Chapter 10 of Life in a Thousand Worlds is here in full — 6 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Life in a Thousand Worlds is here in full — 6 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A World of Highest Invention. A fertilizer invented making possible the raising of six crops in one of our years. A Tube Line for passenger and freight traffic. Wonderful storage batteries. A telephone that not only carries sound, but transmits the gestures and faces of the speakers. Thought photography.
Chapter 10 of Life in a Thousand Worlds is here in full — 6 sentences across 2 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 “battery” — group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place
From this reading “Wonderful storage batteries.”
plural of “crop” — the yield from plants in a single growing season
From this reading “A fertilizer invented making possible the raising of six crops in one of our years.”
any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile
From this reading “A fertilizer invented making possible the raising of six crops in one of our years.”
the act of taking and printing photographs
From this reading “Thought photography.”
plural of “speaker” — someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
From this reading “A telephone that not only carries sound, but transmits the gestures and faces of the speakers.”
the act of storing something
From this reading “Wonderful storage batteries.”
third-person singular of “transmit” — transfer to another
From this reading “A telephone that not only carries sound, but transmits the gestures and faces of the speakers.”
conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
From this reading “A Tube Line for passenger and freight traffic.”
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 A World of Highest Invention.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A Tube Line for passenger and freight traffic.
plural of “battery” — group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place
From this reading Wonderful storage batteries.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A telephone that not only carries sound, but transmits the gestures and faces of the speakers.
plural of “carry” — the act of carrying something
From this reading A telephone that not only carries sound, but transmits the gestures and faces of the speakers.
plural of “crop” — the yield from plants in a single growing season
From this reading A fertilizer invented making possible the raising of six crops in one of our years.
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading A telephone that not only carries sound, but transmits the gestures and faces of the speakers.
any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile
From this reading A fertilizer invented making possible the raising of six crops in one of our years.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A Tube Line for passenger and freight traffic.
goods carried by a large vehicle
From this reading A Tube Line for passenger and freight traffic.
plural of “gesture” — motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
From this reading A telephone that not only carries sound, but transmits the gestures and faces of the speakers.
superlative of “high” — greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading A World of Highest Invention.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A fertilizer invented making possible the raising of six crops in one of our years.
past form of “invent” — come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
From this reading A fertilizer invented making possible the raising of six crops in one of our years.
the creation of something in the mind
From this reading A World of Highest Invention.
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading A Tube Line for passenger and freight traffic.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading A fertilizer invented making possible the raising of six crops in one of our years.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A telephone that not only carries sound, but transmits the gestures and faces of the speakers.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A World of Highest Invention.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A fertilizer invented making possible the raising of six crops in one of our years.
and nothing more
From this reading A telephone that not only carries sound, but transmits the gestures and faces of the speakers.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading A fertilizer invented making possible the raising of six crops in one of our years.
a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
From this reading A Tube Line for passenger and freight traffic.
the act of taking and printing photographs
From this reading Thought photography.
capable of happening or existing
From this reading A fertilizer invented making possible the raising of six crops in one of our years.
the event of something being raised upward
From this reading A fertilizer invented making possible the raising of six crops in one of our years.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading A fertilizer invented making possible the raising of six crops in one of our years.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading A telephone that not only carries sound, but transmits the gestures and faces of the speakers.
plural of “speaker” — someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
From this reading A telephone that not only carries sound, but transmits the gestures and faces of the speakers.
the act of storing something
From this reading Wonderful storage batteries.
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading A telephone that not only carries sound, but transmits the gestures and faces of the speakers.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A telephone that not only carries sound, but transmits the gestures and faces of the speakers.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A fertilizer invented making possible the raising of six crops in one of our years.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Thought photography.
the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time
From this reading A Tube Line for passenger and freight traffic.
third-person singular of “transmit” — transfer to another
From this reading A telephone that not only carries sound, but transmits the gestures and faces of the speakers.
conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
From this reading A Tube Line for passenger and freight traffic.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading Wonderful storage batteries.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading A World of Highest Invention.
a late time of life
From this reading A fertilizer invented making possible the raising of six crops in one of our years.
Chapter 10 of Life in a Thousand Worlds by W. S. (William Shuler) Harris holds 6 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.
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