Chapter 6 of Test Pilot is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of Test Pilot is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I swung my ship to the left. I held it up as much as I dared. I headed toward the open space. I was almost stalling. I barely cleared the last house.
Chapter 6 of Test Pilot is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 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.
only a very short time before
From this reading “I barely cleared the last house.”
rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush
From this reading “I barely cleared the last house.”
past form of “dare” — take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading “I held it up as much as I dared.”
having a heading or course in a certain direction
From this reading “I headed toward the open space.”
transport commercially
From this reading “I swung my ship to the left.”
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading “I headed toward the open space.”
a tactic used to mislead or delay
From this reading “I was almost stalling.”
inflected form of “swing” — move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
From this reading “I swung my ship to the left.”
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 “I headed toward the open space.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading I was almost stalling.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I held it up as much as I dared.
only a very short time before
From this reading I barely cleared the last house.
rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush
From this reading I barely cleared the last house.
past form of “dare” — take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading I held it up as much as I dared.
having a heading or course in a certain direction
From this reading I headed toward the open space.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading I held it up as much as I dared.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading I barely cleared the last house.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I swung my ship to the left.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I held it up as much as I dared.
immediately past
From this reading I barely cleared the last house.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading I swung my ship to the left.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading I held it up as much as I dared.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I swung my ship to the left.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading I headed toward the open space.
transport commercially
From this reading I swung my ship to the left.
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading I headed toward the open space.
a tactic used to mislead or delay
From this reading I was almost stalling.
inflected form of “swing” — move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
From this reading I swung my ship to the left.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I swung my ship to the left.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I swung my ship to the left.
in the direction of
From this reading I headed toward the open space.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I held it up as much as I dared.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was almost stalling.
Chapter 6 of Test Pilot by James Collins holds 431 sentences, grouped into 87 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 6 holds 431 sentences of Test Pilot, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Test Pilot by James Collins exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 431 sentences, grouped into 87 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 87 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 87 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 6 can be played aloud in United States English.
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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About 227 minutes of reading across 547 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Test Pilot, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
