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Dick Hamilton's Airship
Dick Hamilton's Airship

Chapter XXXIII

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WITH UNCLE EZRA'S HELP "We're off!"
"On the last lap!"
"No more landings!"
Thus cried Innis, Paul and Larry as they stood in the cabin of the airship.
Once more they were on the flight.
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Dick Hamilton's Airship

Chapter XXXIII

Reading 1/35 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
WITH UNCLE EZRA'S HELP "We're off!"
Line 2
"On the last lap!"
Line 3
"No more landings!"
Line 4
Thus cried Innis, Paul and Larry as they stood in the cabin of the airship.
Line 5
Once more they were on the flight.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Cried noun US /cried/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Thus cried Innis, Paul and Larry as they stood in the cabin of the airship.”

HELP noun US /help/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “WITH UNCLE EZRA'S HELP "We're off!"”

Last noun US /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"On the last lap!"”

Once noun US /once/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Once more they were on the flight.”

Stood noun US /stood/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Thus cried Innis, Paul and Larry as they stood in the cabin of the airship.”

All words in this reading · 29

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airship

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From this reading Thus cried Innis, Paul and Larry as they stood in the cabin of the airship.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Thus cried Innis, Paul and Larry as they stood in the cabin of the airship.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Thus cried Innis, Paul and Larry as they stood in the cabin of the airship.

cabin

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From this reading Thus cried Innis, Paul and Larry as they stood in the cabin of the airship.

criednounUS /cried/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Thus cried Innis, Paul and Larry as they stood in the cabin of the airship.

EZRA'S

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From this reading WITH UNCLE EZRA'S HELP "We're off!"

flight

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From this reading Once more they were on the flight.

HELPnounUS /help/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading WITH UNCLE EZRA'S HELP "We're off!"

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Thus cried Innis, Paul and Larry as they stood in the cabin of the airship.

Innis

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From this reading Thus cried Innis, Paul and Larry as they stood in the cabin of the airship.

landings

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From this reading "No more landings!"

lap

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From this reading "On the last lap!"

Larry

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From this reading Thus cried Innis, Paul and Larry as they stood in the cabin of the airship.

lastnounUS /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "On the last lap!"

more

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From this reading "No more landings!"

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading "No more landings!"

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Thus cried Innis, Paul and Larry as they stood in the cabin of the airship.

off

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From this reading WITH UNCLE EZRA'S HELP "We're off!"

OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading "On the last lap!"

Once

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From this reading Once more they were on the flight.

Paul

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From this reading Thus cried Innis, Paul and Larry as they stood in the cabin of the airship.

stoodnounUS /stood/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Thus cried Innis, Paul and Larry as they stood in the cabin of the airship.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading "On the last lap!"

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Thus cried Innis, Paul and Larry as they stood in the cabin of the airship.

Thus

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From this reading Thus cried Innis, Paul and Larry as they stood in the cabin of the airship.

UNCLE

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From this reading WITH UNCLE EZRA'S HELP "We're off!"

We're

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From this reading WITH UNCLE EZRA'S HELP "We're off!"

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Once more they were on the flight.

WITHprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading WITH UNCLE EZRA'S HELP "We're off!"