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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930

Chapter XX

Chapter 20 of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 20 of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 by Various holds 190 sentences, grouped into 38 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.

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Chapter 20 holds 190 sentences of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 20 of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 190 sentences, grouped into 38 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.

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Vocabulary met early in Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930

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_Into the Infinite_ How long he sat there he did not know.
Minutes or hours seemed all the same to him.
Nothing but that gray monochrome, of neither light nor darkness, that endless panorama of miles and years, blended together into this chaos!
But suddenly there came a shout from Tode.
The blur ceased, the lights flickered.
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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930

Chapter XX

Chapter 20 of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/38 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
_Into the Infinite_ How long he sat there he did not know.
Line 2
Minutes or hours seemed all the same to him.
Line 3
Nothing but that gray monochrome, of neither light nor darkness, that endless panorama of miles and years, blended together into this chaos!
Line 4
But suddenly there came a shout from Tode.
Line 5
The blur ceased, the lights flickered.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Neither determiner US /ˈniːðər/

not one and not the other of two

From this reading “Nothing but that gray monochrome, of neither light nor darkness, that endless panorama of miles and years, blended together into this chaos!”

Nothing pronoun US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading “Nothing but that gray monochrome, of neither light nor darkness, that endless panorama of miles and years, blended together into this chaos!”

Same adjective US /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading “Minutes or hours seemed all the same to him.”

All words in this reading · 48

Every word is available to listen to. Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading But suddenly there came a shout from Tode.

all

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From this reading Minutes or hours seemed all the same to him.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Nothing but that gray monochrome, of neither light nor darkness, that endless panorama of miles and years, blended together into this chaos!

blended

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From this reading Nothing but that gray monochrome, of neither light nor darkness, that endless panorama of miles and years, blended together into this chaos!

blur

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From this reading The blur ceased, the lights flickered.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Nothing but that gray monochrome, of neither light nor darkness, that endless panorama of miles and years, blended together into this chaos!

came

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From this reading But suddenly there came a shout from Tode.

ceased

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From this reading The blur ceased, the lights flickered.

chaos

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From this reading Nothing but that gray monochrome, of neither light nor darkness, that endless panorama of miles and years, blended together into this chaos!

darkness

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Nothing but that gray monochrome, of neither light nor darkness, that endless panorama of miles and years, blended together into this chaos!

didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading _Into the Infinite_ How long he sat there he did not know.

endless

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From this reading Nothing but that gray monochrome, of neither light nor darkness, that endless panorama of miles and years, blended together into this chaos!

flickered

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The blur ceased, the lights flickered.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading But suddenly there came a shout from Tode.

gray

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From this reading Nothing but that gray monochrome, of neither light nor darkness, that endless panorama of miles and years, blended together into this chaos!

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading _Into the Infinite_ How long he sat there he did not know.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Minutes or hours seemed all the same to him.

hours

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From this reading Minutes or hours seemed all the same to him.

How

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Into the Infinite_ How long he sat there he did not know.

Infinite

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Into the Infinite_ How long he sat there he did not know.

IntoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading _Into the Infinite_ How long he sat there he did not know.

know

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From this reading _Into the Infinite_ How long he sat there he did not know.

light

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Nothing but that gray monochrome, of neither light nor darkness, that endless panorama of miles and years, blended together into this chaos!

lights

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The blur ceased, the lights flickered.

long

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Into the Infinite_ How long he sat there he did not know.

miles

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Nothing but that gray monochrome, of neither light nor darkness, that endless panorama of miles and years, blended together into this chaos!

Minutes

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Minutes or hours seemed all the same to him.

monochrome

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Nothing but that gray monochrome, of neither light nor darkness, that endless panorama of miles and years, blended together into this chaos!

neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/

not one and not the other of two

From this reading Nothing but that gray monochrome, of neither light nor darkness, that endless panorama of miles and years, blended together into this chaos!

norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading Nothing but that gray monochrome, of neither light nor darkness, that endless panorama of miles and years, blended together into this chaos!

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading _Into the Infinite_ How long he sat there he did not know.

NothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading Nothing but that gray monochrome, of neither light nor darkness, that endless panorama of miles and years, blended together into this chaos!

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Nothing but that gray monochrome, of neither light nor darkness, that endless panorama of miles and years, blended together into this chaos!

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Minutes or hours seemed all the same to him.

panorama

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Nothing but that gray monochrome, of neither light nor darkness, that endless panorama of miles and years, blended together into this chaos!

sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading Minutes or hours seemed all the same to him.

sat

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Into the Infinite_ How long he sat there he did not know.

seemed

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Minutes or hours seemed all the same to him.

shout

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading But suddenly there came a shout from Tode.

suddenly

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From this reading But suddenly there came a shout from Tode.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Nothing but that gray monochrome, of neither light nor darkness, that endless panorama of miles and years, blended together into this chaos!

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading _Into the Infinite_ How long he sat there he did not know.

there

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _Into the Infinite_ How long he sat there he did not know.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Nothing but that gray monochrome, of neither light nor darkness, that endless panorama of miles and years, blended together into this chaos!

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Minutes or hours seemed all the same to him.

Tode

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading But suddenly there came a shout from Tode.

together

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Nothing but that gray monochrome, of neither light nor darkness, that endless panorama of miles and years, blended together into this chaos!

years

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Nothing but that gray monochrome, of neither light nor darkness, that endless panorama of miles and years, blended together into this chaos!