Chapter 3 of Life in a Thousand Worlds is here in full — 7 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Life in a Thousand Worlds is here in full — 7 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Beautiful Saturn. Physical features. Woman the ruling genius. Excursions in airships. Illustration. Marvelous language-music. Churches on Saturn far better than those on Earth.
Chapter 3 of Life in a Thousand Worlds is here in full — 7 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “airship” — a steerable self-propelled aircraft
From this reading “Excursions in airships.”
plural of “church” — one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading “Churches on Saturn far better than those on Earth.”
plural of “excursion” — a journey taken for pleasure
From this reading “Excursions in airships.”
artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading “Illustration.”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “Marvelous language-music.”
involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit
From this reading “Physical features.”
the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)
From this reading “Woman the ruling genius.”
a giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun
From this reading “Beautiful Saturn.”
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plural of “airship” — a steerable self-propelled aircraft
From this reading Excursions in airships.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading Beautiful Saturn.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading Churches on Saturn far better than those on Earth.
plural of “church” — one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading Churches on Saturn far better than those on Earth.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading Churches on Saturn far better than those on Earth.
plural of “excursion” — a journey taken for pleasure
From this reading Excursions in airships.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading Churches on Saturn far better than those on Earth.
plural of “feature” — a prominent attribute or aspect of something
From this reading Physical features.
someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
From this reading Woman the ruling genius.
artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading Illustration.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Excursions in airships.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Marvelous language-music.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading Marvelous language-music.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Churches on Saturn far better than those on Earth.
involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit
From this reading Physical features.
the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)
From this reading Woman the ruling genius.
a giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun
From this reading Beautiful Saturn.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Churches on Saturn far better than those on Earth.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Woman the ruling genius.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Churches on Saturn far better than those on Earth.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Woman the ruling genius.
Chapter 3 of Life in a Thousand Worlds by W. S. (William Shuler) Harris holds 7 sentences, grouped into 2 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 3 holds 7 sentences of Life in a Thousand Worlds, unabridged, divided into 2 reading sections.
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