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Chapter II
But within seconds random tiny noises began. There was a reel and there were sound-speakers to keep the ship from sounding like a grave. The reel played and the speakers gave off minute creakings, and meaningless hums, and very tiny noises of every imaginable sort, all of which were just above the threshold of the inaudible. Calhoun fretted. Sector Twelve was in very bad shape.
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading “The reel played and the speakers gave off minute creakings, and meaningless hums, and very tiny noises of every imaginable sort, all of which were just above the threshold of the inaudible.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But within seconds random tiny noises began.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “The reel played and the speakers gave off minute creakings, and meaningless hums, and very tiny noises of every imaginable sort, all of which were just above the threshold of the inaudible.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There was a reel and there were sound-speakers to keep the ship from sounding like a grave.”
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading “But within seconds random tiny noises began.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading There was a reel and there were sound-speakers to keep the ship from sounding like a grave.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading The reel played and the speakers gave off minute creakings, and meaningless hums, and very tiny noises of every imaginable sort, all of which were just above the threshold of the inaudible.
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From this reading The reel played and the speakers gave off minute creakings, and meaningless hums, and very tiny noises of every imaginable sort, all of which were just above the threshold of the inaudible.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was a reel and there were sound-speakers to keep the ship from sounding like a grave.
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From this reading Sector Twelve was in very bad shape.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But within seconds random tiny noises began.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But within seconds random tiny noises began.
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From this reading Calhoun fretted.
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From this reading The reel played and the speakers gave off minute creakings, and meaningless hums, and very tiny noises of every imaginable sort, all of which were just above the threshold of the inaudible.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The reel played and the speakers gave off minute creakings, and meaningless hums, and very tiny noises of every imaginable sort, all of which were just above the threshold of the inaudible.
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From this reading Calhoun fretted.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There was a reel and there were sound-speakers to keep the ship from sounding like a grave.
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From this reading The reel played and the speakers gave off minute creakings, and meaningless hums, and very tiny noises of every imaginable sort, all of which were just above the threshold of the inaudible.
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From this reading There was a reel and there were sound-speakers to keep the ship from sounding like a grave.
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From this reading The reel played and the speakers gave off minute creakings, and meaningless hums, and very tiny noises of every imaginable sort, all of which were just above the threshold of the inaudible.
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From this reading The reel played and the speakers gave off minute creakings, and meaningless hums, and very tiny noises of every imaginable sort, all of which were just above the threshold of the inaudible.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Sector Twelve was in very bad shape.
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From this reading The reel played and the speakers gave off minute creakings, and meaningless hums, and very tiny noises of every imaginable sort, all of which were just above the threshold of the inaudible.
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From this reading The reel played and the speakers gave off minute creakings, and meaningless hums, and very tiny noises of every imaginable sort, all of which were just above the threshold of the inaudible.
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From this reading There was a reel and there were sound-speakers to keep the ship from sounding like a grave.
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From this reading There was a reel and there were sound-speakers to keep the ship from sounding like a grave.
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From this reading The reel played and the speakers gave off minute creakings, and meaningless hums, and very tiny noises of every imaginable sort, all of which were just above the threshold of the inaudible.
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From this reading The reel played and the speakers gave off minute creakings, and meaningless hums, and very tiny noises of every imaginable sort, all of which were just above the threshold of the inaudible.
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From this reading But within seconds random tiny noises began.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The reel played and the speakers gave off minute creakings, and meaningless hums, and very tiny noises of every imaginable sort, all of which were just above the threshold of the inaudible.
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From this reading The reel played and the speakers gave off minute creakings, and meaningless hums, and very tiny noises of every imaginable sort, all of which were just above the threshold of the inaudible.
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From this reading The reel played and the speakers gave off minute creakings, and meaningless hums, and very tiny noises of every imaginable sort, all of which were just above the threshold of the inaudible.
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From this reading But within seconds random tiny noises began.
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From this reading There was a reel and there were sound-speakers to keep the ship from sounding like a grave.
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From this reading But within seconds random tiny noises began.
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From this reading Sector Twelve was in very bad shape.
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From this reading Sector Twelve was in very bad shape.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a reel and there were sound-speakers to keep the ship from sounding like a grave.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The reel played and the speakers gave off minute creakings, and meaningless hums, and very tiny noises of every imaginable sort, all of which were just above the threshold of the inaudible.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was a reel and there were sound-speakers to keep the ship from sounding like a grave.
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From this reading There was a reel and there were sound-speakers to keep the ship from sounding like a grave.
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From this reading The reel played and the speakers gave off minute creakings, and meaningless hums, and very tiny noises of every imaginable sort, all of which were just above the threshold of the inaudible.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was a reel and there were sound-speakers to keep the ship from sounding like a grave.
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From this reading There was a reel and there were sound-speakers to keep the ship from sounding like a grave.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The reel played and the speakers gave off minute creakings, and meaningless hums, and very tiny noises of every imaginable sort, all of which were just above the threshold of the inaudible.
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From this reading But within seconds random tiny noises began.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was a reel and there were sound-speakers to keep the ship from sounding like a grave.
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From this reading Sector Twelve was in very bad shape.
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From this reading The reel played and the speakers gave off minute creakings, and meaningless hums, and very tiny noises of every imaginable sort, all of which were just above the threshold of the inaudible.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a reel and there were sound-speakers to keep the ship from sounding like a grave.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There was a reel and there were sound-speakers to keep the ship from sounding like a grave.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The reel played and the speakers gave off minute creakings, and meaningless hums, and very tiny noises of every imaginable sort, all of which were just above the threshold of the inaudible.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading But within seconds random tiny noises began.
