Chapter 19 of Legacy is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Legacy is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Then the black mouth suddenly yawned wide before her. Her left hand pressed the gun handle. Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them. They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her. "Too fast!"
Chapter 19 of Legacy is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “blast” — a very long fly ball
From this reading “Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.”
shining intensely
From this reading “Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.”
moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation
From this reading “Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.”
showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another
From this reading “They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.”
-ing form of “explode” — cause to burst with a violent release of energy
From this reading “They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.”
inflected form of “stab” — use a knife on
From this reading “Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.”
either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
From this reading “Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.”
past form of “yawn” — utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired
From this reading “Then the black mouth suddenly yawned wide before her.”
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 They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
at or in the front
From this reading Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Then the black mouth suddenly yawned wide before her.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading Then the black mouth suddenly yawned wide before her.
plural of “blast” — a very long fly ball
From this reading Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.
past form of “blaze” — shine brightly and intensively
From this reading Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.
shining intensely
From this reading Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.
treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
the act of burning something
From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation
From this reading Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.
increase twofold
From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another
From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
-ing form of “explode” — cause to burst with a violent release of energy
From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading "Too fast!"
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading Her left hand pressed the gun handle.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Her left hand pressed the gun handle.
be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
From this reading Her left hand pressed the gun handle.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Then the black mouth suddenly yawned wide before her.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Her left hand pressed the gun handle.
the common people generally
From this reading Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.
come together
From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading Then the black mouth suddenly yawned wide before her.
above and across; more than
From this reading Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.
compacted by ironing
From this reading Her left hand pressed the gun handle.
especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
inflected form of “stab” — use a knife on
From this reading Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading Then the black mouth suddenly yawned wide before her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then the black mouth suddenly yawned wide before her.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then the black mouth suddenly yawned wide before her.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading "Too fast!"
either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
From this reading Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading They burned, scattered, exploded, and rolled back, burning and exploding, in a double wave to meet her.
a Caucasian
From this reading Twin blasts stabbed ahead, blinding white, struck the churning masses, blazed over them.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading Then the black mouth suddenly yawned wide before her.
past form of “yawn” — utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired
From this reading Then the black mouth suddenly yawned wide before her.
Chapter 19 of Legacy by James H. Schmitz holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 19 holds 413 sentences of Legacy, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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