Chapter 25 of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_The Expedition_ Carr awakened to a sense of wordless disgust. Fool that he was to spill the beans as he had! All set to put one over on the leader of the Llotta, then to come a cropper like this! He knew he had been spared for a purpose. The gas was not intended to kill, only to render him helpless for a time.
Chapter 25 of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bean” — any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
From this reading “Fool that he was to spill the beans as he had!”
small farmers and tenants
From this reading “All set to put one over on the leader of the Llotta, then to come a cropper like this!”
fill with distaste
From this reading “_The Expedition_ Carr awakened to a sense of wordless disgust.”
the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity
From this reading “The gas was not intended to kill, only to render him helpless for a time.”
cause to become
From this reading “The gas was not intended to kill, only to render him helpless for a time.”
past form of “spare” — refrain from harming
From this reading “He knew he had been spared for a purpose.”
cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
From this reading “Fool that he was to spill the beans as he had!”
expressed without speech
From this reading “_The Expedition_ Carr awakened to a sense of wordless disgust.”
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.
In this reading “He knew he had been spared for a purpose.”
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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 _The Expedition_ Carr awakened to a sense of wordless disgust.
(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 All set to put one over on the leader of the Llotta, then to come a cropper like this!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Fool that he was to spill the beans as he had!
aroused or activated
From this reading _The Expedition_ Carr awakened to a sense of wordless disgust.
plural of “bean” — any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
From this reading Fool that he was to spill the beans as he had!
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He knew he had been spared for a purpose.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _The Expedition_ Carr awakened to a sense of wordless disgust.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading All set to put one over on the leader of the Llotta, then to come a cropper like this!
small farmers and tenants
From this reading All set to put one over on the leader of the Llotta, then to come a cropper like this!
fill with distaste
From this reading _The Expedition_ Carr awakened to a sense of wordless disgust.
a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
From this reading _The Expedition_ Carr awakened to a sense of wordless disgust.
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading Fool that he was to spill the beans as he had!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He knew he had been spared for a purpose.
the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity
From this reading The gas was not intended to kill, only to render him helpless for a time.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Fool that he was to spill the beans as he had!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Fool that he was to spill the beans as he had!
lacking in or deprived of strength or power
From this reading The gas was not intended to kill, only to render him helpless for a time.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The gas was not intended to kill, only to render him helpless for a time.
resulting from one's intentions
From this reading The gas was not intended to kill, only to render him helpless for a time.
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading The gas was not intended to kill, only to render him helpless for a time.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading He knew he had been spared for a purpose.
a person who rules or guides or inspires others
From this reading All set to put one over on the leader of the Llotta, then to come a cropper like this!
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading All set to put one over on the leader of the Llotta, then to come a cropper like this!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All set to put one over on the leader of the Llotta, then to come a cropper like this!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The gas was not intended to kill, only to render him helpless for a time.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _The Expedition_ Carr awakened to a sense of wordless disgust.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading All set to put one over on the leader of the Llotta, then to come a cropper like this!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading All set to put one over on the leader of the Llotta, then to come a cropper like this!
and nothing more
From this reading The gas was not intended to kill, only to render him helpless for a time.
above and across; more than
From this reading All set to put one over on the leader of the Llotta, then to come a cropper like this!
an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
From this reading He knew he had been spared for a purpose.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading All set to put one over on the leader of the Llotta, then to come a cropper like this!
cause to become
From this reading The gas was not intended to kill, only to render him helpless for a time.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading _The Expedition_ Carr awakened to a sense of wordless disgust.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading All set to put one over on the leader of the Llotta, then to come a cropper like this!
past form of “spare” — refrain from harming
From this reading He knew he had been spared for a purpose.
cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container
From this reading Fool that he was to spill the beans as he had!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Fool that he was to spill the beans as he had!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The Expedition_ Carr awakened to a sense of wordless disgust.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading All set to put one over on the leader of the Llotta, then to come a cropper like this!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading All set to put one over on the leader of the Llotta, then to come a cropper like this!
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The gas was not intended to kill, only to render him helpless for a time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _The Expedition_ Carr awakened to a sense of wordless disgust.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Fool that he was to spill the beans as he had!
expressed without speech
From this reading _The Expedition_ Carr awakened to a sense of wordless disgust.
Chapter 25 of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 by Various holds 186 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.
Chapter 25 holds 186 sentences of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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