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

Chapter I

Chapter 1 of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 is here in full — 747 sentences across 150 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 1 of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 by Various holds 747 sentences, grouped into 150 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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First
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Thursday
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Month
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Clayton
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_On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;
_That_ such magazines are manufactured in Union shops by American workmen;
_That_ each newsdealer and agent is insured a fair profit;
_That_ an intelligent censorship guards their advertising pages.
ACE-HIGH MAGAZINE, RANCH ROMANCES, COWBOY STORIES, CLUES, FIVE-NOVELS MONTHLY, ALL STAR DETECTIVE STORIES, RANGELAND LOVE STORY MAGAZINE, and WESTERN ADVENTURES.
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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930

Chapter I

Chapter 1 of Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 is here in full — 747 sentences across 150 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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_On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;
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_That_ such magazines are manufactured in Union shops by American workmen;
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_That_ each newsdealer and agent is insured a fair profit;
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_That_ an intelligent censorship guards their advertising pages.
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ACE-HIGH MAGAZINE, RANCH ROMANCES, COWBOY STORIES, CLUES, FIVE-NOVELS MONTHLY, ALL STAR DETECTIVE STORIES, RANGELAND LOVE STORY MAGAZINE, and WESTERN ADVENTURES.

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Under preposition US /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading “_On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

ACE-HIGH

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From this reading ACE-HIGH MAGAZINE, RANCH ROMANCES, COWBOY STORIES, CLUES, FIVE-NOVELS MONTHLY, ALL STAR DETECTIVE STORIES, RANGELAND LOVE STORY MAGAZINE, and WESTERN ADVENTURES.

ADVENTURES

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From this reading ACE-HIGH MAGAZINE, RANCH ROMANCES, COWBOY STORIES, CLUES, FIVE-NOVELS MONTHLY, ALL STAR DETECTIVE STORIES, RANGELAND LOVE STORY MAGAZINE, and WESTERN ADVENTURES.

advertising

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From this reading _That_ an intelligent censorship guards their advertising pages.

agent

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From this reading _That_ each newsdealer and agent is insured a fair profit;

ALL

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From this reading ACE-HIGH MAGAZINE, RANCH ROMANCES, COWBOY STORIES, CLUES, FIVE-NOVELS MONTHLY, ALL STAR DETECTIVE STORIES, RANGELAND LOVE STORY MAGAZINE, and WESTERN ADVENTURES.

America

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From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

American

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

From this reading _That_ such magazines are manufactured in Union shops by American workmen;

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading _That_ an intelligent censorship guards their advertising pages.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

approved

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From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

Authors

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From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

censorship

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From this reading _That_ an intelligent censorship guards their advertising pages.

Clayton

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From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

clean

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From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

CLUES

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From this reading ACE-HIGH MAGAZINE, RANCH ROMANCES, COWBOY STORIES, CLUES, FIVE-NOVELS MONTHLY, ALL STAR DETECTIVE STORIES, RANGELAND LOVE STORY MAGAZINE, and WESTERN ADVENTURES.

conditions

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From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

COWBOY

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From this reading ACE-HIGH MAGAZINE, RANCH ROMANCES, COWBOY STORIES, CLUES, FIVE-NOVELS MONTHLY, ALL STAR DETECTIVE STORIES, RANGELAND LOVE STORY MAGAZINE, and WESTERN ADVENTURES.

day

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From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

DETECTIVE

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

From this reading ACE-HIGH MAGAZINE, RANCH ROMANCES, COWBOY STORIES, CLUES, FIVE-NOVELS MONTHLY, ALL STAR DETECTIVE STORIES, RANGELAND LOVE STORY MAGAZINE, and WESTERN ADVENTURES.

EachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

fair

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From this reading _That_ each newsdealer and agent is insured a fair profit;

First

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From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

FIVE-NOVELS

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

From this reading ACE-HIGH MAGAZINE, RANCH ROMANCES, COWBOY STORIES, CLUES, FIVE-NOVELS MONTHLY, ALL STAR DETECTIVE STORIES, RANGELAND LOVE STORY MAGAZINE, and WESTERN ADVENTURES.

Guarantees

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From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

guards

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

From this reading _That_ an intelligent censorship guards their advertising pages.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading _That_ such magazines are manufactured in Union shops by American workmen;

insured

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

From this reading _That_ each newsdealer and agent is insured a fair profit;

intelligent

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

From this reading _That_ an intelligent censorship guards their advertising pages.

interesting

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From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading _That_ each newsdealer and agent is insured a fair profit;

leading

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From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

League

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From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

LOVE

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

From this reading ACE-HIGH MAGAZINE, RANCH ROMANCES, COWBOY STORIES, CLUES, FIVE-NOVELS MONTHLY, ALL STAR DETECTIVE STORIES, RANGELAND LOVE STORY MAGAZINE, and WESTERN ADVENTURES.

Magazine

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From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

magazines

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

From this reading _That_ such magazines are manufactured in Union shops by American workmen;

manufactured

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

From this reading _That_ such magazines are manufactured in Union shops by American workmen;

Month

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

From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

MONTHLY

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

From this reading ACE-HIGH MAGAZINE, RANCH ROMANCES, COWBOY STORIES, CLUES, FIVE-NOVELS MONTHLY, ALL STAR DETECTIVE STORIES, RANGELAND LOVE STORY MAGAZINE, and WESTERN ADVENTURES.

newsdealer

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

From this reading _That_ each newsdealer and agent is insured a fair profit;

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

pages

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From this reading _That_ an intelligent censorship guards their advertising pages.

profit

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

From this reading _That_ each newsdealer and agent is insured a fair profit;

purchased

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

From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

RANCH

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

From this reading ACE-HIGH MAGAZINE, RANCH ROMANCES, COWBOY STORIES, CLUES, FIVE-NOVELS MONTHLY, ALL STAR DETECTIVE STORIES, RANGELAND LOVE STORY MAGAZINE, and WESTERN ADVENTURES.

RANGELAND

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

From this reading ACE-HIGH MAGAZINE, RANCH ROMANCES, COWBOY STORIES, CLUES, FIVE-NOVELS MONTHLY, ALL STAR DETECTIVE STORIES, RANGELAND LOVE STORY MAGAZINE, and WESTERN ADVENTURES.

ROMANCES

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

From this reading ACE-HIGH MAGAZINE, RANCH ROMANCES, COWBOY STORIES, CLUES, FIVE-NOVELS MONTHLY, ALL STAR DETECTIVE STORIES, RANGELAND LOVE STORY MAGAZINE, and WESTERN ADVENTURES.

Sale

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From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

shops

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From this reading _That_ such magazines are manufactured in Union shops by American workmen;

Standard

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From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

STAR

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

From this reading ACE-HIGH MAGAZINE, RANCH ROMANCES, COWBOY STORIES, CLUES, FIVE-NOVELS MONTHLY, ALL STAR DETECTIVE STORIES, RANGELAND LOVE STORY MAGAZINE, and WESTERN ADVENTURES.

stories

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From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

STORY

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

From this reading ACE-HIGH MAGAZINE, RANCH ROMANCES, COWBOY STORIES, CLUES, FIVE-NOVELS MONTHLY, ALL STAR DETECTIVE STORIES, RANGELAND LOVE STORY MAGAZINE, and WESTERN ADVENTURES.

suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading _That_ such magazines are manufactured in Union shops by American workmen;

ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading _That_ an intelligent censorship guards their advertising pages.

therein

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From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

Thursday

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From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

Union

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

From this reading _That_ such magazines are manufactured in Union shops by American workmen;

vivid

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From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;

WESTERN

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

From this reading ACE-HIGH MAGAZINE, RANCH ROMANCES, COWBOY STORIES, CLUES, FIVE-NOVELS MONTHLY, ALL STAR DETECTIVE STORIES, RANGELAND LOVE STORY MAGAZINE, and WESTERN ADVENTURES.

workmen

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

From this reading _That_ such magazines are manufactured in Union shops by American workmen;

writers

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From this reading _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_ The Clayton Standard on a Magazine Guarantees _That_ the stories therein are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League of America;