Chapter 4 of Med Service is here in full — 468 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Med Service is here in full — 468 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He set the ground-car in motion. Toward the city. It was a full twenty miles, but he did not encounter a single other vehicle. Presently the city lay spread out before him. He stopped and surveyed the vast pile.
Chapter 4 of Med Service is here in full — 468 sentences across 94 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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come together
From this reading “It was a full twenty miles, but he did not encounter a single other vehicle.”
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
From this reading “He set the ground-car in motion.”
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
From this reading “He stopped and surveyed the vast pile.”
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading “It was a full twenty miles, but he did not encounter a single other vehicle.”
distribute or disperse widely
From this reading “Presently the city lay spread out before him.”
past form of “survey” — consider in a comprehensive way
From this reading “He stopped and surveyed the vast pile.”
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading “He stopped and surveyed the vast pile.”
a conveyance that transports people or objects
From this reading “It was a full twenty miles, but he did not encounter a single other vehicle.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “It was a full twenty miles, but he did not encounter a single other vehicle.”
move outward
In this reading “Presently the city lay spread out before him.”
In this reading “He set the ground-car in motion.”
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 It was a full twenty miles, but he did not encounter a single other vehicle.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He stopped and surveyed the vast pile.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Presently the city lay spread out before him.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was a full twenty miles, but he did not encounter a single other vehicle.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading Toward the city.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading It was a full twenty miles, but he did not encounter a single other vehicle.
come together
From this reading It was a full twenty miles, but he did not encounter a single other vehicle.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading It was a full twenty miles, but he did not encounter a single other vehicle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He set the ground-car in motion.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He set the ground-car in motion.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Presently the city lay spread out before him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He set the ground-car in motion.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a full twenty miles, but he did not encounter a single other vehicle.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Presently the city lay spread out before him.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading It was a full twenty miles, but he did not encounter a single other vehicle.
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
From this reading He set the ground-car in motion.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was a full twenty miles, but he did not encounter a single other vehicle.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading It was a full twenty miles, but he did not encounter a single other vehicle.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Presently the city lay spread out before him.
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
From this reading He stopped and surveyed the vast pile.
in the near future
From this reading Presently the city lay spread out before him.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading He set the ground-car in motion.
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading It was a full twenty miles, but he did not encounter a single other vehicle.
distribute or disperse widely
From this reading Presently the city lay spread out before him.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading He stopped and surveyed the vast pile.
past form of “survey” — consider in a comprehensive way
From this reading He stopped and surveyed the vast pile.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He set the ground-car in motion.
in the direction of
From this reading Toward the city.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading It was a full twenty miles, but he did not encounter a single other vehicle.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading He stopped and surveyed the vast pile.
a conveyance that transports people or objects
From this reading It was a full twenty miles, but he did not encounter a single other vehicle.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a full twenty miles, but he did not encounter a single other vehicle.
Chapter 4 of Med Service by Murray Leinster holds 468 sentences, grouped into 94 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 468 sentences of Med Service, unabridged, divided into 94 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Med Service by Murray Leinster exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 468 sentences, grouped into 94 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.
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