Chapter 7 of The Air Patrol is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Air Patrol is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I will go and talk to my brothers," he said. "With many counsellors there is wisdom." "No, that won’t do. You would waste a lot of time, and perhaps wrangle. You must act as head man, and what you and I decide the others will do."
Chapter 7 of The Air Patrol is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading “You must act as head man, and what you and I decide the others will do."”
plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “"I will go and talk to my brothers," he said.”
plural of “counsellor” — someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp
From this reading “"With many counsellors there is wisdom."”
reach, make, or come to a decision about something
From this reading “You must act as head man, and what you and I decide the others will do."”
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading “You would waste a lot of time, and perhaps wrangle.”
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
From this reading “You would waste a lot of time, and perhaps wrangle.”
accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
From this reading “"With many counsellors there is wisdom."”
an angry dispute
From this reading “You would waste a lot of time, and perhaps wrangle.”
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.
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 You would waste a lot of time, and perhaps wrangle.
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading You must act as head man, and what you and I decide the others will do."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I will go and talk to my brothers," he said.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading You must act as head man, and what you and I decide the others will do."
plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading "I will go and talk to my brothers," he said.
plural of “counsellor” — someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp
From this reading "With many counsellors there is wisdom."
reach, make, or come to a decision about something
From this reading You must act as head man, and what you and I decide the others will do."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "No, that won’t do.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "I will go and talk to my brothers," he said.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I will go and talk to my brothers," he said.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading You must act as head man, and what you and I decide the others will do."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I will go and talk to my brothers," he said.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "With many counsellors there is wisdom."
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading You would waste a lot of time, and perhaps wrangle.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading You must act as head man, and what you and I decide the others will do."
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading "With many counsellors there is wisdom."
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading You must act as head man, and what you and I decide the others will do."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I will go and talk to my brothers," he said.
not any; not one
From this reading "No, that won’t do.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You would waste a lot of time, and perhaps wrangle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You must act as head man, and what you and I decide the others will do."
by chance
From this reading You would waste a lot of time, and perhaps wrangle.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I will go and talk to my brothers," he said.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading "I will go and talk to my brothers," he said.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "No, that won’t do.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You must act as head man, and what you and I decide the others will do."
in or at that place or location
From this reading "With many counsellors there is wisdom."
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading You would waste a lot of time, and perhaps wrangle.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I will go and talk to my brothers," he said.
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
From this reading You would waste a lot of time, and perhaps wrangle.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading You must act as head man, and what you and I decide the others will do."
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "I will go and talk to my brothers," he said.
accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
From this reading "With many counsellors there is wisdom."
in the company of; together with
From this reading "With many counsellors there is wisdom."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No, that won’t do.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading You would waste a lot of time, and perhaps wrangle.
an angry dispute
From this reading You would waste a lot of time, and perhaps wrangle.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You would waste a lot of time, and perhaps wrangle.
Chapter 7 of The Air Patrol by Herbert Strang holds 426 sentences, grouped into 86 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 7 holds 426 sentences of The Air Patrol, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of The Air Patrol by Herbert Strang exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 426 sentences, grouped into 86 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 86 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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