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air
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From this reading PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS It would be wrong to attempt to lure people into the air with any false assurances that everything connected with aviation runs like clock-work.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Aviation is only now emerging into the status of an industry.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS It would be wrong to attempt to lure people into the air with any false assurances that everything connected with aviation runs like clock-work.
any
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From this reading PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS It would be wrong to attempt to lure people into the air with any false assurances that everything connected with aviation runs like clock-work.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Growing pains are inevitable.
assurances
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From this reading PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS It would be wrong to attempt to lure people into the air with any false assurances that everything connected with aviation runs like clock-work.
attempt
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From this reading PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS It would be wrong to attempt to lure people into the air with any false assurances that everything connected with aviation runs like clock-work.
aviation
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From this reading PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS It would be wrong to attempt to lure people into the air with any false assurances that everything connected with aviation runs like clock-work.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS It would be wrong to attempt to lure people into the air with any false assurances that everything connected with aviation runs like clock-work.
BecauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Because the whole industry is so new it probably has more difficulties proportionately than many others.
clock-work
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From this reading PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS It would be wrong to attempt to lure people into the air with any false assurances that everything connected with aviation runs like clock-work.
connected
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From this reading PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS It would be wrong to attempt to lure people into the air with any false assurances that everything connected with aviation runs like clock-work.
difficulties
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From this reading Because the whole industry is so new it probably has more difficulties proportionately than many others.
doesn't
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From this reading It doesn’t.
emerging
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From this reading Aviation is only now emerging into the status of an industry.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS It would be wrong to attempt to lure people into the air with any false assurances that everything connected with aviation runs like clock-work.
false
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From this reading PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS It would be wrong to attempt to lure people into the air with any false assurances that everything connected with aviation runs like clock-work.
Growing
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From this reading Growing pains are inevitable.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Because the whole industry is so new it probably has more difficulties proportionately than many others.
industry
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From this reading Because the whole industry is so new it probably has more difficulties proportionately than many others.
inevitable
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From this reading Growing pains are inevitable.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS It would be wrong to attempt to lure people into the air with any false assurances that everything connected with aviation runs like clock-work.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Because the whole industry is so new it probably has more difficulties proportionately than many others.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS It would be wrong to attempt to lure people into the air with any false assurances that everything connected with aviation runs like clock-work.
like
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From this reading PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS It would be wrong to attempt to lure people into the air with any false assurances that everything connected with aviation runs like clock-work.
lure
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From this reading PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS It would be wrong to attempt to lure people into the air with any false assurances that everything connected with aviation runs like clock-work.
many
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From this reading Because the whole industry is so new it probably has more difficulties proportionately than many others.
more
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From this reading Because the whole industry is so new it probably has more difficulties proportionately than many others.
new
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From this reading Because the whole industry is so new it probably has more difficulties proportionately than many others.
now
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From this reading Aviation is only now emerging into the status of an industry.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Aviation is only now emerging into the status of an industry.
only
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From this reading Aviation is only now emerging into the status of an industry.
others
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From this reading Because the whole industry is so new it probably has more difficulties proportionately than many others.
pains
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From this reading Growing pains are inevitable.
people
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From this reading PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS It would be wrong to attempt to lure people into the air with any false assurances that everything connected with aviation runs like clock-work.
probably
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From this reading Because the whole industry is so new it probably has more difficulties proportionately than many others.
PROBLEMS
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From this reading PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS It would be wrong to attempt to lure people into the air with any false assurances that everything connected with aviation runs like clock-work.
PROGRESS
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From this reading PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS It would be wrong to attempt to lure people into the air with any false assurances that everything connected with aviation runs like clock-work.
proportionately
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From this reading Because the whole industry is so new it probably has more difficulties proportionately than many others.
runs
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From this reading PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS It would be wrong to attempt to lure people into the air with any false assurances that everything connected with aviation runs like clock-work.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Because the whole industry is so new it probably has more difficulties proportionately than many others.
status
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From this reading Aviation is only now emerging into the status of an industry.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Because the whole industry is so new it probably has more difficulties proportionately than many others.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS It would be wrong to attempt to lure people into the air with any false assurances that everything connected with aviation runs like clock-work.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS It would be wrong to attempt to lure people into the air with any false assurances that everything connected with aviation runs like clock-work.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS It would be wrong to attempt to lure people into the air with any false assurances that everything connected with aviation runs like clock-work.
whole
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From this reading Because the whole industry is so new it probably has more difficulties proportionately than many others.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS It would be wrong to attempt to lure people into the air with any false assurances that everything connected with aviation runs like clock-work.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS It would be wrong to attempt to lure people into the air with any false assurances that everything connected with aviation runs like clock-work.
wrong
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From this reading PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS It would be wrong to attempt to lure people into the air with any false assurances that everything connected with aviation runs like clock-work.