Chapter 12 of The Stolen Aeroplane is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Stolen Aeroplane is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE ROMNEY RING BRINGS NEWS. “Hello, Josh. What time is it?” called Bud, sticking his head out of the window of the spare room. The sun was high in the sky, and Bud, just awake, had caught sight of his friend crossing the dooryard with a milk pail in his hand. “Time the milkin’ was over,” answered Josh.
Chapter 12 of The Stolen Aeroplane is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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third-person singular of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “THE ROMNEY RING BRINGS NEWS.”
a partially opened flower
From this reading “What time is it?” called Bud, sticking his head out of the window of the spare room.”
traveling across
From this reading “The sun was high in the sky, and Bud, just awake, had caught sight of his friend crossing the dooryard with a milk pail in his hand.”
an expression of greeting
From this reading ““Hello, Josh.”
be silly or tease one another
From this reading ““Hello, Josh.”
a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
From this reading “The sun was high in the sky, and Bud, just awake, had caught sight of his friend crossing the dooryard with a milk pail in his hand.”
a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
From this reading “The sun was high in the sky, and Bud, just awake, had caught sight of his friend crossing the dooryard with a milk pail in his hand.”
extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
From this reading “What time is it?” called Bud, sticking his head out of the window of the spare room.”
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.
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In this reading “The sun was high in the sky, and Bud, just awake, had caught sight of his friend crossing the dooryard with a milk pail in his hand.”
see something for a brief time
In this reading “The sun was high in the sky, and Bud, just awake, had caught sight of his friend crossing the dooryard with a milk pail in his hand.”
In this reading “What time is it?” called Bud, sticking his head out of the window of the spare room.”
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 sun was high in the sky, and Bud, just awake, had caught sight of his friend crossing the dooryard with a milk pail in his hand.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The sun was high in the sky, and Bud, just awake, had caught sight of his friend crossing the dooryard with a milk pail in his hand.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading “Time the milkin’ was over,” answered Josh.
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading The sun was high in the sky, and Bud, just awake, had caught sight of his friend crossing the dooryard with a milk pail in his hand.
third-person singular of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading THE ROMNEY RING BRINGS NEWS.
a partially opened flower
From this reading What time is it?” called Bud, sticking his head out of the window of the spare room.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading What time is it?” called Bud, sticking his head out of the window of the spare room.
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading The sun was high in the sky, and Bud, just awake, had caught sight of his friend crossing the dooryard with a milk pail in his hand.
traveling across
From this reading The sun was high in the sky, and Bud, just awake, had caught sight of his friend crossing the dooryard with a milk pail in his hand.
a yard outside the front or rear door of a house
From this reading The sun was high in the sky, and Bud, just awake, had caught sight of his friend crossing the dooryard with a milk pail in his hand.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading The sun was high in the sky, and Bud, just awake, had caught sight of his friend crossing the dooryard with a milk pail in his hand.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The sun was high in the sky, and Bud, just awake, had caught sight of his friend crossing the dooryard with a milk pail in his hand.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading The sun was high in the sky, and Bud, just awake, had caught sight of his friend crossing the dooryard with a milk pail in his hand.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading What time is it?” called Bud, sticking his head out of the window of the spare room.
an expression of greeting
From this reading “Hello, Josh.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading The sun was high in the sky, and Bud, just awake, had caught sight of his friend crossing the dooryard with a milk pail in his hand.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading What time is it?” called Bud, sticking his head out of the window of the spare room.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The sun was high in the sky, and Bud, just awake, had caught sight of his friend crossing the dooryard with a milk pail in his hand.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What time is it?” called Bud, sticking his head out of the window of the spare room.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading What time is it?” called Bud, sticking his head out of the window of the spare room.
be silly or tease one another
From this reading “Hello, Josh.
and nothing more
From this reading The sun was high in the sky, and Bud, just awake, had caught sight of his friend crossing the dooryard with a milk pail in his hand.
a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
From this reading The sun was high in the sky, and Bud, just awake, had caught sight of his friend crossing the dooryard with a milk pail in his hand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Time the milkin’ was over,” answered Josh.
information about recent and important events
From this reading THE ROMNEY RING BRINGS NEWS.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What time is it?” called Bud, sticking his head out of the window of the spare room.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading What time is it?” called Bud, sticking his head out of the window of the spare room.
above and across; more than
From this reading “Time the milkin’ was over,” answered Josh.
a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
From this reading The sun was high in the sky, and Bud, just awake, had caught sight of his friend crossing the dooryard with a milk pail in his hand.
sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading THE ROMNEY RING BRINGS NEWS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE ROMNEY RING BRINGS NEWS.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading What time is it?” called Bud, sticking his head out of the window of the spare room.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading The sun was high in the sky, and Bud, just awake, had caught sight of his friend crossing the dooryard with a milk pail in his hand.
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading The sun was high in the sky, and Bud, just awake, had caught sight of his friend crossing the dooryard with a milk pail in his hand.
refrain from harming
From this reading What time is it?” called Bud, sticking his head out of the window of the spare room.
extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
From this reading What time is it?” called Bud, sticking his head out of the window of the spare room.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading The sun was high in the sky, and Bud, just awake, had caught sight of his friend crossing the dooryard with a milk pail in his hand.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ROMNEY RING BRINGS NEWS.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading What time is it?” called Bud, sticking his head out of the window of the spare room.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sun was high in the sky, and Bud, just awake, had caught sight of his friend crossing the dooryard with a milk pail in his hand.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What time is it?” called Bud, sticking his head out of the window of the spare room.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading What time is it?” called Bud, sticking his head out of the window of the spare room.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The sun was high in the sky, and Bud, just awake, had caught sight of his friend crossing the dooryard with a milk pail in his hand.
Chapter 12 of The Stolen Aeroplane by H. L. (Harry Lincoln) Sayler holds 190 sentences, grouped into 38 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 12 holds 190 sentences of The Stolen Aeroplane, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Stolen Aeroplane by H. L. (Harry Lincoln) Sayler exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 190 sentences, grouped into 38 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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