Chapter 14 of Hunters Out of Space is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Hunters Out of Space is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The two ships landed a few miles apart at almost the same time. They settled to the plane's surface like whirling hour-glasses. Fire spouted from them in all directions. Then their movement stopped. Smoke shrouded them and slowly drifted away.
Chapter 14 of Hunters Out of Space is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “direction” — a line leading to a place or point
From this reading “Fire spouted from them in all directions.”
past form of “drift” — be in motion due to some air or water current
From this reading “Smoke shrouded them and slowly drifted away.”
owning or consisting of land or real estate
From this reading “The two ships landed a few miles apart at almost the same time.”
possessive form of “plane” — an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
From this reading “They settled to the plane's surface like whirling hour-glasses.”
plural of “ship” — a vessel that carries passengers or freight
From this reading “The two ships landed a few miles apart at almost the same time.”
past form of “shroud” — cover as if with a shroud
From this reading “Smoke shrouded them and slowly drifted away.”
past form of “spout” — gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
From this reading “Fire spouted from them in all directions.”
the act of rotating in a circle or spiral
From this reading “They settled to the plane's surface like whirling hour-glasses.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The two ships landed a few miles apart at almost the same time.
(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 Fire spouted from them in all directions.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading The two ships landed a few miles apart at almost the same time.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Smoke shrouded them and slowly drifted away.
separated or at a distance in place or position or time
From this reading The two ships landed a few miles apart at almost the same time.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The two ships landed a few miles apart at almost the same time.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Smoke shrouded them and slowly drifted away.
plural of “direction” — a line leading to a place or point
From this reading Fire spouted from them in all directions.
past form of “drift” — be in motion due to some air or water current
From this reading Smoke shrouded them and slowly drifted away.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading The two ships landed a few miles apart at almost the same time.
start firing a weapon
From this reading Fire spouted from them in all directions.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Fire spouted from them in all directions.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They settled to the plane's surface like whirling hour-glasses.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Fire spouted from them in all directions.
owning or consisting of land or real estate
From this reading The two ships landed a few miles apart at almost the same time.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading They settled to the plane's surface like whirling hour-glasses.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading The two ships landed a few miles apart at almost the same time.
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
From this reading Then their movement stopped.
possessive form of “plane” — an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
From this reading They settled to the plane's surface like whirling hour-glasses.
Identical; not different.
From this reading The two ships landed a few miles apart at almost the same time.
established or decided beyond dispute or doubt
From this reading They settled to the plane's surface like whirling hour-glasses.
plural of “ship” — a vessel that carries passengers or freight
From this reading The two ships landed a few miles apart at almost the same time.
past form of “shroud” — cover as if with a shroud
From this reading Smoke shrouded them and slowly drifted away.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading Smoke shrouded them and slowly drifted away.
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading Smoke shrouded them and slowly drifted away.
past form of “spout” — gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
From this reading Fire spouted from them in all directions.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading Then their movement stopped.
the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
From this reading They settled to the plane's surface like whirling hour-glasses.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The two ships landed a few miles apart at almost the same time.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Then their movement stopped.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Fire spouted from them in all directions.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then their movement stopped.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They settled to the plane's surface like whirling hour-glasses.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The two ships landed a few miles apart at almost the same time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They settled to the plane's surface like whirling hour-glasses.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading The two ships landed a few miles apart at almost the same time.
the act of rotating in a circle or spiral
From this reading They settled to the plane's surface like whirling hour-glasses.
Chapter 14 of Hunters Out of Space by Joseph E. (Joseph Everidge) Kelleam holds 240 sentences, grouped into 48 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 14 holds 240 sentences of Hunters Out of Space, unabridged, divided into 48 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of Hunters Out of Space by Joseph E. (Joseph Everidge) Kelleam exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 240 sentences, grouped into 48 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.
Work through the 48 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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