Chapter 1 of The Ambassadors From Venus is here in full — 593 sentences across 119 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Ambassadors From Venus is here in full — 593 sentences across 119 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_A Novelet of Grim New Worlds_ _Strange. Strange. The empty space ships. The patched voices. The curt invitation to Venus.
Chapter 1 of The Ambassadors From Venus is here in full — 593 sentences across 119 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.
marked by rude or peremptory shortness
From this reading “The curt invitation to Venus.”
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
From this reading “_A Novelet of Grim New Worlds_ _Strange.”
a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something
From this reading “The curt invitation to Venus.”
mended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch
From this reading “The patched voices.”
plural of “ship” — a vessel that carries passengers or freight
From this reading “The empty space ships.”
the second nearest planet to the sun
From this reading “The curt invitation to Venus.”
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “The patched voices.”
plural of “world” — everything that exists anywhere
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 “The empty space ships.”
the hemisphere that includes North America and South America
In this reading “_A Novelet of Grim New Worlds_ _Strange.”
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 _A Novelet of Grim New Worlds_ _Strange.
marked by rude or peremptory shortness
From this reading The curt invitation to Venus.
make void or empty of contents
From this reading The empty space ships.
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
From this reading _A Novelet of Grim New Worlds_ _Strange.
a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something
From this reading The curt invitation to Venus.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading _A Novelet of Grim New Worlds_ _Strange.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _A Novelet of Grim New Worlds_ _Strange.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _A Novelet of Grim New Worlds_ _Strange.
mended usually clumsily by covering a hole with a patch
From this reading The patched voices.
plural of “ship” — a vessel that carries passengers or freight
From this reading The empty space ships.
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading The empty space ships.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading _A Novelet of Grim New Worlds_ _Strange.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The empty space ships.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The curt invitation to Venus.
the second nearest planet to the sun
From this reading The curt invitation to Venus.
plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading The patched voices.
plural of “world” — everything that exists anywhere
From this reading _A Novelet of Grim New Worlds_ _Strange.
Chapter 1 of The Ambassadors From Venus by Kendell Foster Crossen holds 593 sentences, grouped into 119 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 1 holds 593 sentences of The Ambassadors From Venus, unabridged, divided into 119 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Ambassadors From Venus by Kendell Foster Crossen exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 593 sentences, grouped into 119 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 119 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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