Chapter 1 of Cakewalk to Gloryanna is here in full — 306 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Cakewalk to Gloryanna is here in full — 306 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BY L. J. STECHER, JR. The job was easy. The profit was enormous. The only trouble was--the cargo had a will of its own! Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.
Chapter 1 of Cakewalk to Gloryanna is here in full — 306 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/61 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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goods carried by a large vehicle
From this reading “The only trouble was--the cargo had a will of its own!”
past form of “climb” — go upward with gradual or continuous progress
From this reading “Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.”
a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water
extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree
From this reading “The profit was enormous.”
express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading “Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.”
past form of “hobble” — walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
From this reading “Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.”
unpleasantly
From this reading “Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.”
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
From this reading “The profit was enormous.”
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.
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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 only trouble was--the cargo had a will of its own!
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY L. J. STECHER, JR.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.
goods carried by a large vehicle
From this reading The only trouble was--the cargo had a will of its own!
past form of “climb” — go upward with gradual or continuous progress
From this reading Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.
a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water
From this reading Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.
posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading The job was easy.
extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree
From this reading The profit was enormous.
the organ of sight
From this reading Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.
express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The only trouble was--the cargo had a will of its own!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.
cause to move by striking
From this reading Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.
past form of “hobble” — walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
From this reading Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The only trouble was--the cargo had a will of its own!
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading BY L. J. STECHER, JR.
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading The job was easy.
a son who has the same first name as his father
From this reading BY L. J. STECHER, JR.
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading BY L. J. STECHER, JR.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The only trouble was--the cargo had a will of its own!
and nothing more
From this reading The only trouble was--the cargo had a will of its own!
have ownership or possession of
From this reading The only trouble was--the cargo had a will of its own!
unpleasantly
From this reading Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
From this reading The profit was enormous.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BY L. J. STECHER, JR.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The job was easy.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.
a source of difficulty
From this reading The only trouble was--the cargo had a will of its own!
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The job was easy.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.
in or at the place that
From this reading Captain Hannah climbed painfully down from the _Delta Crucis_, hobbled across the spaceport to where Beulah and I were waiting to greet him and hit me in the eye.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The only trouble was--the cargo had a will of its own!
Chapter 1 of Cakewalk to Gloryanna by L. J., Jr. Stecher holds 306 sentences, grouped into 62 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 1 holds 306 sentences of Cakewalk to Gloryanna, unabridged, divided into 62 reading sections.
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