Chapter 9 of The princess of the atom is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The princess of the atom is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Death of the Giants_ We returned to our normal size; and found Drake, father and Ahlma together. Father was shaken by his encounter with Togaro, but unharmed. Drake was bruised, battered and bleeding; but with his youth and strength he soon recovered. The afternoon wore away. We had decided to start for the island as soon as it was dark.
Chapter 9 of The princess of the atom is here in full — 221 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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damaged by blows or hard usage
From this reading “Drake was bruised, battered and bleeding; but with his youth and strength he soon recovered.”
the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
From this reading “Drake was bruised, battered and bleeding; but with his youth and strength he soon recovered.”
past form of “bruise” — injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
From this reading “Drake was bruised, battered and bleeding; but with his youth and strength he soon recovered.”
English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
From this reading “_Death of the Giants_ We returned to our normal size; and found Drake, father and Ahlma together.”
come together
From this reading “Father was shaken by his encounter with Togaro, but unharmed.”
plural of “giant” — any creature of exceptional size
conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal
From this reading “_Death of the Giants_ We returned to our normal size; and found Drake, father and Ahlma together.”
not injured or harmed
From this reading “Father was shaken by his encounter with Togaro, but unharmed.”
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 “Drake was bruised, battered and bleeding; but with his youth and strength he soon recovered.”
cut away in small pieces
In this reading “The afternoon wore away.”
In this reading “Father was shaken by his encounter with Togaro, but unharmed.”
In this reading “We had decided to start for the island as soon as it was dark.”
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.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading The afternoon wore away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Death of the Giants_ We returned to our normal size; and found Drake, father and Ahlma together.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Death of the Giants_ We returned to our normal size; and found Drake, father and Ahlma together.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We had decided to start for the island as soon as it was dark.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The afternoon wore away.
damaged by blows or hard usage
From this reading Drake was bruised, battered and bleeding; but with his youth and strength he soon recovered.
the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
From this reading Drake was bruised, battered and bleeding; but with his youth and strength he soon recovered.
past form of “bruise” — injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
From this reading Drake was bruised, battered and bleeding; but with his youth and strength he soon recovered.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Father was shaken by his encounter with Togaro, but unharmed.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Father was shaken by his encounter with Togaro, but unharmed.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading We had decided to start for the island as soon as it was dark.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading _Death of the Giants_ We returned to our normal size; and found Drake, father and Ahlma together.
recognizable; marked
From this reading We had decided to start for the island as soon as it was dark.
English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)
From this reading _Death of the Giants_ We returned to our normal size; and found Drake, father and Ahlma together.
come together
From this reading Father was shaken by his encounter with Togaro, but unharmed.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading _Death of the Giants_ We returned to our normal size; and found Drake, father and Ahlma together.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We had decided to start for the island as soon as it was dark.
set up or found
From this reading _Death of the Giants_ We returned to our normal size; and found Drake, father and Ahlma together.
plural of “giant” — any creature of exceptional size
From this reading _Death of the Giants_ We returned to our normal size; and found Drake, father and Ahlma together.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We had decided to start for the island as soon as it was dark.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Drake was bruised, battered and bleeding; but with his youth and strength he soon recovered.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Father was shaken by his encounter with Togaro, but unharmed.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading We had decided to start for the island as soon as it was dark.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We had decided to start for the island as soon as it was dark.
conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal
From this reading _Death of the Giants_ We returned to our normal size; and found Drake, father and Ahlma together.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Death of the Giants_ We returned to our normal size; and found Drake, father and Ahlma together.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading _Death of the Giants_ We returned to our normal size; and found Drake, father and Ahlma together.
freed from illness or injury
From this reading Drake was bruised, battered and bleeding; but with his youth and strength he soon recovered.
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading _Death of the Giants_ We returned to our normal size; and found Drake, father and Ahlma together.
disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock
From this reading Father was shaken by his encounter with Togaro, but unharmed.
the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
From this reading _Death of the Giants_ We returned to our normal size; and found Drake, father and Ahlma together.
in the near future
From this reading Drake was bruised, battered and bleeding; but with his youth and strength he soon recovered.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading We had decided to start for the island as soon as it was dark.
the property of being physically or mentally strong
From this reading Drake was bruised, battered and bleeding; but with his youth and strength he soon recovered.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Death of the Giants_ We returned to our normal size; and found Drake, father and Ahlma together.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Death of the Giants_ We returned to our normal size; and found Drake, father and Ahlma together.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Father was shaken by his encounter with Togaro, but unharmed.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading _Death of the Giants_ We returned to our normal size; and found Drake, father and Ahlma together.
not injured or harmed
From this reading Father was shaken by his encounter with Togaro, but unharmed.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Father was shaken by his encounter with Togaro, but unharmed.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading _Death of the Giants_ We returned to our normal size; and found Drake, father and Ahlma together.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Father was shaken by his encounter with Togaro, but unharmed.
inflected form of “wear” — be dressed in
From this reading The afternoon wore away.
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading Drake was bruised, battered and bleeding; but with his youth and strength he soon recovered.
Chapter 9 of The princess of the atom by Ray Cummings holds 221 sentences, grouped into 45 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 9 holds 221 sentences of The princess of the atom, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The princess of the atom by Ray Cummings exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 221 sentences, grouped into 45 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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