Chapter 4 of Beyond the Vanishing Point is here in full — 332 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Beyond the Vanishing Point is here in full — 332 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Glora--that was horrible!" We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us. The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling. The broken bodies strewn around were gruesome. Alan repeated, "Horrible, Glora.
Chapter 4 of Beyond the Vanishing Point is here in full — 332 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “body” — the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading “The broken bodies strewn around were gruesome.”
a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
From this reading “We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.”
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
From this reading “The broken bodies strewn around were gruesome.”
equally distant from the extremes
From this reading “The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.”
having a sharply uneven surface or outline
From this reading “The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.”
conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal
From this reading “We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.”
inflected form of “strew” — spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic)
From this reading “The broken bodies strewn around were gruesome.”
destroyed in an accident
From this reading “We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.”
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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 dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
anew
From this reading We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Alan repeated, "Horrible, Glora.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.
plural of “body” — the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading The broken bodies strewn around were gruesome.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading The broken bodies strewn around were gruesome.
a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.
decreasing in amount or degree
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Glora--that was horrible!"
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
From this reading The broken bodies strewn around were gruesome.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
equally distant from the extremes
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
an opening into or through something
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
provoking horror
From this reading "Glora--that was horrible!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
having a sharply uneven surface or outline
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal
From this reading We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
recurring again and again
From this reading Alan repeated, "Horrible, Glora.
plural of “side” — a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
From this reading We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.
inflected form of “strew” — spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic)
From this reading The broken bodies strewn around were gruesome.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Glora--that was horrible!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Glora--that was horrible!"
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The broken bodies strewn around were gruesome.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The dome had a great jagged hole halfway up one of its sides, through which the snow was falling.
in the company of; together with
From this reading We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.
destroyed in an accident
From this reading We stood, again in normal size, with the wrecked dome-laboratory around us.
Chapter 4 of Beyond the Vanishing Point by Ray Cummings holds 332 sentences, grouped into 67 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 4 holds 332 sentences of Beyond the Vanishing Point, unabridged, divided into 67 reading sections.
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