Chapter 8 of The Sky Pilot: A Tale of the Foothills is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Sky Pilot: A Tale of the Foothills is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE PILOT'S GRIP The situation was one of extreme danger--a madman with a Winchester rifle. Something must be done and quickly. But what? It would be death to anyone appearing at the door. “I'll speak; you keep your eyes on him,” said The Duke.
Chapter 8 of The Sky Pilot: A Tale of the Foothills is here in full — 223 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any person at all
From this reading “It would be death to anyone appearing at the door.”
formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
From this reading “It would be death to anyone appearing at the door.”
of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
From this reading “THE PILOT'S GRIP The situation was one of extreme danger--a madman with a Winchester rifle.”
the act of grasping
From this reading “THE PILOT'S GRIP The situation was one of extreme danger--a madman with a Winchester rifle.”
an insane person
From this reading “THE PILOT'S GRIP The situation was one of extreme danger--a madman with a Winchester rifle.”
possessive form of “pilot” — someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
From this reading “THE PILOT'S GRIP The situation was one of extreme danger--a madman with a Winchester rifle.”
steal goods; take as spoils
From this reading “THE PILOT'S GRIP The situation was one of extreme danger--a madman with a Winchester rifle.”
a city in southern England; administrative center of Hampshire
From this reading “THE PILOT'S GRIP The situation was one of extreme danger--a madman with a Winchester rifle.”
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 THE PILOT'S GRIP The situation was one of extreme danger--a madman with a Winchester rifle.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Something must be done and quickly.
any person at all
From this reading It would be death to anyone appearing at the door.
formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
From this reading It would be death to anyone appearing at the door.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It would be death to anyone appearing at the door.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Something must be done and quickly.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But what?
the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
From this reading THE PILOT'S GRIP The situation was one of extreme danger--a madman with a Winchester rifle.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading It would be death to anyone appearing at the door.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading Something must be done and quickly.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading It would be death to anyone appearing at the door.
a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading “I'll speak; you keep your eyes on him,” said The Duke.
of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
From this reading THE PILOT'S GRIP The situation was one of extreme danger--a madman with a Winchester rifle.
opinion or judgment
From this reading “I'll speak; you keep your eyes on him,” said The Duke.
the act of grasping
From this reading THE PILOT'S GRIP The situation was one of extreme danger--a madman with a Winchester rifle.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I'll speak; you keep your eyes on him,” said The Duke.
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From this reading “I'll speak; you keep your eyes on him,” said The Duke.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It would be death to anyone appearing at the door.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading “I'll speak; you keep your eyes on him,” said The Duke.
an insane person
From this reading THE PILOT'S GRIP The situation was one of extreme danger--a madman with a Winchester rifle.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Something must be done and quickly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE PILOT'S GRIP The situation was one of extreme danger--a madman with a Winchester rifle.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “I'll speak; you keep your eyes on him,” said The Duke.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE PILOT'S GRIP The situation was one of extreme danger--a madman with a Winchester rifle.
possessive form of “pilot” — someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
From this reading THE PILOT'S GRIP The situation was one of extreme danger--a madman with a Winchester rifle.
with speed
From this reading Something must be done and quickly.
steal goods; take as spoils
From this reading THE PILOT'S GRIP The situation was one of extreme danger--a madman with a Winchester rifle.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I'll speak; you keep your eyes on him,” said The Duke.
the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
From this reading THE PILOT'S GRIP The situation was one of extreme danger--a madman with a Winchester rifle.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something must be done and quickly.
express in speech
From this reading “I'll speak; you keep your eyes on him,” said The Duke.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PILOT'S GRIP The situation was one of extreme danger--a madman with a Winchester rifle.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It would be death to anyone appearing at the door.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE PILOT'S GRIP The situation was one of extreme danger--a madman with a Winchester rifle.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But what?
a city in southern England; administrative center of Hampshire
From this reading THE PILOT'S GRIP The situation was one of extreme danger--a madman with a Winchester rifle.
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE PILOT'S GRIP The situation was one of extreme danger--a madman with a Winchester rifle.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would be death to anyone appearing at the door.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I'll speak; you keep your eyes on him,” said The Duke.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I'll speak; you keep your eyes on him,” said The Duke.
Chapter 8 of The Sky Pilot: A Tale of the Foothills by Ralph Connor holds 223 sentences, grouped into 45 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 223 sentences of The Sky Pilot: A Tale of the Foothills, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
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