Chapter 1 of What Inhabits Me? is here in full — 503 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of What Inhabits Me? is here in full — 503 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHAT INHABITS ME? _What vast secrets would it hold? What startling discoveries ... what dire news would it bring back after twenty lost years out in deep space? Fearfully men watched the awesome_ Andromeda _glide into the Plutonian spaceport_. Here the universe was so quiet you could hear space creaking and groaning from its internal stresses.
Chapter 1 of What Inhabits Me? is here in full — 503 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers
From this reading “Fearfully men watched the awesome_ Andromeda _glide into the Plutonian spaceport_.”
inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
a squeaking sound
From this reading “Here the universe was so quiet you could hear space creaking and groaning from its internal stresses.”
fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
From this reading “What startling discoveries ... what dire news would it bring back after twenty lost years out in deep space?”
move smoothly and effortlessly
third-person singular of “inhabit” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “WHAT INHABITS ME?”
of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus
From this reading “Fearfully men watched the awesome_ Andromeda _glide into the Plutonian spaceport_.”
plural of “stress” — the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
From this reading “Here the universe was so quiet you could hear space creaking and groaning from its internal stresses.”
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In this reading “What startling discoveries ... what dire news would it bring back after twenty lost years out in deep space?”
In this reading “Fearfully men watched the awesome_ Andromeda _glide into the Plutonian spaceport_.”
bring back to the point of departure
In this reading “What startling discoveries ... what dire news would it bring back after twenty lost years out in deep space?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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later than; following
From this reading What startling discoveries ... what dire news would it bring back after twenty lost years out in deep space?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Here the universe was so quiet you could hear space creaking and groaning from its internal stresses.
broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers
From this reading Fearfully men watched the awesome_ Andromeda _glide into the Plutonian spaceport_.
inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
From this reading Fearfully men watched the awesome_ Andromeda _glide into the Plutonian spaceport_.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading What startling discoveries ... what dire news would it bring back after twenty lost years out in deep space?
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading What startling discoveries ... what dire news would it bring back after twenty lost years out in deep space?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Here the universe was so quiet you could hear space creaking and groaning from its internal stresses.
a squeaking sound
From this reading Here the universe was so quiet you could hear space creaking and groaning from its internal stresses.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading What startling discoveries ... what dire news would it bring back after twenty lost years out in deep space?
fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
From this reading What startling discoveries ... what dire news would it bring back after twenty lost years out in deep space?
plural of “discovery” — the act of discovering something
From this reading What startling discoveries ... what dire news would it bring back after twenty lost years out in deep space?
in fear
From this reading Fearfully men watched the awesome_ Andromeda _glide into the Plutonian spaceport_.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Here the universe was so quiet you could hear space creaking and groaning from its internal stresses.
move smoothly and effortlessly
From this reading Fearfully men watched the awesome_ Andromeda _glide into the Plutonian spaceport_.
-ing form of “groan” — indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
From this reading Here the universe was so quiet you could hear space creaking and groaning from its internal stresses.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Here the universe was so quiet you could hear space creaking and groaning from its internal stresses.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here the universe was so quiet you could hear space creaking and groaning from its internal stresses.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading _What vast secrets would it hold?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading What startling discoveries ... what dire news would it bring back after twenty lost years out in deep space?
third-person singular of “inhabit” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading WHAT INHABITS ME?
happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface
From this reading Here the universe was so quiet you could hear space creaking and groaning from its internal stresses.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Fearfully men watched the awesome_ Andromeda _glide into the Plutonian spaceport_.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _What vast secrets would it hold?
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Here the universe was so quiet you could hear space creaking and groaning from its internal stresses.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading What startling discoveries ... what dire news would it bring back after twenty lost years out in deep space?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading WHAT INHABITS ME?
the force of workers available
From this reading Fearfully men watched the awesome_ Andromeda _glide into the Plutonian spaceport_.
information about recent and important events
From this reading What startling discoveries ... what dire news would it bring back after twenty lost years out in deep space?
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading What startling discoveries ... what dire news would it bring back after twenty lost years out in deep space?
of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus
From this reading Fearfully men watched the awesome_ Andromeda _glide into the Plutonian spaceport_.
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading Here the universe was so quiet you could hear space creaking and groaning from its internal stresses.
plural of “secret” — something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
From this reading _What vast secrets would it hold?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Here the universe was so quiet you could hear space creaking and groaning from its internal stresses.
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading What startling discoveries ... what dire news would it bring back after twenty lost years out in deep space?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Fearfully men watched the awesome_ Andromeda _glide into the Plutonian spaceport_.
so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm
From this reading What startling discoveries ... what dire news would it bring back after twenty lost years out in deep space?
plural of “stress” — the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
From this reading Here the universe was so quiet you could hear space creaking and groaning from its internal stresses.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Fearfully men watched the awesome_ Andromeda _glide into the Plutonian spaceport_.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading What startling discoveries ... what dire news would it bring back after twenty lost years out in deep space?
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Here the universe was so quiet you could hear space creaking and groaning from its internal stresses.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading _What vast secrets would it hold?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Here the universe was so quiet you could hear space creaking and groaning from its internal stresses.
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading Fearfully men watched the awesome_ Andromeda _glide into the Plutonian spaceport_.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHAT INHABITS ME?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading _What vast secrets would it hold?
a late time of life
From this reading What startling discoveries ... what dire news would it bring back after twenty lost years out in deep space?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Here the universe was so quiet you could hear space creaking and groaning from its internal stresses.
Chapter 1 of What Inhabits Me? by Robert Moore Williams holds 503 sentences, grouped into 101 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 1 holds 503 sentences of What Inhabits Me?, unabridged, divided into 101 reading sections.
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