flying school
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- noun
- /ˈflaɪɪŋ skuːl/
:
escuela de vuelo
- I'm raising money to open a flying school, so you can have that chance.
- open a flying school
Examples
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He dropped out of college to attend flying school in Nebraska.
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They all have flight schools, and you can rent either airplanes or helicopters or both, as well as find an instructor to teach you.
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I gotta get that bus leaving for flying school.
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If I step out of line again, I'll never make officers' flying school.
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That Air Corps was smart in picking you for officers' flying school.
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You'll never get to flying school.
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Go to flying school!
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See that he's properly outfitted and get him into flying school.
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The brothers established a flying school at Huffman Prairie near Dayton, where many notable military and civilian pilots received their first training.
Academic text (2003) -
N1: Bessie visits the best flying schools in Chicago, hoping one will accept her as a student.
How Experienced
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a school where people are taught to fly airplanes' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'flying' (the participial/gerund form of 'fly') with 'school' (an institution). This modifier + noun composition follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Flying school comes from the simple image of a school for flying. That's why it means 'a school where people are taught to fly airplanes'.