Chapter 2 of The Impossible Voyage Home is here in full — 470 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The Impossible Voyage Home is here in full — 470 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Think we will?" said Amantha. The commander hurried on. "It's hard to find a ship in space. Stay where you are or, if you can, turn around and come back--_slowly_. We'll send a ship up and transfer a competent pilot to bring you down.
Chapter 2 of The Impossible Voyage Home is here in full — 470 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an officer in command of a military unit
From this reading “The commander hurried on.”
properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient
From this reading “We'll send a ship up and transfer a competent pilot to bring you down.”
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading “The commander hurried on.”
operate an airplane
From this reading “We'll send a ship up and transfer a competent pilot to bring you down.”
cause to go somewhere
From this reading “We'll send a ship up and transfer a competent pilot to bring you down.”
transport commercially
From this reading “"It's hard to find a ship in space.”
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading “"It's hard to find a ship in space.”
transfer somebody to a different position or location of work
From this reading “We'll send a ship up and transfer a competent pilot to bring you down.”
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.
turning in an opposite direction or position
In this reading “Stay where you are or, if you can, turn around and come back--_slowly_.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "It's hard to find a ship in space.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Think we will?" said Amantha.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Stay where you are or, if you can, turn around and come back--_slowly_.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Stay where you are or, if you can, turn around and come back--_slowly_.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Stay where you are or, if you can, turn around and come back--_slowly_.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Stay where you are or, if you can, turn around and come back--_slowly_.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading We'll send a ship up and transfer a competent pilot to bring you down.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Stay where you are or, if you can, turn around and come back--_slowly_.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Stay where you are or, if you can, turn around and come back--_slowly_.
an officer in command of a military unit
From this reading The commander hurried on.
properly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient
From this reading We'll send a ship up and transfer a competent pilot to bring you down.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading We'll send a ship up and transfer a competent pilot to bring you down.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading "It's hard to find a ship in space.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading "It's hard to find a ship in space.
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading The commander hurried on.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Stay where you are or, if you can, turn around and come back--_slowly_.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "It's hard to find a ship in space.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's hard to find a ship in space.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The commander hurried on.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Stay where you are or, if you can, turn around and come back--_slowly_.
operate an airplane
From this reading We'll send a ship up and transfer a competent pilot to bring you down.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Think we will?" said Amantha.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading We'll send a ship up and transfer a competent pilot to bring you down.
transport commercially
From this reading "It's hard to find a ship in space.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading Stay where you are or, if you can, turn around and come back--_slowly_.
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading "It's hard to find a ship in space.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading Stay where you are or, if you can, turn around and come back--_slowly_.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The commander hurried on.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "Think we will?" said Amantha.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "It's hard to find a ship in space.
transfer somebody to a different position or location of work
From this reading We'll send a ship up and transfer a competent pilot to bring you down.
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading Stay where you are or, if you can, turn around and come back--_slowly_.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading We'll send a ship up and transfer a competent pilot to bring you down.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Think we will?" said Amantha.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We'll send a ship up and transfer a competent pilot to bring you down.
in or at the place that
From this reading Stay where you are or, if you can, turn around and come back--_slowly_.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Think we will?" said Amantha.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Stay where you are or, if you can, turn around and come back--_slowly_.
Chapter 2 of The Impossible Voyage Home by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace holds 470 sentences, grouped into 94 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 470 sentences of The Impossible Voyage Home, unabridged, divided into 94 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Impossible Voyage Home by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 470 sentences, grouped into 94 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 94 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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