out here?
Chapter 4 of The Motor Rangers' Cloud Cruiser by John Henry Goldfrap holds 100 sentences, grouped into 20 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.
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