Chapter 3 of Tarrano the Conqueror is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Tarrano the Conqueror is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_To the North Pole_ "You stand back! You do not touch me!" The Venus girl fairly hissed the words. Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders. She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
Chapter 3 of Tarrano the Conqueror is here in full — 207 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “dilate” — become wider
From this reading “Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.”
physically weak
From this reading “She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.”
befitting or characteristic of a young girl
From this reading “She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.”
past form of “hiss” — make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
From this reading “The Venus girl fairly hissed the words.”
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
From this reading “She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.”
the gymnastic moves of an acrobat
From this reading “Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.”
the second nearest planet to the sun
From this reading “The Venus girl fairly hissed the words.”
(of hair) having waves
From this reading “Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.”
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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 Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading _To the North Pole_ "You stand back!
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
past form of “dilate” — become wider
From this reading Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading You do not touch me!"
opinion or judgment
From this reading Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
to certain extent or degree
From this reading The Venus girl fairly hissed the words.
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
physically weak
From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
a young female
From this reading The Venus girl fairly hissed the words.
befitting or characteristic of a young girl
From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
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From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
past form of “hiss” — make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval
From this reading The Venus girl fairly hissed the words.
inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
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 She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
the cloak as a symbol of authority
From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You do not touch me!"
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading _To the North Pole_ "You stand back!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading You do not touch me!"
above and across; more than
From this reading Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
From this reading _To the North Pole_ "You stand back!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
plural of “shoulder” — the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
From this reading Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
be standing; be upright
From this reading _To the North Pole_ "You stand back!
plural of “stocking” — close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)
From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _To the North Pole_ "You stand back!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _To the North Pole_ "You stand back!
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading You do not touch me!"
the gymnastic moves of an acrobat
From this reading Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
the second nearest planet to the sun
From this reading The Venus girl fairly hissed the words.
(of hair) having waves
From this reading Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
a Caucasian
From this reading Her eyes were dilated; her white hair hung in a tumbling, wavy mass over her shoulders.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She stood tense--a frail, girlish figure in a short, grey-cloth mantle, with long grey stockings beneath.
the words that are spoken
From this reading The Venus girl fairly hissed the words.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _To the North Pole_ "You stand back!
Chapter 3 of Tarrano the Conqueror by Ray Cummings holds 207 sentences, grouped into 42 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 207 sentences of Tarrano the Conqueror, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
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