Chapter 1 of The last crash is here in full — 501 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The last crash is here in full — 501 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Author of “The Sky Call,” “The Vindication of Smith,” Etc. Most aviation stories are just good stories with aviation in them. We have no objection to yarns of that sort. Those that we have published have been decidedly good reading. This aviation story is different--just how different you will realize as you read it.
Chapter 1 of The last crash is here in full — 501 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the aggregation of a country's military aircraft
From this reading “Most aviation stories are just good stories with aviation in them.”
without question and beyond doubt
From this reading “Those that we have published have been decidedly good reading.”
the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
From this reading “We have no objection to yarns of that sort.”
prepared and printed for distribution and sale
From this reading “Those that we have published have been decidedly good reading.”
be fully aware or cognizant of
From this reading “This aviation story is different--just how different you will realize as you read it.”
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading “Author of “The Sky Call,” “The Vindication of Smith,” Etc.”
the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.
From this reading “Author of “The Sky Call,” “The Vindication of Smith,” Etc.”
plural of “yarn” — the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
From this reading “We have no objection to yarns of that sort.”
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.
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Most aviation stories are just good stories with aviation in them.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading This aviation story is different--just how different you will realize as you read it.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading Author of “The Sky Call,” “The Vindication of Smith,” Etc.
the aggregation of a country's military aircraft
From this reading Most aviation stories are just good stories with aviation in them.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Those that we have published have been decidedly good reading.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Author of “The Sky Call,” “The Vindication of Smith,” Etc.
without question and beyond doubt
From this reading Those that we have published have been decidedly good reading.
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading This aviation story is different--just how different you will realize as you read it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Author of “The Sky Call,” “The Vindication of Smith,” Etc.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Most aviation stories are just good stories with aviation in them.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have no objection to yarns of that sort.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This aviation story is different--just how different you will realize as you read it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Most aviation stories are just good stories with aviation in them.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This aviation story is different--just how different you will realize as you read it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading This aviation story is different--just how different you will realize as you read it.
and nothing more
From this reading Most aviation stories are just good stories with aviation in them.
used to form the superlative
From this reading Most aviation stories are just good stories with aviation in them.
not any; not one
From this reading We have no objection to yarns of that sort.
the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
From this reading We have no objection to yarns of that sort.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of “The Sky Call,” “The Vindication of Smith,” Etc.
prepared and printed for distribution and sale
From this reading Those that we have published have been decidedly good reading.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading This aviation story is different--just how different you will realize as you read it.
the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
From this reading Those that we have published have been decidedly good reading.
be fully aware or cognizant of
From this reading This aviation story is different--just how different you will realize as you read it.
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading Author of “The Sky Call,” “The Vindication of Smith,” Etc.
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading Author of “The Sky Call,” “The Vindication of Smith,” Etc.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading We have no objection to yarns of that sort.
plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading Most aviation stories are just good stories with aviation in them.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading This aviation story is different--just how different you will realize as you read it.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We have no objection to yarns of that sort.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author of “The Sky Call,” “The Vindication of Smith,” Etc.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Most aviation stories are just good stories with aviation in them.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This aviation story is different--just how different you will realize as you read it.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those that we have published have been decidedly good reading.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We have no objection to yarns of that sort.
the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.
From this reading Author of “The Sky Call,” “The Vindication of Smith,” Etc.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We have no objection to yarns of that sort.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading This aviation story is different--just how different you will realize as you read it.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Most aviation stories are just good stories with aviation in them.
plural of “yarn” — the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
From this reading We have no objection to yarns of that sort.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading This aviation story is different--just how different you will realize as you read it.
Chapter 1 of The last crash by Kenneth Latour holds 501 sentences, grouped into 101 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 1 holds 501 sentences of The last crash, unabridged, divided into 101 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The last crash by Kenneth Latour exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 501 sentences, grouped into 101 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 101 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 165 minutes of reading across 397 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The last crash, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
