Chapter 4 of The invisible master is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The invisible master is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Blackmail Carton spoke softly through the darkness to the man beside him as their car stopped. "Is this the place, Wade?" Wade nodded. "There's the milestone--you're ready, Grantham?" Grantham nodded.
Chapter 4 of The invisible master is here in full — 219 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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exert pressure on someone through threats
From this reading “Blackmail Carton spoke softly through the darkness to the man beside him as their car stopped.”
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading “Blackmail Carton spoke softly through the darkness to the man beside him as their car stopped.”
the quantity contained in a carton
From this reading “Blackmail Carton spoke softly through the darkness to the man beside him as their car stopped.”
absence of light or illumination
From this reading “Blackmail Carton spoke softly through the darkness to the man beside him as their car stopped.”
stone post at side of a road to show distances
From this reading “"There's the milestone--you're ready, Grantham?"”
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading “Wade nodded.”
with low volume
From this reading “Blackmail Carton spoke softly through the darkness to the man beside him as their car stopped.”
walk (through relatively shallow water)
From this reading “"Is this the place, Wade?"”
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In this reading “Blackmail Carton spoke softly through the darkness to the man beside him as their car stopped.”
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Blackmail Carton spoke softly through the darkness to the man beside him as their car stopped.
next to; at the side of
From this reading Blackmail Carton spoke softly through the darkness to the man beside him as their car stopped.
exert pressure on someone through threats
From this reading Blackmail Carton spoke softly through the darkness to the man beside him as their car stopped.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading Blackmail Carton spoke softly through the darkness to the man beside him as their car stopped.
the quantity contained in a carton
From this reading Blackmail Carton spoke softly through the darkness to the man beside him as their car stopped.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Blackmail Carton spoke softly through the darkness to the man beside him as their car stopped.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There's the milestone--you're ready, Grantham?"
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Blackmail Carton spoke softly through the darkness to the man beside him as their car stopped.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Is this the place, Wade?"
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Blackmail Carton spoke softly through the darkness to the man beside him as their car stopped.
stone post at side of a road to show distances
From this reading "There's the milestone--you're ready, Grantham?"
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading Wade nodded.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading "Is this the place, Wade?"
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading "There's the milestone--you're ready, Grantham?"
with low volume
From this reading Blackmail Carton spoke softly through the darkness to the man beside him as their car stopped.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading Blackmail Carton spoke softly through the darkness to the man beside him as their car stopped.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading Blackmail Carton spoke softly through the darkness to the man beside him as their car stopped.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Blackmail Carton spoke softly through the darkness to the man beside him as their car stopped.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Blackmail Carton spoke softly through the darkness to the man beside him as their car stopped.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There's the milestone--you're ready, Grantham?"
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Is this the place, Wade?"
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Blackmail Carton spoke softly through the darkness to the man beside him as their car stopped.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Blackmail Carton spoke softly through the darkness to the man beside him as their car stopped.
walk (through relatively shallow water)
From this reading "Is this the place, Wade?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There's the milestone--you're ready, Grantham?"
Chapter 4 of The invisible master by Edmond Hamilton holds 219 sentences, grouped into 44 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 4 holds 219 sentences of The invisible master, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of The invisible master by Edmond Hamilton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 219 sentences, grouped into 44 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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