Chapter IX
THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours. Crowded hours! A cosmorama of whirling eons. Turber flung us far backward in Time. I did not see any of this part of the trip.
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Chapter IX
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THE
WOMAN
JOSEFA
This
Time-voyage
in
the
Turber
aero
seemed
in
duration
four
or
five
hours.
Crowded
hours!
A
cosmorama
of
whirling
eons.
Turber
flung
us
far
backward
in
Time.
I
did
not
see
any
of
this
part
of
the
trip.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
THE
WOMAN
JOSEFA
This
Time-voyage
in
the
Turber
aero
seemed
in
duration
four
or
five
hours.
Line 2
Crowded
hours!
Line 3
A
cosmorama
of
whirling
eons.
Line 4
Turber
flung
us
far
backward
in
Time.
Line 5
I
did
not
see
any
of
this
part
of
the
trip.
Learner Dictionary
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Part
noun
US /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I did not see any of this part of the trip.”
Seemed
noun
US /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.”
Time
noun
US /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.”
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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A cosmorama of whirling eons.
aero
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From this reading THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.
any
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From this reading I did not see any of this part of the trip.
backward
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From this reading Turber flung us far backward in Time.
cosmorama
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From this reading A cosmorama of whirling eons.
Crowded
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From this reading Crowded hours!
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading I did not see any of this part of the trip.
duration
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From this reading THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.
eons
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From this reading A cosmorama of whirling eons.
far
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five
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flung
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four
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hours
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From this reading THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I did not see any of this part of the trip.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.
JOSEFA
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From this reading THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I did not see any of this part of the trip.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A cosmorama of whirling eons.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I did not see any of this part of the trip.
see
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From this reading I did not see any of this part of the trip.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.
TimenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Turber flung us far backward in Time.
Time-voyage
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From this reading THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.
trip
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From this reading I did not see any of this part of the trip.
Turber
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From this reading THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Turber flung us far backward in Time.
whirling
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From this reading A cosmorama of whirling eons.
WOMAN
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From this reading THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.