Chapter 4 of Planet of the Damned is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Planet of the Damned is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Didn't mean to frighten you. It caught me suddenly coming at the wrong season and everything. It was a bit of a jar to my system. I'll get you some water now--there's still a bit left." "What happened?
Chapter 4 of Planet of the Damned is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 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.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading “It was a bit of a jar to my system.”
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading “It caught me suddenly coming at the wrong season and everything.”
cause fear in
From this reading “"Didn't mean to frighten you.”
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading “"What happened?”
be incompatible; be or come into conflict
From this reading “It was a bit of a jar to my system.”
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading “It caught me suddenly coming at the wrong season and everything.”
instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
From this reading “It was a bit of a jar to my system.”
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading “It caught me suddenly coming at the wrong season and everything.”
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 It was a bit of a jar to my system.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It caught me suddenly coming at the wrong season and everything.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It caught me suddenly coming at the wrong season and everything.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading It was a bit of a jar to my system.
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading It caught me suddenly coming at the wrong season and everything.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading It caught me suddenly coming at the wrong season and everything.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Didn't mean to frighten you.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading It caught me suddenly coming at the wrong season and everything.
cause fear in
From this reading "Didn't mean to frighten you.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I'll get you some water now--there's still a bit left."
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading "What happened?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll get you some water now--there's still a bit left."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It caught me suddenly coming at the wrong season and everything.
be incompatible; be or come into conflict
From this reading It was a bit of a jar to my system.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading I'll get you some water now--there's still a bit left."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It caught me suddenly coming at the wrong season and everything.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading "Didn't mean to frighten you.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It was a bit of a jar to my system.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading I'll get you some water now--there's still a bit left."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was a bit of a jar to my system.
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading It caught me suddenly coming at the wrong season and everything.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I'll get you some water now--there's still a bit left."
not in physical motion
From this reading I'll get you some water now--there's still a bit left."
happening unexpectedly
From this reading It caught me suddenly coming at the wrong season and everything.
instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
From this reading It was a bit of a jar to my system.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It caught me suddenly coming at the wrong season and everything.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll get you some water now--there's still a bit left."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Didn't mean to frighten you.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a bit of a jar to my system.
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 I'll get you some water now--there's still a bit left."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What happened?
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading It caught me suddenly coming at the wrong season and everything.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Didn't mean to frighten you.
Chapter 4 of Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison holds 424 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 4 holds 424 sentences of Planet of the Damned, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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