Chapter 3 of Second stage Lensmen is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Second stage Lensmen is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Get conscious, Hen. You haven't got a speedster under you now." "So what? I can certainly handle this scrap heap a damn sight better than that ground-gripper is handling that speedster." Henry Henderson, Master Pilot No. 1 of the Service, was not bragging.
Chapter 3 of Second stage Lensmen is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an instance of boastful talk
From this reading “Henry Henderson, Master Pilot No. 1 of the Service, was not bragging.”
used as expletives
From this reading “I can certainly handle this scrap heap a damn sight better than that ground-gripper is handling that speedster."”
be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
From this reading “I can certainly handle this scrap heap a damn sight better than that ground-gripper is handling that speedster."”
manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something
From this reading “I can certainly handle this scrap heap a damn sight better than that ground-gripper is handling that speedster."”
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
From this reading “I can certainly handle this scrap heap a damn sight better than that ground-gripper is handling that speedster."”
adult female chicken
From this reading “"Get conscious, Hen.”
operate an airplane
From this reading “Henry Henderson, Master Pilot No. 1 of the Service, was not bragging.”
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
From this reading “I can certainly handle this scrap heap a damn sight better than that ground-gripper is handling that speedster."”
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From this reading Henry Henderson, Master Pilot No. 1 of the Service, was not bragging.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading You haven't got a speedster under you now."
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading I can certainly handle this scrap heap a damn sight better than that ground-gripper is handling that speedster."
an instance of boastful talk
From this reading Henry Henderson, Master Pilot No. 1 of the Service, was not bragging.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I can certainly handle this scrap heap a damn sight better than that ground-gripper is handling that speedster."
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading I can certainly handle this scrap heap a damn sight better than that ground-gripper is handling that speedster."
intentionally conceived
From this reading "Get conscious, Hen.
used as expletives
From this reading I can certainly handle this scrap heap a damn sight better than that ground-gripper is handling that speedster."
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Get conscious, Hen.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading You haven't got a speedster under you now."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can certainly handle this scrap heap a damn sight better than that ground-gripper is handling that speedster."
be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
From this reading I can certainly handle this scrap heap a damn sight better than that ground-gripper is handling that speedster."
manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something
From this reading I can certainly handle this scrap heap a damn sight better than that ground-gripper is handling that speedster."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You haven't got a speedster under you now."
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
From this reading I can certainly handle this scrap heap a damn sight better than that ground-gripper is handling that speedster."
adult female chicken
From this reading "Get conscious, Hen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Henry Henderson, Master Pilot No. 1 of the Service, was not bragging.
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 Henry Henderson, Master Pilot No. 1 of the Service, was not bragging.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I can certainly handle this scrap heap a damn sight better than that ground-gripper is handling that speedster."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I can certainly handle this scrap heap a damn sight better than that ground-gripper is handling that speedster."
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading Henry Henderson, Master Pilot No. 1 of the Service, was not bragging.
not any; not one
From this reading Henry Henderson, Master Pilot No. 1 of the Service, was not bragging.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Henry Henderson, Master Pilot No. 1 of the Service, was not bragging.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading You haven't got a speedster under you now."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Henry Henderson, Master Pilot No. 1 of the Service, was not bragging.
operate an airplane
From this reading Henry Henderson, Master Pilot No. 1 of the Service, was not bragging.
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
From this reading I can certainly handle this scrap heap a damn sight better than that ground-gripper is handling that speedster."
work done by one person or group that benefits another
From this reading Henry Henderson, Master Pilot No. 1 of the Service, was not bragging.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading I can certainly handle this scrap heap a damn sight better than that ground-gripper is handling that speedster."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So what?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You haven't got a speedster under you now."
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I can certainly handle this scrap heap a damn sight better than that ground-gripper is handling that speedster."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I can certainly handle this scrap heap a damn sight better than that ground-gripper is handling that speedster."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Henry Henderson, Master Pilot No. 1 of the Service, was not bragging.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I can certainly handle this scrap heap a damn sight better than that ground-gripper is handling that speedster."
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading You haven't got a speedster under you now."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Henry Henderson, Master Pilot No. 1 of the Service, was not bragging.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "So what?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You haven't got a speedster under you now."
Chapter 3 of Second stage Lensmen by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith holds 406 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.
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