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Chapter 4 of The Outcasts of Solar III is here in full — 455 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Ileth shivered and asked, "Then there is something here?" The silence was absolute. Not a breath of air stirred anywhere. Saxon hesitated, said at last, "Yes, I think so." "What?"
Chapter 4 of The Outcasts of Solar III is here in full — 455 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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perfect or complete or pure
From this reading “The silence was absolute.”
at or in or to any place
From this reading “Not a breath of air stirred anywhere.”
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading “Not a breath of air stirred anywhere.”
past form of “hesitate” — pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading “Saxon hesitated, said at last, "Yes, I think so."”
a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest
From this reading “Saxon hesitated, said at last, "Yes, I think so."”
past form of “shiver” — tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
From this reading “Ileth shivered and asked, "Then there is something here?"”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “The silence was absolute.”
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading “Not a breath of air stirred anywhere.”
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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 Not a breath of air stirred anywhere.
perfect or complete or pure
From this reading The silence was absolute.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading Not a breath of air stirred anywhere.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ileth shivered and asked, "Then there is something here?"
at or in or to any place
From this reading Not a breath of air stirred anywhere.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Ileth shivered and asked, "Then there is something here?"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Saxon hesitated, said at last, "Yes, I think so."
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading Not a breath of air stirred anywhere.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Ileth shivered and asked, "Then there is something here?"
past form of “hesitate” — pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading Saxon hesitated, said at last, "Yes, I think so."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Saxon hesitated, said at last, "Yes, I think so."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ileth shivered and asked, "Then there is something here?"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ileth shivered and asked, "Then there is something here?"
immediately past
From this reading Saxon hesitated, said at last, "Yes, I think so."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not a breath of air stirred anywhere.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Not a breath of air stirred anywhere.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Saxon hesitated, said at last, "Yes, I think so."
a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest
From this reading Saxon hesitated, said at last, "Yes, I think so."
past form of “shiver” — tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
From this reading Ileth shivered and asked, "Then there is something here?"
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading The silence was absolute.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Saxon hesitated, said at last, "Yes, I think so."
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Ileth shivered and asked, "Then there is something here?"
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading Not a breath of air stirred anywhere.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The silence was absolute.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Ileth shivered and asked, "Then there is something here?"
in or at that place or location
From this reading Ileth shivered and asked, "Then there is something here?"
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Saxon hesitated, said at last, "Yes, I think so."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The silence was absolute.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What?"
an affirmative
From this reading Saxon hesitated, said at last, "Yes, I think so."
Chapter 4 of The Outcasts of Solar III by Robert Emmett McDowell holds 455 sentences, grouped into 91 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.
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