Chapter 14 of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March is here in full — 2935 sentences across 587 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March is here in full — 2935 sentences across 587 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_The Torture_ "Haljan! Yield or I'll fire! Moa, give me the smaller one. This cursed--" He had in his hand too large a projector. Its ray would kill me.
Chapter 14 of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March is here in full — 2935 sentences across 587 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
From this reading “This cursed--" He had in his hand too large a projector.”
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading “Its ray would kill me.”
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “This cursed--" He had in his hand too large a projector.”
an optical device for projecting a beam of light
From this reading “This cursed--" He had in his hand too large a projector.”
a column of light (as from a beacon)
From this reading “Its ray would kill me.”
small or little relative to something else
From this reading “Moa, give me the smaller one.”
torment emotionally or mentally
be the cause or source of
From this reading “Yield or I'll fire!”
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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 This cursed--" He had in his hand too large a projector.
deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
From this reading This cursed--" He had in his hand too large a projector.
start firing a weapon
From this reading Yield or I'll fire!
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Moa, give me the smaller one.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading This cursed--" He had in his hand too large a projector.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _The Torture_ "Haljan!
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading This cursed--" He had in his hand too large a projector.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading This cursed--" He had in his hand too large a projector.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading This cursed--" He had in his hand too large a projector.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yield or I'll fire!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This cursed--" He had in his hand too large a projector.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Its ray would kill me.
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading Its ray would kill me.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading This cursed--" He had in his hand too large a projector.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Moa, give me the smaller one.
extinct flightless bird of New Zealand
From this reading Moa, give me the smaller one.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Moa, give me the smaller one.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Yield or I'll fire!
an optical device for projecting a beam of light
From this reading This cursed--" He had in his hand too large a projector.
a column of light (as from a beacon)
From this reading Its ray would kill me.
small or little relative to something else
From this reading Moa, give me the smaller one.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The Torture_ "Haljan!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This cursed--" He had in his hand too large a projector.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading This cursed--" He had in his hand too large a projector.
torment emotionally or mentally
From this reading _The Torture_ "Haljan!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Its ray would kill me.
be the cause or source of
From this reading Yield or I'll fire!
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