Chapter 1 of Gold in the Sky is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Gold in the Sky is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Greg Hunter. Test pilot--happy only when his life hung in the balance. Tom Hunter. A pioneer--his frontier was hidden in test tubes. Johnny Coombs.
Chapter 1 of Gold in the Sky is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 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.
bring into balance or equilibrium
From this reading “Test pilot--happy only when his life hung in the balance.”
a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
From this reading “A pioneer--his frontier was hidden in test tubes.”
someone who hunts game
From this reading “Greg Hunter.”
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading “Johnny Coombs.”
operate an airplane
From this reading “Test pilot--happy only when his life hung in the balance.”
someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
From this reading “A pioneer--his frontier was hidden in test tubes.”
trying something to find out about it
From this reading “Test pilot--happy only when his life hung in the balance.”
plural of “tube” — conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
From this reading “A pioneer--his frontier was hidden in test tubes.”
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 A pioneer--his frontier was hidden in test tubes.
bring into balance or equilibrium
From this reading Test pilot--happy only when his life hung in the balance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Johnny Coombs.
a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
From this reading A pioneer--his frontier was hidden in test tubes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Greg Hunter.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Test pilot--happy only when his life hung in the balance.
not accessible to view
From this reading A pioneer--his frontier was hidden in test tubes.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Test pilot--happy only when his life hung in the balance.
inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading Test pilot--happy only when his life hung in the balance.
someone who hunts game
From this reading Greg Hunter.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Test pilot--happy only when his life hung in the balance.
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading Johnny Coombs.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Test pilot--happy only when his life hung in the balance.
and nothing more
From this reading Test pilot--happy only when his life hung in the balance.
operate an airplane
From this reading Test pilot--happy only when his life hung in the balance.
someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
From this reading A pioneer--his frontier was hidden in test tubes.
trying something to find out about it
From this reading Test pilot--happy only when his life hung in the balance.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Test pilot--happy only when his life hung in the balance.
male cat
From this reading Tom Hunter.
plural of “tube” — conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
From this reading A pioneer--his frontier was hidden in test tubes.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A pioneer--his frontier was hidden in test tubes.
at the time that
From this reading Test pilot--happy only when his life hung in the balance.
Chapter 1 of Gold in the Sky by Alan Edward Nourse holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 410 sentences of Gold in the Sky, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Gold in the Sky by Alan Edward Nourse exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 267 minutes of reading across 643 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Gold in the Sky, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
