Chapter 11 of People Minus X is here in full — 385 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of People Minus X is here in full — 385 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Communications also flashed back and forth among the old race: They look like us but aren't. Their disguise and their powers hold a warning. No wonder so many of us think of them as something like medieval demons.
Chapter 11 of People Minus X is here in full — 385 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/77 · 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.
the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.)
From this reading “Communications also flashed back and forth among the old race:”
plural of “demon” — an evil supernatural being
From this reading “No wonder so many of us think of them as something like medieval demons.”
A means of altering one's appearance to conceal one's identity.
From this reading “Their disguise and their powers hold a warning.”
past form of “flash” — gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading “Communications also flashed back and forth among the old race:”
relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
From this reading “No wonder so many of us think of them as something like medieval demons.”
plural of “power” — possession of controlling influence
From this reading “Their disguise and their powers hold a warning.”
any competition
From this reading “Communications also flashed back and forth among the old race:”
a message informing of danger
From this reading “Their disguise and their powers hold a warning.”
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.
keep in mind for attention or consideration
In this reading “No wonder so many of us think of them as something like medieval demons.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Their disguise and their powers hold a warning.
in addition
From this reading Communications also flashed back and forth among the old race:
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Communications also flashed back and forth among the old race:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Communications also flashed back and forth among the old race:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They look like us but aren't.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading No wonder so many of us think of them as something like medieval demons.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Communications also flashed back and forth among the old race:
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They look like us but aren't.
the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.)
From this reading Communications also flashed back and forth among the old race:
plural of “demon” — an evil supernatural being
From this reading No wonder so many of us think of them as something like medieval demons.
A means of altering one's appearance to conceal one's identity.
From this reading Their disguise and their powers hold a warning.
past form of “flash” — gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading Communications also flashed back and forth among the old race:
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Communications also flashed back and forth among the old race:
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Their disguise and their powers hold a warning.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading They look like us but aren't.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading They look like us but aren't.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading No wonder so many of us think of them as something like medieval demons.
relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
From this reading No wonder so many of us think of them as something like medieval demons.
not any; not one
From this reading No wonder so many of us think of them as something like medieval demons.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading No wonder so many of us think of them as something like medieval demons.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Communications also flashed back and forth among the old race:
plural of “power” — possession of controlling influence
From this reading Their disguise and their powers hold a warning.
any competition
From this reading Communications also flashed back and forth among the old race:
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading No wonder so many of us think of them as something like medieval demons.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading No wonder so many of us think of them as something like medieval demons.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Communications also flashed back and forth among the old race:
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their disguise and their powers hold a warning.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading No wonder so many of us think of them as something like medieval demons.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They look like us but aren't.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading No wonder so many of us think of them as something like medieval demons.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They look like us but aren't.
a message informing of danger
From this reading Their disguise and their powers hold a warning.
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading No wonder so many of us think of them as something like medieval demons.
Chapter 11 of People Minus X by Raymond Z. (Raymond Zinke) Gallun holds 385 sentences, grouped into 77 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 11 holds 385 sentences of People Minus X, unabridged, divided into 77 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of People Minus X by Raymond Z. (Raymond Zinke) Gallun exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 385 sentences, grouped into 77 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 77 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 77 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 11 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 369 minutes of reading across 887 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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