Chapter 2 of Dorothy Dixon Wins Her Wings is here in full — 454 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Dorothy Dixon Wins Her Wings is here in full — 454 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Oh, that's just like a boy--" she pouted. "Shush! student--Listen to your master's--I mean,--your instructor's voice, will you?" "Instructor's better," she smiled. "Here beginneth your first lesson." Bill slid into the pilot's seat.
Chapter 2 of Dorothy Dixon Wins Her Wings is here in full — 454 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading “Bill slid into the pilot's seat.”
a unit of instruction
From this reading “"Here beginneth your first lesson."”
possessive form of “master” — an artist of consummate skill
From this reading “"Shush! student--Listen to your master's--I mean,--your instructor's voice, will you?"”
possessive form of “pilot” — someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
From this reading “Bill slid into the pilot's seat.”
past form of “pout” — be in a huff and display one's displeasure
From this reading “"Oh, that's just like a boy--" she pouted.”
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading “Bill slid into the pilot's seat.”
inflected form of “slide” — move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
From this reading “Bill slid into the pilot's seat.”
a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
From this reading “"Shush! student--Listen to your master's--I mean,--your instructor's voice, will you?"”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “"Here beginneth your first lesson."”
In this reading “Bill slid into the pilot's seat.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Oh, that's just like a boy--" she pouted.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Here beginneth your first lesson."
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading "Instructor's better," she smiled.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading Bill slid into the pilot's seat.
a youthful male person
From this reading "Oh, that's just like a boy--" she pouted.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading "Here beginneth your first lesson."
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Here beginneth your first lesson."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Shush! student--Listen to your master's--I mean,--your instructor's voice, will you?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Shush! student--Listen to your master's--I mean,--your instructor's voice, will you?"
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Bill slid into the pilot's seat.
and nothing more
From this reading "Oh, that's just like a boy--" she pouted.
a unit of instruction
From this reading "Here beginneth your first lesson."
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "Oh, that's just like a boy--" she pouted.
hear with intention
From this reading "Shush! student--Listen to your master's--I mean,--your instructor's voice, will you?"
possessive form of “master” — an artist of consummate skill
From this reading "Shush! student--Listen to your master's--I mean,--your instructor's voice, will you?"
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading "Shush! student--Listen to your master's--I mean,--your instructor's voice, will you?"
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, that's just like a boy--" she pouted.
possessive form of “pilot” — someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
From this reading Bill slid into the pilot's seat.
past form of “pout” — be in a huff and display one's displeasure
From this reading "Oh, that's just like a boy--" she pouted.
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading Bill slid into the pilot's seat.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Oh, that's just like a boy--" she pouted.
silence (someone) by uttering “shush!”
From this reading "Shush! student--Listen to your master's--I mean,--your instructor's voice, will you?"
inflected form of “slide” — move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
From this reading Bill slid into the pilot's seat.
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading "Instructor's better," she smiled.
a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
From this reading "Shush! student--Listen to your master's--I mean,--your instructor's voice, will you?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, that's just like a boy--" she pouted.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Bill slid into the pilot's seat.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Shush! student--Listen to your master's--I mean,--your instructor's voice, will you?"
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading "Shush! student--Listen to your master's--I mean,--your instructor's voice, will you?"
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Shush! student--Listen to your master's--I mean,--your instructor's voice, will you?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Shush! student--Listen to your master's--I mean,--your instructor's voice, will you?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Shush! student--Listen to your master's--I mean,--your instructor's voice, will you?"
Chapter 2 of Dorothy Dixon Wins Her Wings by Dorothy Wayne holds 454 sentences, grouped into 91 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 2 holds 454 sentences of Dorothy Dixon Wins Her Wings, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Dorothy Dixon Wins Her Wings by Dorothy Wayne exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 454 sentences, grouped into 91 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 91 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 91 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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