Chapter 6 of Teen-Age Super Science Stories is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of Teen-Age Super Science Stories is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Rob’s brows furrowed. “I’d like to believe she didn’t do it too. But she’s the switchboard operator on Luna. She was on when we left. Who else could it have been?”
Chapter 6 of Teen-Age Super Science Stories is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading ““I’d like to believe she didn’t do it too.”
plural of “brow” — the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading “Rob’s brows furrowed.”
having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface
From this reading “Rob’s brows furrowed.”
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading “She was on when we left.”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading ““I’d like to believe she didn’t do it too.”
(Roman mythology) the goddess of the Moon; counterpart of Greek Selene
From this reading “But she’s the switchboard operator on Luna.”
(mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation
From this reading “But she’s the switchboard operator on Luna.”
telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords
From this reading “But she’s the switchboard operator on Luna.”
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.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading Who else could it have been?”
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “I’d like to believe she didn’t do it too.
plural of “brow” — the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading Rob’s brows furrowed.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But she’s the switchboard operator on Luna.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Who else could it have been?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’d like to believe she didn’t do it too.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “I’d like to believe she didn’t do it too.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Who else could it have been?”
having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface
From this reading Rob’s brows furrowed.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Who else could it have been?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I’d like to believe she didn’t do it too.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I’d like to believe she didn’t do it too.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading She was on when we left.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “I’d like to believe she didn’t do it too.
(Roman mythology) the goddess of the Moon; counterpart of Greek Selene
From this reading But she’s the switchboard operator on Luna.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But she’s the switchboard operator on Luna.
(mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation
From this reading But she’s the switchboard operator on Luna.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rob’s brows furrowed.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I’d like to believe she didn’t do it too.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But she’s the switchboard operator on Luna.
telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords
From this reading But she’s the switchboard operator on Luna.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But she’s the switchboard operator on Luna.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I’d like to believe she didn’t do it too.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading “I’d like to believe she didn’t do it too.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was on when we left.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading She was on when we left.
at the time that
From this reading She was on when we left.
which person or people
From this reading Who else could it have been?”
Chapter 6 of Teen-Age Super Science Stories by Richard M. (Richard Mace) Elam holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 6 holds 413 sentences of Teen-Age Super Science Stories, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Teen-Age Super Science Stories by Richard M. (Richard Mace) Elam exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
Work through the 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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