Chapter 4 of Teen-Age Super Science Stories is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Teen-Age Super Science Stories is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Rob smiled at him. “Thanks, Duff. I guess I would like some company.” Both youths carried heat guns, as did Lieutenant Stone, for blasting ice. The escape locks of the _Rigel_ opened, and the boats slipped out into the vacuum of space.
Chapter 4 of Teen-Age Super Science Stories is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin
From this reading “Both youths carried heat guns, as did Lieutenant Stone, for blasting ice.”
plural of “boat” — a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading “The escape locks of the _Rigel_ opened, and the boats slipped out into the vacuum of space.”
a stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually and containing e.g. currants and raisins and citron
From this reading ““Thanks, Duff.”
plural of “lock” — a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
From this reading “The escape locks of the _Rigel_ opened, and the boats slipped out into the vacuum of space.”
the brightest star in Orion
take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading “Rob smiled at him.”
the absence of matter
From this reading “The escape locks of the _Rigel_ opened, and the boats slipped out into the vacuum of space.”
plural of “youth” — a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading “Both youths carried heat guns, as did Lieutenant Stone, for blasting ice.”
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 “The escape locks of the _Rigel_ opened, and the boats slipped out into the vacuum of space.”
In this reading “Rob smiled at him.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The escape locks of the _Rigel_ opened, and the boats slipped out into the vacuum of space.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Both youths carried heat guns, as did Lieutenant Stone, for blasting ice.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Rob smiled at him.
causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin
From this reading Both youths carried heat guns, as did Lieutenant Stone, for blasting ice.
plural of “boat” — a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading The escape locks of the _Rigel_ opened, and the boats slipped out into the vacuum of space.
the two together, not just one
From this reading Both youths carried heat guns, as did Lieutenant Stone, for blasting ice.
inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading Both youths carried heat guns, as did Lieutenant Stone, for blasting ice.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading I guess I would like some company.”
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Both youths carried heat guns, as did Lieutenant Stone, for blasting ice.
a stiff flour pudding steamed or boiled usually and containing e.g. currants and raisins and citron
From this reading “Thanks, Duff.
the act of escaping physically
From this reading The escape locks of the _Rigel_ opened, and the boats slipped out into the vacuum of space.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Both youths carried heat guns, as did Lieutenant Stone, for blasting ice.
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading I guess I would like some company.”
plural of “gun” — a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading Both youths carried heat guns, as did Lieutenant Stone, for blasting ice.
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
From this reading Both youths carried heat guns, as did Lieutenant Stone, for blasting ice.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Rob smiled at him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I guess I would like some company.”
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading Both youths carried heat guns, as did Lieutenant Stone, for blasting ice.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The escape locks of the _Rigel_ opened, and the boats slipped out into the vacuum of space.
a commissioned military officer
From this reading Both youths carried heat guns, as did Lieutenant Stone, for blasting ice.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I guess I would like some company.”
plural of “lock” — a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
From this reading The escape locks of the _Rigel_ opened, and the boats slipped out into the vacuum of space.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The escape locks of the _Rigel_ opened, and the boats slipped out into the vacuum of space.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading The escape locks of the _Rigel_ opened, and the boats slipped out into the vacuum of space.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The escape locks of the _Rigel_ opened, and the boats slipped out into the vacuum of space.
the brightest star in Orion
From this reading The escape locks of the _Rigel_ opened, and the boats slipped out into the vacuum of space.
take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading Rob smiled at him.
inflected form of “slip” — move stealthily
From this reading The escape locks of the _Rigel_ opened, and the boats slipped out into the vacuum of space.
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Rob smiled at him.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I guess I would like some company.”
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading The escape locks of the _Rigel_ opened, and the boats slipped out into the vacuum of space.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Both youths carried heat guns, as did Lieutenant Stone, for blasting ice.
an acknowledgment of appreciation
From this reading “Thanks, Duff.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The escape locks of the _Rigel_ opened, and the boats slipped out into the vacuum of space.
the absence of matter
From this reading The escape locks of the _Rigel_ opened, and the boats slipped out into the vacuum of space.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I guess I would like some company.”
plural of “youth” — a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading Both youths carried heat guns, as did Lieutenant Stone, for blasting ice.
Chapter 4 of Teen-Age Super Science Stories by Richard M. (Richard Mace) Elam holds 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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 4 holds 418 sentences of Teen-Age Super Science Stories, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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