Chapter 2 of Let 'Em Breathe Space! is here in full — 521 sentences across 105 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Let 'Em Breathe Space! is here in full — 521 sentences across 105 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Muller nodded curtly. "Certainly. Until the madman is found, we're all in danger. And unless he is found, I insist I must protect my crew and my ship by turning back to Earth." "I cannot permit that, sir!"
Chapter 2 of Let 'Em Breathe Space! is here in full — 521 sentences across 105 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
From this reading “And unless he is found, I insist I must protect my crew and my ship by turning back to Earth."”
in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
From this reading “Muller nodded curtly.”
be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading “And unless he is found, I insist I must protect my crew and my ship by turning back to Earth."”
an insane person
From this reading “Until the madman is found, we're all in danger.”
Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as an insecticide (1899-1965)
From this reading “Muller nodded curtly.”
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading “Muller nodded curtly.”
a legal document giving official permission to do something
From this reading “"I cannot permit that, sir!"”
shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage
From this reading “And unless he is found, I insist I must protect my crew and my ship by turning back to Earth."”
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.
In this reading “Until the madman is found, we're all in danger.”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Until the madman is found, we're all in danger.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And unless he is found, I insist I must protect my crew and my ship by turning back to Earth."
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading And unless he is found, I insist I must protect my crew and my ship by turning back to Earth."
showing who or what does the action
From this reading And unless he is found, I insist I must protect my crew and my ship by turning back to Earth."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I cannot permit that, sir!"
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading "Certainly.
the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
From this reading And unless he is found, I insist I must protect my crew and my ship by turning back to Earth."
in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
From this reading Muller nodded curtly.
the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
From this reading Until the madman is found, we're all in danger.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading And unless he is found, I insist I must protect my crew and my ship by turning back to Earth."
set up or found
From this reading Until the madman is found, we're all in danger.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And unless he is found, I insist I must protect my crew and my ship by turning back to Earth."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And unless he is found, I insist I must protect my crew and my ship by turning back to Earth."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Until the madman is found, we're all in danger.
be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading And unless he is found, I insist I must protect my crew and my ship by turning back to Earth."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Until the madman is found, we're all in danger.
an insane person
From this reading Until the madman is found, we're all in danger.
Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as an insecticide (1899-1965)
From this reading Muller nodded curtly.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading And unless he is found, I insist I must protect my crew and my ship by turning back to Earth."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And unless he is found, I insist I must protect my crew and my ship by turning back to Earth."
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading Muller nodded curtly.
a legal document giving official permission to do something
From this reading "I cannot permit that, sir!"
shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage
From this reading And unless he is found, I insist I must protect my crew and my ship by turning back to Earth."
transport commercially
From this reading And unless he is found, I insist I must protect my crew and my ship by turning back to Earth."
term of address for a man
From this reading "I cannot permit that, sir!"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I cannot permit that, sir!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Until the madman is found, we're all in danger.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And unless he is found, I insist I must protect my crew and my ship by turning back to Earth."
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading And unless he is found, I insist I must protect my crew and my ship by turning back to Earth."
except if; if not
From this reading And unless he is found, I insist I must protect my crew and my ship by turning back to Earth."
up to a particular time
From this reading Until the madman is found, we're all in danger.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Until the madman is found, we're all in danger.
Chapter 2 of Let 'Em Breathe Space! by Lester Del Rey holds 521 sentences, grouped into 105 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 2 holds 521 sentences of Let 'Em Breathe Space!, unabridged, divided into 105 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Let 'Em Breathe Space! by Lester Del Rey exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 521 sentences, grouped into 105 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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About 131 minutes of reading across 315 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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