Chapter 12 of The Giants From Outer Space is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Giants From Outer Space is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Jerry blinked. He opened his eyes and blinked again. Had Pink made it to the atmospheria? He must have, for the air was sweet and normal once more. So either Pink or Joe Silver had saved them.
Chapter 12 of The Giants From Outer Space is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 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.
past form of “blink” — briefly shut the eyes
From this reading “Jerry blinked.”
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading “Jerry blinked.”
conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal
From this reading “He must have, for the air was sweet and normal once more.”
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading “He opened his eyes and blinked again.”
a light shade of red
From this reading “Had Pink made it to the atmospheria?”
rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin
From this reading “So either Pink or Joe Silver had saved them.”
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
From this reading “So either Pink or Joe Silver had saved them.”
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading “He must have, for the air was sweet and normal once more.”
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.
anew
In this reading “He must have, for the air was sweet and normal once more.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
anew
From this reading He opened his eyes and blinked again.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading He must have, for the air was sweet and normal once more.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He opened his eyes and blinked again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Had Pink made it to the atmospheria?
past form of “blink” — briefly shut the eyes
From this reading Jerry blinked.
one or the other of two
From this reading So either Pink or Joe Silver had saved them.
opinion or judgment
From this reading He opened his eyes and blinked again.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He must have, for the air was sweet and normal once more.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Had Pink made it to the atmospheria?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He must have, for the air was sweet and normal once more.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He opened his eyes and blinked again.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He opened his eyes and blinked again.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Had Pink made it to the atmospheria?
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading Jerry blinked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So either Pink or Joe Silver had saved them.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Had Pink made it to the atmospheria?
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading He must have, for the air was sweet and normal once more.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading He must have, for the air was sweet and normal once more.
conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal
From this reading He must have, for the air was sweet and normal once more.
on one occasion
From this reading He must have, for the air was sweet and normal once more.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading He opened his eyes and blinked again.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading So either Pink or Joe Silver had saved them.
a light shade of red
From this reading Had Pink made it to the atmospheria?
rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin
From this reading So either Pink or Joe Silver had saved them.
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
From this reading So either Pink or Joe Silver had saved them.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So either Pink or Joe Silver had saved them.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading He must have, for the air was sweet and normal once more.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Had Pink made it to the atmospheria?
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading So either Pink or Joe Silver had saved them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Had Pink made it to the atmospheria?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He must have, for the air was sweet and normal once more.
Chapter 12 of The Giants From Outer Space by Robert W. Krepps holds 134 sentences, grouped into 27 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 12 holds 134 sentences of The Giants From Outer Space, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Giants From Outer Space by Robert W. Krepps exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 134 sentences, grouped into 27 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.
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