Chapter 8 of That worlds may live is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of That worlds may live is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Power from Mars "Well!" said Flick Muldoon. "Everything happens to us!" Lark O'Day pushed a final stud which silenced the _Liberty's_ motors. The ship lay still upon the satellite's rocky surface. "That," said the pilot moodily, "is that!
Chapter 8 of That worlds may live is here in full — 185 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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flash intermittently
From this reading “Power from Mars "Well!" said Flick Muldoon.”
North American songbirds having a yellow breast
From this reading “Lark O'Day pushed a final stud which silenced the _Liberty's_ motors.”
possessive form of “liberty” — immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color
From this reading “Power from Mars "Well!" said Flick Muldoon.”
plural of “motor” — machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
From this reading “Lark O'Day pushed a final stud which silenced the _Liberty's_ motors.”
possessive form of “satellite” — man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
From this reading “The ship lay still upon the satellite's rocky surface.”
reduced to silence
From this reading “Lark O'Day pushed a final stud which silenced the _Liberty's_ motors.”
scatter or intersperse like dots or studs
From this reading “Lark O'Day pushed a final stud which silenced the _Liberty's_ motors.”
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 “The ship lay still upon the satellite's rocky surface.”
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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 Lark O'Day pushed a final stud which silenced the _Liberty's_ motors.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading "Everything happens to us!"
occurring at or forming an end or termination
From this reading Lark O'Day pushed a final stud which silenced the _Liberty's_ motors.
flash intermittently
From this reading Power from Mars "Well!" said Flick Muldoon.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Power from Mars "Well!" said Flick Muldoon.
third-person singular of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading "Everything happens to us!"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "That," said the pilot moodily, "is that!
North American songbirds having a yellow breast
From this reading Lark O'Day pushed a final stud which silenced the _Liberty's_ motors.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The ship lay still upon the satellite's rocky surface.
possessive form of “liberty” — immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
From this reading Lark O'Day pushed a final stud which silenced the _Liberty's_ motors.
a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color
From this reading Power from Mars "Well!" said Flick Muldoon.
in a moody manner
From this reading "That," said the pilot moodily, "is that!
plural of “motor” — machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
From this reading Lark O'Day pushed a final stud which silenced the _Liberty's_ motors.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Power from Mars "Well!" said Flick Muldoon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lark O'Day pushed a final stud which silenced the _Liberty's_ motors.
operate an airplane
From this reading "That," said the pilot moodily, "is that!
possession of controlling influence
From this reading Power from Mars "Well!" said Flick Muldoon.
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading Lark O'Day pushed a final stud which silenced the _Liberty's_ motors.
abounding in rocks or stones
From this reading The ship lay still upon the satellite's rocky surface.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Power from Mars "Well!" said Flick Muldoon.
possessive form of “satellite” — man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
From this reading The ship lay still upon the satellite's rocky surface.
transport commercially
From this reading The ship lay still upon the satellite's rocky surface.
reduced to silence
From this reading Lark O'Day pushed a final stud which silenced the _Liberty's_ motors.
not in physical motion
From this reading The ship lay still upon the satellite's rocky surface.
scatter or intersperse like dots or studs
From this reading Lark O'Day pushed a final stud which silenced the _Liberty's_ motors.
the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
From this reading The ship lay still upon the satellite's rocky surface.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That," said the pilot moodily, "is that!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Lark O'Day pushed a final stud which silenced the _Liberty's_ motors.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Everything happens to us!"
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The ship lay still upon the satellite's rocky surface.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Everything happens to us!"
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Power from Mars "Well!" said Flick Muldoon.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Lark O'Day pushed a final stud which silenced the _Liberty's_ motors.
Chapter 8 of That worlds may live by Nelson S. Bond holds 185 sentences, grouped into 37 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 8 holds 185 sentences of That worlds may live, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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