Chapter 10 of The Voice from the Void is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Voice from the Void is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Then he rose, and with his hand on the edge of the table he slowly surveyed his room. "And I trusted Hornton! He was so sound that I would have entrusted to him Elma's life and future. And she is all I have in the world. And he's let me down!"
Chapter 10 of The Voice from the Void is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the boundary of a surface
From this reading “Then he rose, and with his hand on the edge of the table he slowly surveyed his room.”
past form of “entrust” — confer a trust upon
From this reading “He was so sound that I would have entrusted to him Elma's life and future.”
yet to be or coming
From this reading “He was so sound that I would have entrusted to him Elma's life and future.”
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading “Then he rose, and with his hand on the edge of the table he slowly surveyed his room.”
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading “He was so sound that I would have entrusted to him Elma's life and future.”
past form of “survey” — consider in a comprehensive way
From this reading “Then he rose, and with his hand on the edge of the table he slowly surveyed his room.”
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading “Then he rose, and with his hand on the edge of the table he slowly surveyed his room.”
(of persons) worthy of trust or confidence
From this reading “"And I trusted Hornton!”
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 “Then he rose, and with his hand on the edge of the table he slowly surveyed his room.”
In this reading “And she is all I have in the world.”
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.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading And she is all I have in the world.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then he rose, and with his hand on the edge of the table he slowly surveyed his room.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading And he's let me down!"
the boundary of a surface
From this reading Then he rose, and with his hand on the edge of the table he slowly surveyed his room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He was so sound that I would have entrusted to him Elma's life and future.
past form of “entrust” — confer a trust upon
From this reading He was so sound that I would have entrusted to him Elma's life and future.
yet to be or coming
From this reading He was so sound that I would have entrusted to him Elma's life and future.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Then he rose, and with his hand on the edge of the table he slowly surveyed his room.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He was so sound that I would have entrusted to him Elma's life and future.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then he rose, and with his hand on the edge of the table he slowly surveyed his room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And he's let me down!"
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He was so sound that I would have entrusted to him Elma's life and future.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Then he rose, and with his hand on the edge of the table he slowly surveyed his room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And I trusted Hornton!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "And I trusted Hornton!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And she is all I have in the world.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And she is all I have in the world.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading And he's let me down!"
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading He was so sound that I would have entrusted to him Elma's life and future.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And he's let me down!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then he rose, and with his hand on the edge of the table he slowly surveyed his room.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Then he rose, and with his hand on the edge of the table he slowly surveyed his room.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Then he rose, and with his hand on the edge of the table he slowly surveyed his room.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading Then he rose, and with his hand on the edge of the table he slowly surveyed his room.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And she is all I have in the world.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading Then he rose, and with his hand on the edge of the table he slowly surveyed his room.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He was so sound that I would have entrusted to him Elma's life and future.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading He was so sound that I would have entrusted to him Elma's life and future.
past form of “survey” — consider in a comprehensive way
From this reading Then he rose, and with his hand on the edge of the table he slowly surveyed his room.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading Then he rose, and with his hand on the edge of the table he slowly surveyed his room.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He was so sound that I would have entrusted to him Elma's life and future.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then he rose, and with his hand on the edge of the table he slowly surveyed his room.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he rose, and with his hand on the edge of the table he slowly surveyed his room.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was so sound that I would have entrusted to him Elma's life and future.
(of persons) worthy of trust or confidence
From this reading "And I trusted Hornton!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was so sound that I would have entrusted to him Elma's life and future.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then he rose, and with his hand on the edge of the table he slowly surveyed his room.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading And she is all I have in the world.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He was so sound that I would have entrusted to him Elma's life and future.
Chapter 10 of The Voice from the Void by William Le Queux holds 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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 10 holds 422 sentences of The Voice from the Void, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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