Chapter 2 of Outside Saturn is here in full — 232 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Outside Saturn is here in full — 232 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Two people entered, but they were not Vicenzo and Aziz. The first was a small, thin man with a long, sad face. He wore a somber black oversuit. The second was a girl no older than Henry. "Please, Joachim," the girl whispered, "don't antagonize them.
Chapter 2 of Outside Saturn is here in full — 232 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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provoke the hostility of
From this reading “"Please, Joachim," the girl whispered, "don't antagonize them.”
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading “The second was a girl no older than Henry.”
Hungarian violinist and composer (1831-1907)
From this reading “"Please, Joachim," the girl whispered, "don't antagonize them.”
advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)
From this reading “The second was a girl no older than Henry.”
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
From this reading “The first was a small, thin man with a long, sad face.”
lacking brightness or color; dull
From this reading “He wore a somber black oversuit.”
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading “The first was a small, thin man with a long, sad face.”
inflected form of “wear” — be dressed in
From this reading “He wore a somber black oversuit.”
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 “Two people entered, but they were not Vicenzo and Aziz.”
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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 The first was a small, thin man with a long, sad face.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Two people entered, but they were not Vicenzo and Aziz.
provoke the hostility of
From this reading "Please, Joachim," the girl whispered, "don't antagonize them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Two people entered, but they were not Vicenzo and Aziz.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading He wore a somber black oversuit.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Two people entered, but they were not Vicenzo and Aziz.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Please, Joachim," the girl whispered, "don't antagonize them.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading Two people entered, but they were not Vicenzo and Aziz.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading The first was a small, thin man with a long, sad face.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading The first was a small, thin man with a long, sad face.
a young female
From this reading The second was a girl no older than Henry.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He wore a somber black oversuit.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading The second was a girl no older than Henry.
Hungarian violinist and composer (1831-1907)
From this reading "Please, Joachim," the girl whispered, "don't antagonize them.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading The first was a small, thin man with a long, sad face.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The first was a small, thin man with a long, sad face.
not any; not one
From this reading The second was a girl no older than Henry.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Two people entered, but they were not Vicenzo and Aziz.
advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)
From this reading The second was a girl no older than Henry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He wore a somber black oversuit.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Two people entered, but they were not Vicenzo and Aziz.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading "Please, Joachim," the girl whispered, "don't antagonize them.
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
From this reading The first was a small, thin man with a long, sad face.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading The second was a girl no older than Henry.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The first was a small, thin man with a long, sad face.
lacking brightness or color; dull
From this reading He wore a somber black oversuit.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The second was a girl no older than Henry.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The first was a small, thin man with a long, sad face.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Please, Joachim," the girl whispered, "don't antagonize them.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Two people entered, but they were not Vicenzo and Aziz.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading The first was a small, thin man with a long, sad face.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Two people entered, but they were not Vicenzo and Aziz.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Two people entered, but they were not Vicenzo and Aziz.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The first was a small, thin man with a long, sad face.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Two people entered, but they were not Vicenzo and Aziz.
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading "Please, Joachim," the girl whispered, "don't antagonize them.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The first was a small, thin man with a long, sad face.
inflected form of “wear” — be dressed in
From this reading He wore a somber black oversuit.
Chapter 2 of Outside Saturn by Robert E. Gilbert holds 232 sentences, grouped into 47 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 232 sentences of Outside Saturn, unabridged, divided into 47 reading sections.
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