Chapter 1 of Flight Into the Unknown is here in full — 295 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Flight Into the Unknown is here in full — 295 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive! _A hand moved_ ... Young Bailey fell. It was a terrible sensation, falling.
Chapter 1 of Flight Into the Unknown is here in full — 295 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessing life
From this reading “It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!”
United States singer (1918-1990)
From this reading “It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!”
possessive form of “bailey” — United States singer (1918-1990)
From this reading “It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!”
decreasing in amount or degree
From this reading “It was a terrible sensation, falling.”
come to pass
From this reading “It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!”
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading “It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!”
an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
From this reading “It was a terrible sensation, falling.”
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading “It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!”
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.
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In this reading “It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!”
In this reading “It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _A hand moved_ ...
possessing life
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
Having no one else present.
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
United States singer (1918-1990)
From this reading Young Bailey fell.
possessive form of “bailey” — United States singer (1918-1990)
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
decreasing in amount or degree
From this reading It was a terrible sensation, falling.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading Young Bailey fell.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading _A hand moved_ ...
come to pass
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading _A hand moved_ ...
an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
From this reading It was a terrible sensation, falling.
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading It was a terrible sensation, falling.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It was Bailey's first trip into space and things began to happen that made him wonder if luck alone would bring him back to Earth alive!
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Young Bailey fell.
Chapter 1 of Flight Into the Unknown by Tom W. Harris holds 295 sentences, grouped into 59 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 295 sentences of Flight Into the Unknown, unabridged, divided into 59 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Flight Into the Unknown by Tom W. Harris exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 295 sentences, grouped into 59 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.
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