Chapter 3 of Planet of the Damned is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Planet of the Damned is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Run it through again with the power turned up," Lea said, frowning. "All I hear is static." "It's the old problem of genesis. Like Newton and the falling apple, Levy and the hysteresis in the warp field. Everything has a beginning.
Chapter 3 of Planet of the Damned is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
From this reading “Like Newton and the falling apple, Levy and the hysteresis in the warp field.”
showing displeasure or anger
From this reading “"Run it through again with the power turned up," Lea said, frowning.”
a coming into being
From this reading “"It's the old problem of genesis.”
a unit of length of thread or yarn
From this reading “"Run it through again with the power turned up," Lea said, frowning.”
impose and collect
From this reading “Like Newton and the falling apple, Levy and the hysteresis in the warp field.”
English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727)
From this reading “Like Newton and the falling apple, Levy and the hysteresis in the warp field.”
not in physical motion
From this reading “"All I hear is static."”
make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
From this reading “Like Newton and the falling apple, Levy and the hysteresis in the warp field.”
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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 Everything has a beginning.
anew
From this reading "Run it through again with the power turned up," Lea said, frowning.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "All I hear is static."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Like Newton and the falling apple, Levy and the hysteresis in the warp field.
fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
From this reading Like Newton and the falling apple, Levy and the hysteresis in the warp field.
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading Everything has a beginning.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Everything has a beginning.
decreasing in amount or degree
From this reading Like Newton and the falling apple, Levy and the hysteresis in the warp field.
a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
From this reading Like Newton and the falling apple, Levy and the hysteresis in the warp field.
showing displeasure or anger
From this reading "Run it through again with the power turned up," Lea said, frowning.
a coming into being
From this reading "It's the old problem of genesis.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Everything has a beginning.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading "All I hear is static."
the lagging of an effect behind its cause; especially the phenomenon in which the magnetic induction of a ferromagnetic material lags behind the changing magnetic field
From this reading Like Newton and the falling apple, Levy and the hysteresis in the warp field.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "All I hear is static."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Like Newton and the falling apple, Levy and the hysteresis in the warp field.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "All I hear is static."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Run it through again with the power turned up," Lea said, frowning.
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From this reading "It's the old problem of genesis.
a unit of length of thread or yarn
From this reading "Run it through again with the power turned up," Lea said, frowning.
impose and collect
From this reading Like Newton and the falling apple, Levy and the hysteresis in the warp field.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Like Newton and the falling apple, Levy and the hysteresis in the warp field.
English mathematician and physicist; remembered for developing the calculus and for his law of gravitation and his three laws of motion (1642-1727)
From this reading Like Newton and the falling apple, Levy and the hysteresis in the warp field.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "It's the old problem of genesis.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "It's the old problem of genesis.
possession of controlling influence
From this reading "Run it through again with the power turned up," Lea said, frowning.
a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
From this reading "It's the old problem of genesis.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading "Run it through again with the power turned up," Lea said, frowning.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Run it through again with the power turned up," Lea said, frowning.
not in physical motion
From this reading "All I hear is static."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Run it through again with the power turned up," Lea said, frowning.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading "Run it through again with the power turned up," Lea said, frowning.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading "Run it through again with the power turned up," Lea said, frowning.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Run it through again with the power turned up," Lea said, frowning.
make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
From this reading Like Newton and the falling apple, Levy and the hysteresis in the warp field.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Run it through again with the power turned up," Lea said, frowning.
Chapter 3 of Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison holds 425 sentences, grouped into 85 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 425 sentences of Planet of the Damned, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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