Chapter 4 of Address: Centauri is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Address: Centauri is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"It's a good guess," agreed Docchi. "She's exceedingly curious." "We may as well make the picture complete. Once in the ship she felt tired. She found a comfortable cabin and fell asleep.
Chapter 4 of Address: Centauri is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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united by being of the same opinion
From this reading “"It's a good guess," agreed Docchi.”
in a state of sleep
From this reading “She found a comfortable cabin and fell asleep.”
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading “She found a comfortable cabin and fell asleep.”
providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (“comfy” is informal)
From this reading “She found a comfortable cabin and fell asleep.”
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading “"We may as well make the picture complete.”
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading “"She's exceedingly curious."”
to an extreme degree
From this reading “"She's exceedingly curious."”
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading “Once in the ship she felt tired.”
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In this reading “She found a comfortable cabin and fell asleep.”
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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 "It's a good guess," agreed Docchi.
united by being of the same opinion
From this reading "It's a good guess," agreed Docchi.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She found a comfortable cabin and fell asleep.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "We may as well make the picture complete.
in a state of sleep
From this reading She found a comfortable cabin and fell asleep.
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading She found a comfortable cabin and fell asleep.
providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (“comfy” is informal)
From this reading She found a comfortable cabin and fell asleep.
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading "We may as well make the picture complete.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading "She's exceedingly curious."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's a good guess," agreed Docchi.
to an extreme degree
From this reading "She's exceedingly curious."
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading She found a comfortable cabin and fell asleep.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Once in the ship she felt tired.
set up or found
From this reading She found a comfortable cabin and fell asleep.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "It's a good guess," agreed Docchi.
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading "It's a good guess," agreed Docchi.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Once in the ship she felt tired.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's a good guess," agreed Docchi.
engage in
From this reading "We may as well make the picture complete.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "We may as well make the picture complete.
on one occasion
From this reading Once in the ship she felt tired.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading "We may as well make the picture complete.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Once in the ship she felt tired.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "She's exceedingly curious."
transport commercially
From this reading Once in the ship she felt tired.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "We may as well make the picture complete.
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading Once in the ship she felt tired.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We may as well make the picture complete.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "We may as well make the picture complete.
Chapter 4 of Address: Centauri by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace holds 406 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 4 holds 406 sentences of Address: Centauri, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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