Chapter XIV
THE TRIAL FLIGHT "All ready now; take her out!" "Yes, and look out for the side wings! That doorway isn't any too wide." "No. We'll have to cut some off, I guess!" "Say, it's big; isn't it?"
Dick Hamilton's Airship
Chapter XIV
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THE
TRIAL
FLIGHT
"All
ready
now;
take
her
out!"
"Yes,
and
look
out
for
the
side
wings!
That
doorway
isn't
any
too
wide."
"No.
We'll
have
to
cut
some
off,
I
guess!"
"Say,
it's
big;
isn't
it?"
LEARNER DICTIONARY
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Line 1
THE
TRIAL
FLIGHT
"All
ready
now;
take
her
out!"
Line 2
"Yes,
and
look
out
for
the
side
wings!
Line 3
That
doorway
isn't
any
too
wide."
Line 4
"No.
We'll
have
to
cut
some
off,
I
guess!"
Line 5
"Say,
it's
big;
isn't
it?"
Learner Dictionary
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Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"No. We'll have to cut some off, I guess!"”
Look
noun
US /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Yes, and look out for the side wings!”
Take
noun
US /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE TRIAL FLIGHT "All ready now; take her out!"”
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From this reading THE TRIAL FLIGHT "All ready now; take her out!"
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Yes, and look out for the side wings!
any
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From this reading That doorway isn't any too wide."
big
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From this reading "Say, it's big; isn't it?"
cut
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From this reading "No. We'll have to cut some off, I guess!"
doorway
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From this reading That doorway isn't any too wide."
FLIGHT
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From this reading THE TRIAL FLIGHT "All ready now; take her out!"
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Yes, and look out for the side wings!
guess
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From this reading "No. We'll have to cut some off, I guess!"
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "No. We'll have to cut some off, I guess!"
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE TRIAL FLIGHT "All ready now; take her out!"
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "No. We'll have to cut some off, I guess!"
isn't
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From this reading That doorway isn't any too wide."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Say, it's big; isn't it?"
it's
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From this reading "Say, it's big; isn't it?"
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Yes, and look out for the side wings!
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading "No. We'll have to cut some off, I guess!"
now
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off
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out
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From this reading THE TRIAL FLIGHT "All ready now; take her out!"
ready
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From this reading THE TRIAL FLIGHT "All ready now; take her out!"
Say
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side
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some
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From this reading "No. We'll have to cut some off, I guess!"
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE TRIAL FLIGHT "All ready now; take her out!"
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That doorway isn't any too wide."
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TRIAL FLIGHT "All ready now; take her out!"
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "No. We'll have to cut some off, I guess!"
too
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From this reading That doorway isn't any too wide."
TRIAL
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From this reading THE TRIAL FLIGHT "All ready now; take her out!"
We'll
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From this reading "No. We'll have to cut some off, I guess!"
wide
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From this reading That doorway isn't any too wide."
wings
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From this reading "Yes, and look out for the side wings!
Yes
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From this reading "Yes, and look out for the side wings!