Chapter 16 of Address: Centauri is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Address: Centauri is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Webber came in, grinning hugely and rattling his arm and leg more than necessary. "The first load's on. When do we peel off?" "Whenever you're ready. The rocket dome is on automatic.
Chapter 16 of Address: Centauri is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control
From this reading “The rocket dome is on automatic.”
a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
From this reading “The rocket dome is on automatic.”
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading “Webber came in, grinning hugely and rattling his arm and leg more than necessary.”
extremely
From this reading “Webber came in, grinning hugely and rattling his arm and leg more than necessary.”
a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
From this reading “Webber came in, grinning hugely and rattling his arm and leg more than necessary.”
strip the skin off
From this reading “When do we peel off?"”
a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
From this reading “Webber came in, grinning hugely and rattling his arm and leg more than necessary.”
any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
From this reading “The rocket dome is on automatic.”
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.
peel off the outer layer of something
In this reading “When do we peel off?"”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Webber came in, grinning hugely and rattling his arm and leg more than necessary.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading Webber came in, grinning hugely and rattling his arm and leg more than necessary.
operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control
From this reading The rocket dome is on automatic.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Webber came in, grinning hugely and rattling his arm and leg more than necessary.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading When do we peel off?"
a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
From this reading The rocket dome is on automatic.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading "The first load's on.
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading Webber came in, grinning hugely and rattling his arm and leg more than necessary.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Webber came in, grinning hugely and rattling his arm and leg more than necessary.
extremely
From this reading Webber came in, grinning hugely and rattling his arm and leg more than necessary.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Webber came in, grinning hugely and rattling his arm and leg more than necessary.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The rocket dome is on automatic.
a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
From this reading Webber came in, grinning hugely and rattling his arm and leg more than necessary.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The first load's on.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Webber came in, grinning hugely and rattling his arm and leg more than necessary.
absolutely essential
From this reading Webber came in, grinning hugely and rattling his arm and leg more than necessary.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading When do we peel off?"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "The first load's on.
strip the skin off
From this reading When do we peel off?"
a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
From this reading Webber came in, grinning hugely and rattling his arm and leg more than necessary.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading "Whenever you're ready.
any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
From this reading The rocket dome is on automatic.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Webber came in, grinning hugely and rattling his arm and leg more than necessary.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The first load's on.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading When do we peel off?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Webber came in, grinning hugely and rattling his arm and leg more than necessary.
at the time that
From this reading When do we peel off?"
at any time that; every time that
From this reading "Whenever you're ready.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Whenever you're ready.
Chapter 16 of Address: Centauri by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace holds 407 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 16 holds 407 sentences of Address: Centauri, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of Address: Centauri by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 407 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.
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