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Accidental Flight
Accidental Flight

Chapter III

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Context Illustration Reading 1/82 · 5 lines
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Still there was no reply from Vogel.
"All right," Docchi said in a low, hard voice.
"Jordan, take it out.
Hit the shell with the bow of the rocket."
The ship hardly quivered as it ripped through the transparent covering of the rocket dome.
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Accidental Flight

Chapter III

Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Still there was no reply from Vogel.
Line 2
"All right," Docchi said in a low, hard voice.
Line 3
"Jordan, take it out.
Line 4
Hit the shell with the bow of the rocket."
Line 5
The ship hardly quivered as it ripped through the transparent covering of the rocket dome.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Right noun US /right/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"All right," Docchi said in a low, hard voice.”

Ship noun US /ship/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The ship hardly quivered as it ripped through the transparent covering of the rocket dome.”

Still noun US /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Still there was no reply from Vogel.”

Take noun US /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Jordan, take it out.”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “The ship hardly quivered as it ripped through the transparent covering of the rocket dome.”

All words in this reading · 36

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading "All right," Docchi said in a low, hard voice.

All

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From this reading "All right," Docchi said in a low, hard voice.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading The ship hardly quivered as it ripped through the transparent covering of the rocket dome.

bow

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From this reading Hit the shell with the bow of the rocket."

covering

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From this reading The ship hardly quivered as it ripped through the transparent covering of the rocket dome.

Docchi

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From this reading "All right," Docchi said in a low, hard voice.

dome

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From this reading The ship hardly quivered as it ripped through the transparent covering of the rocket dome.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Still there was no reply from Vogel.

hard

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From this reading "All right," Docchi said in a low, hard voice.

hardly

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From this reading The ship hardly quivered as it ripped through the transparent covering of the rocket dome.

Hit

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From this reading Hit the shell with the bow of the rocket."

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading "All right," Docchi said in a low, hard voice.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "Jordan, take it out.

Jordan

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From this reading "Jordan, take it out.

low

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From this reading "All right," Docchi said in a low, hard voice.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading Still there was no reply from Vogel.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Hit the shell with the bow of the rocket."

out

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From this reading "Jordan, take it out.

quivered

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From this reading The ship hardly quivered as it ripped through the transparent covering of the rocket dome.

reply

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From this reading Still there was no reply from Vogel.

rightnounUS /right/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "All right," Docchi said in a low, hard voice.

ripped

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From this reading The ship hardly quivered as it ripped through the transparent covering of the rocket dome.

rocket

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From this reading Hit the shell with the bow of the rocket."

said

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From this reading "All right," Docchi said in a low, hard voice.

shell

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Hit the shell with the bow of the rocket."

shipnounUS /ship/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The ship hardly quivered as it ripped through the transparent covering of the rocket dome.

StillnounUS /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Still there was no reply from Vogel.

takenounUS /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Jordan, take it out.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Hit the shell with the bow of the rocket."

there

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From this reading Still there was no reply from Vogel.

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading The ship hardly quivered as it ripped through the transparent covering of the rocket dome.

transparent

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From this reading The ship hardly quivered as it ripped through the transparent covering of the rocket dome.

Vogel

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From this reading Still there was no reply from Vogel.

voice

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From this reading "All right," Docchi said in a low, hard voice.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Still there was no reply from Vogel.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Hit the shell with the bow of the rocket."