Chapter 3 of Accidental Flight is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Accidental Flight is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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.
Chapter 3 of Accidental Flight is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a natural object that covers or envelops
From this reading “The ship hardly quivered as it ripped through the transparent covering of the rocket dome.”
a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
From this reading “The ship hardly quivered as it ripped through the transparent covering of the rocket dome.”
cause to move by striking
From this reading “Hit the shell with the bow of the rocket."”
a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan
From this reading “"Jordan, take it out.”
stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
From this reading “The ship hardly quivered as it ripped through the transparent covering of the rocket dome.”
any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
From this reading “Hit the shell with the bow of the rocket."”
ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
From this reading “Hit the shell with the bow of the rocket."”
transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
From this reading “The ship hardly quivered as it ripped through the transparent covering of the rocket dome.”
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.
In this reading “Hit the shell with the bow of the rocket."”
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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.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "All right," Docchi said in a low, hard voice.
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.
a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
From this reading Hit the shell with the bow of the rocket."
a natural object that covers or envelops
From this reading The ship hardly quivered as it ripped through the transparent covering of the rocket dome.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "All right," Docchi said in a low, hard voice.
a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
From this reading The ship hardly quivered as it ripped through the transparent covering of the rocket dome.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Still there was no reply from Vogel.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading "All right," Docchi said in a low, hard voice.
only a very short time before
From this reading The ship hardly quivered as it ripped through the transparent covering of the rocket dome.
cause to move by striking
From this reading Hit the shell with the bow of the rocket."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "All right," Docchi said in a low, hard voice.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Jordan, take it out.
a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan
From this reading "Jordan, take it out.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading "All right," Docchi said in a low, hard voice.
not any; not one
From this reading Still there was no reply from Vogel.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Hit the shell with the bow of the rocket."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Jordan, take it out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The ship hardly quivered as it ripped through the transparent covering of the rocket dome.
a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
From this reading Still there was no reply from Vogel.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "All right," Docchi said in a low, hard voice.
stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
From this reading The ship hardly quivered as it ripped through the transparent covering of the rocket dome.
any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
From this reading Hit the shell with the bow of the rocket."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "All right," Docchi said in a low, hard voice.
ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
From this reading Hit the shell with the bow of the rocket."
transport commercially
From this reading The ship hardly quivered as it ripped through the transparent covering of the rocket dome.
not in physical motion
From this reading Still there was no reply from Vogel.
carry out
From this reading "Jordan, take it out.
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."
in or at that place or location
From this reading Still there was no reply from Vogel.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The ship hardly quivered as it ripped through the transparent covering of the rocket dome.
transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
From this reading The ship hardly quivered as it ripped through the transparent covering of the rocket dome.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Still there was no reply from Vogel.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading "All right," Docchi said in a low, hard voice.
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.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Hit the shell with the bow of the rocket."
Chapter 3 of Accidental Flight by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace holds 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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 3 holds 408 sentences of Accidental Flight, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Accidental Flight by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 82 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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About 170 minutes of reading across 409 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Accidental Flight, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
