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Chapter 10 of All Around the Moon is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE OBSERVERS OF THE MOON. Barbican's happy conjecture had probably hit the nail on the head. The divergency even of a second may amount to millions of miles if you only have your lines long enough. The Projectile had certainly gone off its direct course; whatever the cause, the fact was undoubted. It was a great pity.
Chapter 10 of All Around the Moon is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a quantity of money
From this reading “The divergency even of a second may amount to millions of miles if you only have your lines long enough.”
a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
From this reading “Barbican's happy conjecture had probably hit the nail on the head.”
command with authority
From this reading “The Projectile had certainly gone off its direct course; whatever the cause, the fact was undoubted.”
cause to move by striking
From this reading “Barbican's happy conjecture had probably hit the nail on the head.”
plural of “million” — the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
From this reading “The divergency even of a second may amount to millions of miles if you only have your lines long enough.”
attach something somewhere by means of nails
From this reading “Barbican's happy conjecture had probably hit the nail on the head.”
plural of “observer” — a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
From this reading “THE OBSERVERS OF THE MOON.”
a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
From this reading “The Projectile had certainly gone off its direct course; whatever the cause, the fact was undoubted.”
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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 The divergency even of a second may amount to millions of miles if you only have your lines long enough.
a quantity of money
From this reading The divergency even of a second may amount to millions of miles if you only have your lines long enough.
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From this reading Barbican's happy conjecture had probably hit the nail on the head.
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading The Projectile had certainly gone off its direct course; whatever the cause, the fact was undoubted.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading The Projectile had certainly gone off its direct course; whatever the cause, the fact was undoubted.
a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
From this reading Barbican's happy conjecture had probably hit the nail on the head.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading The Projectile had certainly gone off its direct course; whatever the cause, the fact was undoubted.
command with authority
From this reading The Projectile had certainly gone off its direct course; whatever the cause, the fact was undoubted.
an infinite series that has no limit
From this reading The divergency even of a second may amount to millions of miles if you only have your lines long enough.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading The divergency even of a second may amount to millions of miles if you only have your lines long enough.
divisible by two
From this reading The divergency even of a second may amount to millions of miles if you only have your lines long enough.
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading The Projectile had certainly gone off its direct course; whatever the cause, the fact was undoubted.
destroyed or killed
From this reading The Projectile had certainly gone off its direct course; whatever the cause, the fact was undoubted.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading It was a great pity.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Barbican's happy conjecture had probably hit the nail on the head.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Barbican's happy conjecture had probably hit the nail on the head.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The divergency even of a second may amount to millions of miles if you only have your lines long enough.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Barbican's happy conjecture had probably hit the nail on the head.
cause to move by striking
From this reading Barbican's happy conjecture had probably hit the nail on the head.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The divergency even of a second may amount to millions of miles if you only have your lines long enough.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a great pity.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The Projectile had certainly gone off its direct course; whatever the cause, the fact was undoubted.
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading The divergency even of a second may amount to millions of miles if you only have your lines long enough.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading The divergency even of a second may amount to millions of miles if you only have your lines long enough.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading The divergency even of a second may amount to millions of miles if you only have your lines long enough.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading The divergency even of a second may amount to millions of miles if you only have your lines long enough.
plural of “million” — the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
From this reading The divergency even of a second may amount to millions of miles if you only have your lines long enough.
the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading THE OBSERVERS OF THE MOON.
attach something somewhere by means of nails
From this reading Barbican's happy conjecture had probably hit the nail on the head.
plural of “observer” — a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
From this reading THE OBSERVERS OF THE MOON.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE OBSERVERS OF THE MOON.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The Projectile had certainly gone off its direct course; whatever the cause, the fact was undoubted.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Barbican's happy conjecture had probably hit the nail on the head.
and nothing more
From this reading The divergency even of a second may amount to millions of miles if you only have your lines long enough.
a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
From this reading It was a great pity.
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
From this reading Barbican's happy conjecture had probably hit the nail on the head.
a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
From this reading The Projectile had certainly gone off its direct course; whatever the cause, the fact was undoubted.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading The divergency even of a second may amount to millions of miles if you only have your lines long enough.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE OBSERVERS OF THE MOON.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The divergency even of a second may amount to millions of miles if you only have your lines long enough.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Projectile had certainly gone off its direct course; whatever the cause, the fact was undoubted.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Projectile had certainly gone off its direct course; whatever the cause, the fact was undoubted.
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading The Projectile had certainly gone off its direct course; whatever the cause, the fact was undoubted.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The divergency even of a second may amount to millions of miles if you only have your lines long enough.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The divergency even of a second may amount to millions of miles if you only have your lines long enough.
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