Chapter 2 of Pirates of Venus is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Pirates of Venus is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Down, down, down I dropped. I could not even guess the duration, nor the distance. It was very dark and very wet, like sinking into the depths of the ocean without feeling the pressure of the water. My thoughts during those long moments were such as to baffle description. Perhaps the oxygen made me a little drunk; I do not know.
Chapter 2 of Pirates of Venus is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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be a mystery or bewildering to
From this reading “My thoughts during those long moments were such as to baffle description.”
(plural) the deepest and most remote part
From this reading “It was very dark and very wet, like sinking into the depths of the ocean without feeling the pressure of the water.”
a statement that represents something in words
From this reading “My thoughts during those long moments were such as to baffle description.”
stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
From this reading “Perhaps the oxygen made me a little drunk; I do not know.”
the period of time during which something continues
From this reading “I could not even guess the duration, nor the distance.”
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading “Perhaps the oxygen made me a little drunk; I do not know.”
the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
From this reading “It was very dark and very wet, like sinking into the depths of the ocean without feeling the pressure of the water.”
a descent as through liquid (especially through water)
From this reading “It was very dark and very wet, like sinking into the depths of the ocean without feeling the pressure of the water.”
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 very dark and very wet, like sinking into the depths of the ocean without feeling the pressure of the water.”
In this reading “It was very dark and very wet, like sinking into the depths of the ocean without feeling the pressure of the water.”
In this reading “It was very dark and very wet, like sinking into the depths of the ocean without feeling the pressure of the water.”
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 Perhaps the oxygen made me a little drunk; I do not know.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was very dark and very wet, like sinking into the depths of the ocean without feeling the pressure of the water.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading My thoughts during those long moments were such as to baffle description.
be a mystery or bewildering to
From this reading My thoughts during those long moments were such as to baffle description.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I could not even guess the duration, nor the distance.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading It was very dark and very wet, like sinking into the depths of the ocean without feeling the pressure of the water.
(plural) the deepest and most remote part
From this reading It was very dark and very wet, like sinking into the depths of the ocean without feeling the pressure of the water.
a statement that represents something in words
From this reading My thoughts during those long moments were such as to baffle description.
the property created by the space between two objects or points
From this reading I could not even guess the duration, nor the distance.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Perhaps the oxygen made me a little drunk; I do not know.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Down, down, down I dropped.
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading Down, down, down I dropped.
stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
From this reading Perhaps the oxygen made me a little drunk; I do not know.
the period of time during which something continues
From this reading I could not even guess the duration, nor the distance.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading My thoughts during those long moments were such as to baffle description.
divisible by two
From this reading I could not even guess the duration, nor the distance.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading It was very dark and very wet, like sinking into the depths of the ocean without feeling the pressure of the water.
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading I could not even guess the duration, nor the distance.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Down, down, down I dropped.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It was very dark and very wet, like sinking into the depths of the ocean without feeling the pressure of the water.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was very dark and very wet, like sinking into the depths of the ocean without feeling the pressure of the water.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Perhaps the oxygen made me a little drunk; I do not know.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It was very dark and very wet, like sinking into the depths of the ocean without feeling the pressure of the water.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Perhaps the oxygen made me a little drunk; I do not know.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading My thoughts during those long moments were such as to baffle description.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Perhaps the oxygen made me a little drunk; I do not know.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Perhaps the oxygen made me a little drunk; I do not know.
plural of “moment” — a particular point in time
From this reading My thoughts during those long moments were such as to baffle description.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My thoughts during those long moments were such as to baffle description.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading I could not even guess the duration, nor the distance.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I could not even guess the duration, nor the distance.
a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
From this reading It was very dark and very wet, like sinking into the depths of the ocean without feeling the pressure of the water.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was very dark and very wet, like sinking into the depths of the ocean without feeling the pressure of the water.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Perhaps the oxygen made me a little drunk; I do not know.
by chance
From this reading Perhaps the oxygen made me a little drunk; I do not know.
the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
From this reading It was very dark and very wet, like sinking into the depths of the ocean without feeling the pressure of the water.
a descent as through liquid (especially through water)
From this reading It was very dark and very wet, like sinking into the depths of the ocean without feeling the pressure of the water.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading My thoughts during those long moments were such as to baffle description.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I could not even guess the duration, nor the distance.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading My thoughts during those long moments were such as to baffle description.
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading My thoughts during those long moments were such as to baffle description.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading My thoughts during those long moments were such as to baffle description.
precisely as stated
From this reading It was very dark and very wet, like sinking into the depths of the ocean without feeling the pressure of the water.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was very dark and very wet, like sinking into the depths of the ocean without feeling the pressure of the water.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading It was very dark and very wet, like sinking into the depths of the ocean without feeling the pressure of the water.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading My thoughts during those long moments were such as to baffle description.
covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
From this reading It was very dark and very wet, like sinking into the depths of the ocean without feeling the pressure of the water.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading It was very dark and very wet, like sinking into the depths of the ocean without feeling the pressure of the water.
Chapter 2 of Pirates of Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs holds 448 sentences, grouped into 90 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 2 holds 448 sentences of Pirates of Venus, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
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