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Chapter XVIII
THE FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR PRIZE “The _Dart_ is a beauty! I’d like to meet that ingenious father of yours, Ben!” “He would feel honored to know you, I am sure, Mr. Davis.” “Just as soon as this meet is over, I am going to get him to build me a new airship modeled after the _Dart_. It’s the best machine I have yet seen.”
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
later than; following
From this reading ““Just as soon as this meet is over, I am going to get him to build me a new airship modeled after the _Dart_.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “It’s the best machine I have yet seen.””
Clever, original, and remarkably inventive in design and execution.
From this reading “I’d like to meet that ingenious father of yours, Ben!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““He would feel honored to know you, I am sure, Mr. Davis.””
above and across; more than
From this reading ““Just as soon as this meet is over, I am going to get him to build me a new airship modeled after the _Dart_.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Just as soon as this meet is over, I am going to get him to build me a new airship modeled after the _Dart_.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““He would feel honored to know you, I am sure, Mr. Davis.””
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““He would feel honored to know you, I am sure, Mr. Davis.””
but in spite of that
From this reading “It’s the best machine I have yet seen.””
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading “I’d like to meet that ingenious father of yours, Ben!””
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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 FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR PRIZE “The _Dart_ is a beauty!
later than; following
From this reading “Just as soon as this meet is over, I am going to get him to build me a new airship modeled after the _Dart_.
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From this reading “Just as soon as this meet is over, I am going to get him to build me a new airship modeled after the _Dart_.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “He would feel honored to know you, I am sure, Mr. Davis.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Just as soon as this meet is over, I am going to get him to build me a new airship modeled after the _Dart_.
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From this reading THE FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR PRIZE “The _Dart_ is a beauty!
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From this reading I’d like to meet that ingenious father of yours, Ben!”
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From this reading It’s the best machine I have yet seen.”
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From this reading “Just as soon as this meet is over, I am going to get him to build me a new airship modeled after the _Dart_.
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From this reading THE FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR PRIZE “The _Dart_ is a beauty!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He would feel honored to know you, I am sure, Mr. Davis.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR PRIZE “The _Dart_ is a beauty!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’d like to meet that ingenious father of yours, Ben!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He would feel honored to know you, I am sure, Mr. Davis.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR PRIZE “The _Dart_ is a beauty!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Just as soon as this meet is over, I am going to get him to build me a new airship modeled after the _Dart_.
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From this reading “Just as soon as this meet is over, I am going to get him to build me a new airship modeled after the _Dart_.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It’s the best machine I have yet seen.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “He would feel honored to know you, I am sure, Mr. Davis.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Just as soon as this meet is over, I am going to get him to build me a new airship modeled after the _Dart_.
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From this reading “He would feel honored to know you, I am sure, Mr. Davis.”
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From this reading THE FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR PRIZE “The _Dart_ is a beauty!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “He would feel honored to know you, I am sure, Mr. Davis.”
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From this reading I’d like to meet that ingenious father of yours, Ben!”
Clever, original, and remarkably inventive in design and execution.
From this reading I’d like to meet that ingenious father of yours, Ben!”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR PRIZE “The _Dart_ is a beauty!
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From this reading It’s the best machine I have yet seen.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Just as soon as this meet is over, I am going to get him to build me a new airship modeled after the _Dart_.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He would feel honored to know you, I am sure, Mr. Davis.”
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From this reading I’d like to meet that ingenious father of yours, Ben!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s the best machine I have yet seen.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Just as soon as this meet is over, I am going to get him to build me a new airship modeled after the _Dart_.
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From this reading I’d like to meet that ingenious father of yours, Ben!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Just as soon as this meet is over, I am going to get him to build me a new airship modeled after the _Dart_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He would feel honored to know you, I am sure, Mr. Davis.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Just as soon as this meet is over, I am going to get him to build me a new airship modeled after the _Dart_.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I’d like to meet that ingenious father of yours, Ben!”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Just as soon as this meet is over, I am going to get him to build me a new airship modeled after the _Dart_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR PRIZE “The _Dart_ is a beauty!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s the best machine I have yet seen.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Just as soon as this meet is over, I am going to get him to build me a new airship modeled after the _Dart_.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He would feel honored to know you, I am sure, Mr. Davis.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I’d like to meet that ingenious father of yours, Ben!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR PRIZE “The _Dart_ is a beauty!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Just as soon as this meet is over, I am going to get him to build me a new airship modeled after the _Dart_.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I’d like to meet that ingenious father of yours, Ben!”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “He would feel honored to know you, I am sure, Mr. Davis.”
but in spite of that
From this reading It’s the best machine I have yet seen.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “He would feel honored to know you, I am sure, Mr. Davis.”
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading I’d like to meet that ingenious father of yours, Ben!”
