Chapter 20 of Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE ROBOT SPY'S STORY "Tom!" his father cried. Anxiously the others crowded around the lanky young inventor, who had fallen beside the new robot. "Stand back! Give him air!" Bud urged.
Chapter 20 of Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with anxiety or apprehension
From this reading “Anxiously the others crowded around the lanky young inventor, who had fallen beside the new robot.”
a partially opened flower
From this reading “Bud urged.”
overfilled or compacted or concentrated
From this reading “Anxiously the others crowded around the lanky young inventor, who had fallen beside the new robot.”
someone who is the first to think of or make something
From this reading “Anxiously the others crowded around the lanky young inventor, who had fallen beside the new robot.”
tall and thin and having long slender limbs
From this reading “Anxiously the others crowded around the lanky young inventor, who had fallen beside the new robot.”
a mechanism that can move automatically
From this reading “THE ROBOT SPY'S STORY "Tom!" his father cried.”
possessive form of “spy” — (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
From this reading “THE ROBOT SPY'S STORY "Tom!" his father cried.”
past form of “urge” — force or impel in an indicated direction
From this reading “Bud urged.”
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.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading Give him air!"
with anxiety or apprehension
From this reading Anxiously the others crowded around the lanky young inventor, who had fallen beside the new robot.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Anxiously the others crowded around the lanky young inventor, who had fallen beside the new robot.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "Stand back!
next to; at the side of
From this reading Anxiously the others crowded around the lanky young inventor, who had fallen beside the new robot.
a partially opened flower
From this reading Bud urged.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading THE ROBOT SPY'S STORY "Tom!" his father cried.
overfilled or compacted or concentrated
From this reading Anxiously the others crowded around the lanky young inventor, who had fallen beside the new robot.
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading Anxiously the others crowded around the lanky young inventor, who had fallen beside the new robot.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading THE ROBOT SPY'S STORY "Tom!" his father cried.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Give him air!"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Anxiously the others crowded around the lanky young inventor, who had fallen beside the new robot.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Give him air!"
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE ROBOT SPY'S STORY "Tom!" his father cried.
someone who is the first to think of or make something
From this reading Anxiously the others crowded around the lanky young inventor, who had fallen beside the new robot.
tall and thin and having long slender limbs
From this reading Anxiously the others crowded around the lanky young inventor, who had fallen beside the new robot.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Anxiously the others crowded around the lanky young inventor, who had fallen beside the new robot.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Anxiously the others crowded around the lanky young inventor, who had fallen beside the new robot.
a mechanism that can move automatically
From this reading THE ROBOT SPY'S STORY "Tom!" his father cried.
possessive form of “spy” — (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
From this reading THE ROBOT SPY'S STORY "Tom!" his father cried.
be standing; be upright
From this reading "Stand back!
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading THE ROBOT SPY'S STORY "Tom!" his father cried.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ROBOT SPY'S STORY "Tom!" his father cried.
male cat
From this reading THE ROBOT SPY'S STORY "Tom!" his father cried.
past form of “urge” — force or impel in an indicated direction
From this reading Bud urged.
which person or people
From this reading Anxiously the others crowded around the lanky young inventor, who had fallen beside the new robot.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading Anxiously the others crowded around the lanky young inventor, who had fallen beside the new robot.
Chapter 20 of Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X by Victor, II Appleton holds 136 sentences, grouped into 28 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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