Chapter 6 of Planet of the Gods is here in full — 363 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Planet of the Gods is here in full — 363 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Capture of the Ship Nielson made his dispositions with care. The ship lay in a little meadow where the trees bent inward from the blue water of the lake to form a cove. Her nose was pointed toward the water and her tail was almost in the trees. Nielson sent three men on a wide circuit. They were to attack from the farther side.
Chapter 6 of Planet of the Gods is here in full — 363 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
From this reading “They were to attack from the farther side.”
succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
From this reading “The Capture of the Ship Nielson made his dispositions with care.”
an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
From this reading “Nielson sent three men on a wide circuit.”
a small inlet
From this reading “The ship lay in a little meadow where the trees bent inward from the blue water of the lake to form a cove.”
plural of “disposition” — your usual mood
From this reading “The Capture of the Ship Nielson made his dispositions with care.”
relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts
From this reading “The ship lay in a little meadow where the trees bent inward from the blue water of the lake to form a cove.”
a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
From this reading “The ship lay in a little meadow where the trees bent inward from the blue water of the lake to form a cove.”
the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
From this reading “Her nose was pointed toward the water and her tail was almost in the trees.”
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.
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In this reading “Nielson sent three men on a wide circuit.”
In this reading “They were to attack from the farther side.”
In this reading “The ship lay in a little meadow where the trees bent inward from the blue water of the lake to form a cove.”
In this reading “Nielson sent three men on a wide circuit.”
keep or lay aside for future use
In this reading “The ship lay in a little meadow where the trees bent inward from the blue water of the lake to form a cove.”
In this reading “The Capture of the Ship Nielson made his dispositions with care.”
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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 The ship lay in a little meadow where the trees bent inward from the blue water of the lake to form a cove.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Her nose was pointed toward the water and her tail was almost in the trees.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Her nose was pointed toward the water and her tail was almost in the trees.
(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
From this reading They were to attack from the farther side.
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading The ship lay in a little meadow where the trees bent inward from the blue water of the lake to form a cove.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading The ship lay in a little meadow where the trees bent inward from the blue water of the lake to form a cove.
succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
From this reading The Capture of the Ship Nielson made his dispositions with care.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading The Capture of the Ship Nielson made his dispositions with care.
an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
From this reading Nielson sent three men on a wide circuit.
a small inlet
From this reading The ship lay in a little meadow where the trees bent inward from the blue water of the lake to form a cove.
plural of “disposition” — your usual mood
From this reading The Capture of the Ship Nielson made his dispositions with care.
more distant in especially space or time
From this reading They were to attack from the farther side.
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading The ship lay in a little meadow where the trees bent inward from the blue water of the lake to form a cove.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The ship lay in a little meadow where the trees bent inward from the blue water of the lake to form a cove.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her nose was pointed toward the water and her tail was almost in the trees.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Capture of the Ship Nielson made his dispositions with care.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The ship lay in a little meadow where the trees bent inward from the blue water of the lake to form a cove.
relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts
From this reading The ship lay in a little meadow where the trees bent inward from the blue water of the lake to form a cove.
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading The ship lay in a little meadow where the trees bent inward from the blue water of the lake to form a cove.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The ship lay in a little meadow where the trees bent inward from the blue water of the lake to form a cove.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The ship lay in a little meadow where the trees bent inward from the blue water of the lake to form a cove.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The Capture of the Ship Nielson made his dispositions with care.
a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay
From this reading The ship lay in a little meadow where the trees bent inward from the blue water of the lake to form a cove.
the force of workers available
From this reading Nielson sent three men on a wide circuit.
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From this reading The Capture of the Ship Nielson made his dispositions with care.
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading Her nose was pointed toward the water and her tail was almost in the trees.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Capture of the Ship Nielson made his dispositions with care.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Nielson sent three men on a wide circuit.
having a point
From this reading Her nose was pointed toward the water and her tail was almost in the trees.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading Nielson sent three men on a wide circuit.
transport commercially
From this reading The Capture of the Ship Nielson made his dispositions with care.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading They were to attack from the farther side.
the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
From this reading Her nose was pointed toward the water and her tail was almost in the trees.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Capture of the Ship Nielson made his dispositions with care.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were to attack from the farther side.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Nielson sent three men on a wide circuit.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The ship lay in a little meadow where the trees bent inward from the blue water of the lake to form a cove.
in the direction of
From this reading Her nose was pointed toward the water and her tail was almost in the trees.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading The ship lay in a little meadow where the trees bent inward from the blue water of the lake to form a cove.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her nose was pointed toward the water and her tail was almost in the trees.
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 The ship lay in a little meadow where the trees bent inward from the blue water of the lake to form a cove.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were to attack from the farther side.
in or at the place that
From this reading The ship lay in a little meadow where the trees bent inward from the blue water of the lake to form a cove.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading Nielson sent three men on a wide circuit.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Capture of the Ship Nielson made his dispositions with care.
Chapter 6 of Planet of the Gods by Robert Moore Williams holds 363 sentences, grouped into 73 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.
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