Chapter VIII of The Mystery Crash: Sky Scout Series, #1, “Watchful Waiting,” is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VIII
Chapter VIII of The Mystery Crash: Sky Scout Series, #1, “Watchful Waiting,” is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly. “Bob, maybe we should have waited to hear what Langley said to Griff.” “No!” Bob was almost snappish. “No!”
Chapter VIII of The Mystery Crash: Sky Scout Series, #1, “Watchful Waiting,” is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
From this reading “Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.”
appointed to a post or duty
From this reading “Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.”
a telegram sent abroad
From this reading “Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.”
marked by rude or peremptory shortness
From this reading “Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.”
plural of “handler” — one who trains or exhibits animals
From this reading “Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.”
unit of solar radiation
From this reading ““Bob, maybe we should have waited to hear what Langley said to Griff.””
the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference
From this reading “Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.”
join the ends of
From this reading “Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.”
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make a point of doing something; act purposefully and intentionally
In this reading “Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.”
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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 Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Bob was almost snappish.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
appointed to a post or duty
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading “Bob, maybe we should have waited to hear what Langley said to Griff.”
a telegram sent abroad
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
marked by rude or peremptory shortness
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
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From this reading “Bob, maybe we should have waited to hear what Langley said to Griff.”
any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
plural of “handler” — one who trains or exhibits animals
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Bob, maybe we should have waited to hear what Langley said to Griff.”
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading “Bob, maybe we should have waited to hear what Langley said to Griff.”
unit of solar radiation
From this reading “Bob, maybe we should have waited to hear what Langley said to Griff.”
engage in
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
by chance
From this reading “Bob, maybe we should have waited to hear what Langley said to Griff.”
the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
in a moody manner
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
not any; not one
From this reading “No!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
with low volume
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
free from danger or the risk of harm
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Bob, maybe we should have waited to hear what Langley said to Griff.”
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading “Bob, maybe we should have waited to hear what Langley said to Griff.”
apt to speak irritably
From this reading Bob was almost snappish.
join the ends of
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
in the direction of
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading “Bob, maybe we should have waited to hear what Langley said to Griff.”
close enough to be walked to
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Bob, maybe we should have waited to hear what Langley said to Griff.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Bob, maybe we should have waited to hear what Langley said to Griff.”
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Moodily walking back toward their airplane, around which a group of handlers and mechanics watched one assigned to make sure the cable splice was entirely safe, Curt spoke quietly.
Chapter 8 of The Mystery Crash: Sky Scout Series, #1 by Van Powell holds 116 sentences, grouped into 24 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 8 holds 116 sentences of The Mystery Crash: Sky Scout Series, #1, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
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