Chapter 5 of Men into space is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Men into space is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again. The shocks seemed to become more and more violent and intolerable. They were. With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees. He cut the blasts to three-quarters of a second.
Chapter 5 of Men into space is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an increase in rate of change
From this reading “With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.”
plural of “blast” — a very long fly ball
From this reading “He cut the blasts to three-quarters of a second.”
plural of “breath” — the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading “Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.”
plural of “gee” — a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated
From this reading “With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.”
past form of “lighten” — make more cheerful
From this reading “With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.”
plural of “shock” — the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
From this reading “The shocks seemed to become more and more violent and intolerable.”
three of four equal parts
From this reading “He cut the blasts to three-quarters of a second.”
a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end
From this reading “Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.”
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In this reading “The shocks seemed to become more and more violent and intolerable.”
move upward
In this reading “With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.”
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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 He cut the blasts to three-quarters of a second.
an increase in rate of change
From this reading With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.
anew
From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
past form of “allow” — make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading The shocks seemed to become more and more violent and intolerable.
plural of “blast” — a very long fly ball
From this reading He cut the blasts to three-quarters of a second.
plural of “breath” — the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading He cut the blasts to three-quarters of a second.
with obstinate determination
From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
plural of “gee” — a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated
From this reading With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
incapable of being tolerated or endured
From this reading The shocks seemed to become more and more violent and intolerable.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
past form of “lighten” — make more cheerful
From this reading With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.
something that is lost
From this reading With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading The shocks seemed to become more and more violent and intolerable.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.
compacted by ironing
From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading He cut the blasts to three-quarters of a second.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The shocks seemed to become more and more violent and intolerable.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
transport commercially
From this reading With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.
plural of “shock” — the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
From this reading The shocks seemed to become more and more violent and intolerable.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
three of four equal parts
From this reading He cut the blasts to three-quarters of a second.
a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end
From this reading Doggedly he set the timer and pressed the button, and allowed himself three full breaths and set it and pressed again.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The shocks seemed to become more and more violent and intolerable.
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one
From this reading With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.
acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity
From this reading The shocks seemed to become more and more violent and intolerable.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With loss of mass, the acceleration of the lightened ship went up to twenty-two gees.
Chapter 5 of Men into space by Murray Leinster holds 430 sentences, grouped into 86 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.
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