Chapter 5 of The scientific pioneer returns is here in full — 228 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The scientific pioneer returns is here in full — 228 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Minus Math Lancelot Biggs said feverishly, "Don't think, Hank--act! Anything you say is all right by me. You're in command here! Give your orders!" Hank said hesitantly, "Well, if you say so--" and moved to the audio.
Chapter 5 of The scientific pioneer returns is here in full — 228 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/45 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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the audible part of a transmitted signal
From this reading “Hank said hesitantly, "Well, if you say so--" and moved to the audio.”
in a feverish manner
From this reading “Minus Math Lancelot Biggs said feverishly, "Don't think, Hank--act!”
a coil of rope or wool or yarn
From this reading “Minus Math Lancelot Biggs said feverishly, "Don't think, Hank--act!”
with hesitation; in a hesitant manner
From this reading “Hank said hesitantly, "Well, if you say so--" and moved to the audio.”
(Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table; friend of King Arthur until (according to some versions of the legend) he became the lover of Arthur's wife Guinevere
From this reading “Minus Math Lancelot Biggs said feverishly, "Don't think, Hank--act!”
a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
From this reading “Minus Math Lancelot Biggs said feverishly, "Don't think, Hank--act!”
on the negative side or lower end of a scale
From this reading “Minus Math Lancelot Biggs said feverishly, "Don't think, Hank--act!”
plural of “order” — (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading “Give your orders!"”
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perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading Minus Math Lancelot Biggs said feverishly, "Don't think, Hank--act!
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Anything you say is all right by me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Hank said hesitantly, "Well, if you say so--" and moved to the audio.
any thing at all
From this reading Anything you say is all right by me.
the audible part of a transmitted signal
From this reading Hank said hesitantly, "Well, if you say so--" and moved to the audio.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Minus Math Lancelot Biggs said feverishly, "Don't think, Hank--act!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Anything you say is all right by me.
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
From this reading You're in command here!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Minus Math Lancelot Biggs said feverishly, "Don't think, Hank--act!
in a feverish manner
From this reading Minus Math Lancelot Biggs said feverishly, "Don't think, Hank--act!
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Give your orders!"
a coil of rope or wool or yarn
From this reading Minus Math Lancelot Biggs said feverishly, "Don't think, Hank--act!
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading You're in command here!
with hesitation; in a hesitant manner
From this reading Hank said hesitantly, "Well, if you say so--" and moved to the audio.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Hank said hesitantly, "Well, if you say so--" and moved to the audio.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You're in command here!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Anything you say is all right by me.
(Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table; friend of King Arthur until (according to some versions of the legend) he became the lover of Arthur's wife Guinevere
From this reading Minus Math Lancelot Biggs said feverishly, "Don't think, Hank--act!
a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
From this reading Minus Math Lancelot Biggs said feverishly, "Don't think, Hank--act!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Anything you say is all right by me.
on the negative side or lower end of a scale
From this reading Minus Math Lancelot Biggs said feverishly, "Don't think, Hank--act!
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading Hank said hesitantly, "Well, if you say so--" and moved to the audio.
plural of “order” — (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading Give your orders!"
precisely, exactly
From this reading Anything you say is all right by me.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Minus Math Lancelot Biggs said feverishly, "Don't think, Hank--act!
express in words
From this reading Anything you say is all right by me.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Hank said hesitantly, "Well, if you say so--" and moved to the audio.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Hank said hesitantly, "Well, if you say so--" and moved to the audio.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Minus Math Lancelot Biggs said feverishly, "Don't think, Hank--act!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hank said hesitantly, "Well, if you say so--" and moved to the audio.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Hank said hesitantly, "Well, if you say so--" and moved to the audio.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Anything you say is all right by me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You're in command here!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Give your orders!"
Chapter 5 of The scientific pioneer returns by Nelson S. Bond holds 228 sentences, grouped into 46 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 5 holds 228 sentences of The scientific pioneer returns, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
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