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From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes

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J. T. MASTON RECALLED.
"It is 'they' come back again!" the young midshipman had said; and every one had understood him.
No one doubted but that that meteor was the projectile of the Gun Club.
As to the travellers which it enclosed, opinions were divided regarding their fate.
"They are dead!" said one.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes

Chapter XXXVIII

Chapter 38 of From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes is here in full — 252 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/50 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
J. T. MASTON RECALLED.
Line 2
"It is 'they' come back again!" the young midshipman had said; and every one had understood him.
/ɪt ɪz ðeɪ kʌm bæk əˈɡen ðə jʌŋ ˈmɪdˈʃɪpmən hæd sed ənd ˈevəri wʌn hæd ˌʌndərˈstʊd hɪm/
Line 3
No one doubted but that that meteor was the projectile of the Gun Club.
/noʊ wʌn ˈdaʊtɪd bʌt ðæt ðæt ˈmiːtiər wɑːz ðə prəˈdʒektəl ʌv ðə ɡʌn klʌb/
Line 4
As to the travellers which it enclosed, opinions were divided regarding their fate.
/æz tuː ðə ˈtrævələrz wɪtʃ ɪt enˈkloʊzd əˈpɪnjənz wɜːr dɪˈvaɪdɪd rɪˈɡɑːrdɪŋ ðer feɪt/
Line 5
"They are dead!" said one.
/ðeɪ ɑːr ded sed wʌn/

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

doubted verb US /ˈdaʊtɪd/

past form of “doubt” — consider unlikely or have doubts about

From this reading “No one doubted but that that meteor was the projectile of the Gun Club.”

enclosed adjective US /enˈkloʊzd/

closed in or surrounded or included within

From this reading “As to the travellers which it enclosed, opinions were divided regarding their fate.”

meteor noun US /ˈmiːtiər/

(astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere

From this reading “No one doubted but that that meteor was the projectile of the Gun Club.”

midshipman noun US /ˈmɪdˈʃɪpmən/

a temporary rank held by young naval officers in training

From this reading “"It is 'they' come back again!" the young midshipman had said; and every one had understood him.”

opinions noun US /əˈpɪnjənz/

plural of “opinion” — a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

From this reading “As to the travellers which it enclosed, opinions were divided regarding their fate.”

projectile noun US /prəˈdʒektəl/

a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled

From this reading “No one doubted but that that meteor was the projectile of the Gun Club.”

regarding verb US /rɪˈɡɑːrdɪŋ/

-ing form of “regard” — deem to be

From this reading “As to the travellers which it enclosed, opinions were divided regarding their fate.”

travellers noun US /ˈtrævələrz/

plural of “traveller” — a person who changes location

From this reading “As to the travellers which it enclosed, opinions were divided regarding their fate.”

Word partnerships in these lines

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.

come back verb + particle

be restored

In this reading “"It is 'they' come back again!" the young midshipman had said; and every one had understood him.”

All words in this reading · 43

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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againadverbUS /əˈɡen/

anew

From this reading "It is 'they' come back again!" the young midshipman had said; and every one had understood him.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading "It is 'they' come back again!" the young midshipman had said; and every one had understood him.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading "They are dead!" said one.

AsconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading As to the travellers which it enclosed, opinions were divided regarding their fate.

backadverbUS /bæk/

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading "It is 'they' come back again!" the young midshipman had said; and every one had understood him.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading No one doubted but that that meteor was the projectile of the Gun Club.

ClubnounUS /klʌb/

a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together

From this reading No one doubted but that that meteor was the projectile of the Gun Club.

comeverbUS /kʌm/

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading "It is 'they' come back again!" the young midshipman had said; and every one had understood him.

deadadjectiveUS /ded/

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

From this reading "They are dead!" said one.

dividedadjectiveUS /dɪˈvaɪdɪd/

separated into parts or pieces

From this reading As to the travellers which it enclosed, opinions were divided regarding their fate.

doubtedverbUS /ˈdaʊtɪd/

past form of “doubt” — consider unlikely or have doubts about

From this reading No one doubted but that that meteor was the projectile of the Gun Club.

enclosedadjectiveUS /enˈkloʊzd/

closed in or surrounded or included within

From this reading As to the travellers which it enclosed, opinions were divided regarding their fate.

everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading "It is 'they' come back again!" the young midshipman had said; and every one had understood him.

fatenounUS /feɪt/

an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

From this reading As to the travellers which it enclosed, opinions were divided regarding their fate.

GunnounUS /ɡʌn/

a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)

From this reading No one doubted but that that meteor was the projectile of the Gun Club.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading "It is 'they' come back again!" the young midshipman had said; and every one had understood him.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "It is 'they' come back again!" the young midshipman had said; and every one had understood him.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading "It is 'they' come back again!" the young midshipman had said; and every one had understood him.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "It is 'they' come back again!" the young midshipman had said; and every one had understood him.

JnounUS /dʒeɪ/

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 J. T. MASTON RECALLED.

MASTON

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From this reading J. T. MASTON RECALLED.

meteornounUS /ˈmiːtiər/

(astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere

From this reading No one doubted but that that meteor was the projectile of the Gun Club.

midshipmannounUS /ˈmɪdˈʃɪpmən/

a temporary rank held by young naval officers in training

From this reading "It is 'they' come back again!" the young midshipman had said; and every one had understood him.

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading No one doubted but that that meteor was the projectile of the Gun Club.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading No one doubted but that that meteor was the projectile of the Gun Club.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading "It is 'they' come back again!" the young midshipman had said; and every one had understood him.

opinionsnounUS /əˈpɪnjənz/

plural of “opinion” — a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

From this reading As to the travellers which it enclosed, opinions were divided regarding their fate.

projectilenounUS /prəˈdʒektəl/

a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled

From this reading No one doubted but that that meteor was the projectile of the Gun Club.

RECALLEDverbUS /rɪˈkɔːld/

past form of “recall” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

From this reading J. T. MASTON RECALLED.

regardingverbUS /rɪˈɡɑːrdɪŋ/

-ing form of “regard” — deem to be

From this reading As to the travellers which it enclosed, opinions were divided regarding their fate.

saidadjectiveUS /sed/

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading "It is 'they' come back again!" the young midshipman had said; and every one had understood him.

TnounUS /tiː/

a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

From this reading J. T. MASTON RECALLED.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading No one doubted but that that meteor was the projectile of the Gun Club.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading "It is 'they' come back again!" the young midshipman had said; and every one had understood him.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading As to the travellers which it enclosed, opinions were divided regarding their fate.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "It is 'they' come back again!" the young midshipman had said; and every one had understood him.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading As to the travellers which it enclosed, opinions were divided regarding their fate.

travellersnounUS /ˈtrævələrz/

plural of “traveller” — a person who changes location

From this reading As to the travellers which it enclosed, opinions were divided regarding their fate.

understoodadjectiveUS /ˌʌndərˈstʊd/

fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation

From this reading "It is 'they' come back again!" the young midshipman had said; and every one had understood him.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading No one doubted but that that meteor was the projectile of the Gun Club.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading As to the travellers which it enclosed, opinions were divided regarding their fate.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading As to the travellers which it enclosed, opinions were divided regarding their fate.

youngadjectiveUS /jʌŋ/

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading "It is 'they' come back again!" the young midshipman had said; and every one had understood him.

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