Chapter 12 of First on the Moon is here in full — 208 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of First on the Moon is here in full — 208 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Commander!" Crag came to with a start Prochaska was leaning over him. Urgency was written across his face. "Come quick!" The Chief stepped back and motioned with his head toward the instrument corner.
Chapter 12 of First on the Moon is here in full — 208 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/41 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
an officer in command of a military unit
From this reading “"Commander!"”
a steep rugged rock or cliff
From this reading “Crag came to with a start Prochaska was leaning over him.”
a device that requires skill for proper use
From this reading “The Chief stepped back and motioned with his head toward the instrument corner.”
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
From this reading “Crag came to with a start Prochaska was leaning over him.”
past form of “motion” — show, express or direct through movement
From this reading “The Chief stepped back and motioned with his head toward the instrument corner.”
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “Crag came to with a start Prochaska was leaning over him.”
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading “The Chief stepped back and motioned with his head toward the instrument corner.”
the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
From this reading “Urgency was written across his face.”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Crag came to with a start Prochaska was leaning over him.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Urgency was written across his face.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Chief stepped back and motioned with his head toward the instrument corner.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading The Chief stepped back and motioned with his head toward the instrument corner.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Crag came to with a start Prochaska was leaning over him.
a person who is in charge
From this reading The Chief stepped back and motioned with his head toward the instrument corner.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Come quick!"
an officer in command of a military unit
From this reading "Commander!"
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading The Chief stepped back and motioned with his head toward the instrument corner.
a steep rugged rock or cliff
From this reading Crag came to with a start Prochaska was leaning over him.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Urgency was written across his face.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading The Chief stepped back and motioned with his head toward the instrument corner.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Crag came to with a start Prochaska was leaning over him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Urgency was written across his face.
a device that requires skill for proper use
From this reading The Chief stepped back and motioned with his head toward the instrument corner.
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
From this reading Crag came to with a start Prochaska was leaning over him.
past form of “motion” — show, express or direct through movement
From this reading The Chief stepped back and motioned with his head toward the instrument corner.
above and across; more than
From this reading Crag came to with a start Prochaska was leaning over him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Crag came to with a start Prochaska was leaning over him.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading "Come quick!"
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Crag came to with a start Prochaska was leaning over him.
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading The Chief stepped back and motioned with his head toward the instrument corner.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Chief stepped back and motioned with his head toward the instrument corner.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Crag came to with a start Prochaska was leaning over him.
in the direction of
From this reading The Chief stepped back and motioned with his head toward the instrument corner.
the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
From this reading Urgency was written across his face.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Crag came to with a start Prochaska was leaning over him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Crag came to with a start Prochaska was leaning over him.
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading Urgency was written across his face.
Chapter 12 of First on the Moon by Jeff Sutton holds 208 sentences, grouped into 42 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 12 holds 208 sentences of First on the Moon, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of First on the Moon by Jeff Sutton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 208 sentences, grouped into 42 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 42 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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