used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _New York Kid_ We made as good a landing as could be expected, considering the way my hands shook when I brought her down.
how long something has existed
From this reading One of my own ancestors had brought a primitive skyplane down on that field during the Second World War, when the First Atomic Age was just starting.
ancestorsnounUS /ˈænsestərz/
plural of “ancestor” — someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
From this reading One of my own ancestors had brought a primitive skyplane down on that field during the Second World War, when the First Atomic Age was just starting.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It's the biggest skyport in the System, and you can't miss it if you're a New York kid, with the lay of the land and the navigation lights burned into your brain from boyhood.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _New York Kid_ We made as good a landing as could be expected, considering the way my hands shook when I brought her down.
AtomicadjectiveUS /əˈtɑːmɪk/
of or relating to or comprising atoms
From this reading One of my own ancestors had brought a primitive skyplane down on that field during the Second World War, when the First Atomic Age was just starting.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading _New York Kid_ We made as good a landing as could be expected, considering the way my hands shook when I brought her down.
biggestadjectiveUS /ˈbɪɡəst/
superlative of “big” — above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading It's the biggest skyport in the System, and you can't miss it if you're a New York kid, with the lay of the land and the navigation lights burned into your brain from boyhood.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading They'd built the field up quite a bit in the intervening years--built it in revolving stations toward the Heaviside.
boyhoodnounUS /ˈbɔɪhʊd/
the childhood of a boy
From this reading It's the biggest skyport in the System, and you can't miss it if you're a New York kid, with the lay of the land and the navigation lights burned into your brain from boyhood.
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading It's the biggest skyport in the System, and you can't miss it if you're a New York kid, with the lay of the land and the navigation lights burned into your brain from boyhood.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading _New York Kid_ We made as good a landing as could be expected, considering the way my hands shook when I brought her down.
(used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness
From this reading They'd built the field up quite a bit in the intervening years--built it in revolving stations toward the Heaviside.
treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
From this reading It's the biggest skyport in the System, and you can't miss it if you're a New York kid, with the lay of the land and the navigation lights burned into your brain from boyhood.
can't
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From this reading It's the biggest skyport in the System, and you can't miss it if you're a New York kid, with the lay of the land and the navigation lights burned into your brain from boyhood.
-ing form of “consider” — deem to be
From this reading _New York Kid_ We made as good a landing as could be expected, considering the way my hands shook when I brought her down.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading _New York Kid_ We made as good a landing as could be expected, considering the way my hands shook when I brought her down.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading _New York Kid_ We made as good a landing as could be expected, considering the way my hands shook when I brought her down.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading One of my own ancestors had brought a primitive skyplane down on that field during the Second World War, when the First Atomic Age was just starting.
considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
From this reading _New York Kid_ We made as good a landing as could be expected, considering the way my hands shook when I brought her down.
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading Right smack in the middle of La Guardia field!
FirstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading One of my own ancestors had brought a primitive skyplane down on that field during the Second World War, when the First Atomic Age was just starting.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It's the biggest skyport in the System, and you can't miss it if you're a New York kid, with the lay of the land and the navigation lights burned into your brain from boyhood.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading _New York Kid_ We made as good a landing as could be expected, considering the way my hands shook when I brought her down.
Guardia
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From this reading Right smack in the middle of La Guardia field!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading One of my own ancestors had brought a primitive skyplane down on that field during the Second World War, when the First Atomic Age was just starting.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading _New York Kid_ We made as good a landing as could be expected, considering the way my hands shook when I brought her down.
Heavisidenoun
English physicist and electrical engineer who helped develop telegraphic and telephonic communications
From this reading They'd built the field up quite a bit in the intervening years--built it in revolving stations toward the Heaviside.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading _New York Kid_ We made as good a landing as could be expected, considering the way my hands shook when I brought her down.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _New York Kid_ We made as good a landing as could be expected, considering the way my hands shook when I brought her down.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It's the biggest skyport in the System, and you can't miss it if you're a New York kid, with the lay of the land and the navigation lights burned into your brain from boyhood.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Right smack in the middle of La Guardia field!
interveningadjectiveUS /ˌɪntərˈviːnɪŋ/
occurring or falling between events or points in time
From this reading They'd built the field up quite a bit in the intervening years--built it in revolving stations toward the Heaviside.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It's the biggest skyport in the System, and you can't miss it if you're a New York kid, with the lay of the land and the navigation lights burned into your brain from boyhood.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It's the biggest skyport in the System, and you can't miss it if you're a New York kid, with the lay of the land and the navigation lights burned into your brain from boyhood.
It's
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From this reading It's the biggest skyport in the System, and you can't miss it if you're a New York kid, with the lay of the land and the navigation lights burned into your brain from boyhood.
and nothing more
From this reading One of my own ancestors had brought a primitive skyplane down on that field during the Second World War, when the First Atomic Age was just starting.
KidverbUS /kɪd/
tell false information to for fun
From this reading _New York Kid_ We made as good a landing as could be expected, considering the way my hands shook when I brought her down.
a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
From this reading Right smack in the middle of La Guardia field!
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading It's the biggest skyport in the System, and you can't miss it if you're a New York kid, with the lay of the land and the navigation lights burned into your brain from boyhood.
an intermediate platform in a staircase
From this reading _New York Kid_ We made as good a landing as could be expected, considering the way my hands shook when I brought her down.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading It's the biggest skyport in the System, and you can't miss it if you're a New York kid, with the lay of the land and the navigation lights burned into your brain from boyhood.
plural of “light” — (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
From this reading It's the biggest skyport in the System, and you can't miss it if you're a New York kid, with the lay of the land and the navigation lights burned into your brain from boyhood.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading _New York Kid_ We made as good a landing as could be expected, considering the way my hands shook when I brought her down.
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
From this reading Right smack in the middle of La Guardia field!
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading It's the biggest skyport in the System, and you can't miss it if you're a New York kid, with the lay of the land and the navigation lights burned into your brain from boyhood.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _New York Kid_ We made as good a landing as could be expected, considering the way my hands shook when I brought her down.
navigationnounUS /ˈnævəˈɡeɪʃən/
the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
From this reading It's the biggest skyport in the System, and you can't miss it if you're a New York kid, with the lay of the land and the navigation lights burned into your brain from boyhood.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading _New York Kid_ We made as good a landing as could be expected, considering the way my hands shook when I brought her down.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Right smack in the middle of La Guardia field!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading One of my own ancestors had brought a primitive skyplane down on that field during the Second World War, when the First Atomic Age was just starting.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One of my own ancestors had brought a primitive skyplane down on that field during the Second World War, when the First Atomic Age was just starting.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading One of my own ancestors had brought a primitive skyplane down on that field during the Second World War, when the First Atomic Age was just starting.
primitiveadjectiveUS /ˈprɪmətɪv/
belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
From this reading One of my own ancestors had brought a primitive skyplane down on that field during the Second World War, when the First Atomic Age was just starting.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading They'd built the field up quite a bit in the intervening years--built it in revolving stations toward the Heaviside.
revolvingverbUS /riˈvɑːlvɪŋ/
-ing form of “revolve” — turn on or around an axis or a center
From this reading They'd built the field up quite a bit in the intervening years--built it in revolving stations toward the Heaviside.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Right smack in the middle of La Guardia field!
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading One of my own ancestors had brought a primitive skyplane down on that field during the Second World War, when the First Atomic Age was just starting.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading _New York Kid_ We made as good a landing as could be expected, considering the way my hands shook when I brought her down.
skyplane
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From this reading One of my own ancestors had brought a primitive skyplane down on that field during the Second World War, when the First Atomic Age was just starting.
skyport
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From this reading It's the biggest skyport in the System, and you can't miss it if you're a New York kid, with the lay of the land and the navigation lights burned into your brain from boyhood.
smackverbUS /smæk/
deliver a hard blow to
From this reading Right smack in the middle of La Guardia field!
(especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear
From this reading One of my own ancestors had brought a primitive skyplane down on that field during the Second World War, when the First Atomic Age was just starting.
stationsnounUS /ˈsteɪʃənz/
(Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary
From this reading They'd built the field up quite a bit in the intervening years--built it in revolving stations toward the Heaviside.
instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
From this reading It's the biggest skyport in the System, and you can't miss it if you're a New York kid, with the lay of the land and the navigation lights burned into your brain from boyhood.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading One of my own ancestors had brought a primitive skyplane down on that field during the Second World War, when the First Atomic Age was just starting.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _New York Kid_ We made as good a landing as could be expected, considering the way my hands shook when I brought her down.
They'd
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From this reading They'd built the field up quite a bit in the intervening years--built it in revolving stations toward the Heaviside.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading They'd built the field up quite a bit in the intervening years--built it in revolving stations toward the Heaviside.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading They'd built the field up quite a bit in the intervening years--built it in revolving stations toward the Heaviside.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading One of my own ancestors had brought a primitive skyplane down on that field during the Second World War, when the First Atomic Age was just starting.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One of my own ancestors had brought a primitive skyplane down on that field during the Second World War, when the First Atomic Age was just starting.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading _New York Kid_ We made as good a landing as could be expected, considering the way my hands shook when I brought her down.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading _New York Kid_ We made as good a landing as could be expected, considering the way my hands shook when I brought her down.
at the time that
From this reading _New York Kid_ We made as good a landing as could be expected, considering the way my hands shook when I brought her down.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It's the biggest skyport in the System, and you can't miss it if you're a New York kid, with the lay of the land and the navigation lights burned into your brain from boyhood.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading One of my own ancestors had brought a primitive skyplane down on that field during the Second World War, when the First Atomic Age was just starting.
a late time of life
From this reading They'd built the field up quite a bit in the intervening years--built it in revolving stations toward the Heaviside.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading _New York Kid_ We made as good a landing as could be expected, considering the way my hands shook when I brought her down.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It's the biggest skyport in the System, and you can't miss it if you're a New York kid, with the lay of the land and the navigation lights burned into your brain from boyhood.
you're
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From this reading It's the biggest skyport in the System, and you can't miss it if you're a New York kid, with the lay of the land and the navigation lights burned into your brain from boyhood.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It's the biggest skyport in the System, and you can't miss it if you're a New York kid, with the lay of the land and the navigation lights burned into your brain from boyhood.
