Chapter XI
THE DART “Well, Ben, how is your airship work coming on?” “Famously, father.” “That’s good. Here is a drawing of the new curve planes we talked about last night. We have a whole afternoon before us, and I would like to look over things.”
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Chapter XI
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THE
DART
“Well,
Ben,
how
is
your
airship
work
coming
on?”
“Famously,
father.”
“That’s
good.
Here
is
a
drawing
of
the
new
curve
planes
we
talked
about
last
night.
We
have
a
whole
afternoon
before
us,
and
I
would
like
to
look
over
things.”
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
THE
DART
“Well,
Ben,
how
is
your
airship
work
coming
on?”
Line 2
“Famously,
father.”
Line 3
“That’s
good.
Line 4
Here
is
a
drawing
of
the
new
curve
planes
we
talked
about
last
night.
Line 5
We
have
a
whole
afternoon
before
us,
and
I
would
like
to
look
over
things.”
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
About
preposition
US /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Here is a drawing of the new curve planes we talked about last night.”
Afternoon
noun
US /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “We have a whole afternoon before us, and I would like to look over things.””
Before
preposition
US /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “We have a whole afternoon before us, and I would like to look over things.””
Good
noun
US /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““That’s good.”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “We have a whole afternoon before us, and I would like to look over things.””
Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here is a drawing of the new curve planes we talked about last night.”
Last
noun
US /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here is a drawing of the new curve planes we talked about last night.”
Look
noun
US /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We have a whole afternoon before us, and I would like to look over things.””
Over
preposition
US /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “We have a whole afternoon before us, and I would like to look over things.””
Well
noun
US /well/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE DART “Well, Ben, how is your airship work coming on?””
Would
modal verb
US /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “We have a whole afternoon before us, and I would like to look over things.””
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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Here is a drawing of the new curve planes we talked about last night.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Here is a drawing of the new curve planes we talked about last night.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We have a whole afternoon before us, and I would like to look over things.”
airship
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From this reading THE DART “Well, Ben, how is your airship work coming on?”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We have a whole afternoon before us, and I would like to look over things.”
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading We have a whole afternoon before us, and I would like to look over things.”
Ben
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From this reading THE DART “Well, Ben, how is your airship work coming on?”
coming
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From this reading THE DART “Well, Ben, how is your airship work coming on?”
curve
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From this reading Here is a drawing of the new curve planes we talked about last night.
DART
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From this reading THE DART “Well, Ben, how is your airship work coming on?”
drawing
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From this reading Here is a drawing of the new curve planes we talked about last night.
Famously
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From this reading “Famously, father.”
father
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From this reading “Famously, father.”
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That’s good.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have a whole afternoon before us, and I would like to look over things.”
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here is a drawing of the new curve planes we talked about last night.
how
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From this reading THE DART “Well, Ben, how is your airship work coming on?”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading We have a whole afternoon before us, and I would like to look over things.”
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE DART “Well, Ben, how is your airship work coming on?”
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here is a drawing of the new curve planes we talked about last night.
like
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From this reading We have a whole afternoon before us, and I would like to look over things.”
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We have a whole afternoon before us, and I would like to look over things.”
new
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From this reading Here is a drawing of the new curve planes we talked about last night.
night
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From this reading Here is a drawing of the new curve planes we talked about last night.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Here is a drawing of the new curve planes we talked about last night.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE DART “Well, Ben, how is your airship work coming on?”
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading We have a whole afternoon before us, and I would like to look over things.”
planes
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From this reading Here is a drawing of the new curve planes we talked about last night.
talked
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From this reading Here is a drawing of the new curve planes we talked about last night.
That's
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From this reading “That’s good.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DART “Well, Ben, how is your airship work coming on?”
things
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From this reading We have a whole afternoon before us, and I would like to look over things.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We have a whole afternoon before us, and I would like to look over things.”
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We have a whole afternoon before us, and I would like to look over things.”
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Here is a drawing of the new curve planes we talked about last night.
Well
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From this reading THE DART “Well, Ben, how is your airship work coming on?”
whole
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From this reading We have a whole afternoon before us, and I would like to look over things.”
work
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From this reading THE DART “Well, Ben, how is your airship work coming on?”
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading We have a whole afternoon before us, and I would like to look over things.”
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE DART “Well, Ben, how is your airship work coming on?”