text_original: Redgrave sent a signal down to Murgatroyd to reverse engines, as it were, or, in other words, to direct the "R. Force" against the planet, from which they were now only a couple of hundred thousand miles distant. The next moment the sun and stars seemed to halt in their courses.
text_transcription: RED GRAVE SENT A SIGNAL DOWN TO MURGATORY TO REVERSE ENGINES AS IT WERE OR IN OTHER WORDS TO DIRECT THE R FORCE AGAINST THE PLANET FROM WHICH THERE WERE NOW ONLY A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES DISTANT THE NEXT MOMENT THE SUN AND STARS SEEMED TO HALT IN THEIR COURSES
phonemes: ɹˈɛdɡɹeɪv sˈɛnt ɐ sˈɪɡnəl dˌaʊn tə mˈɜːɡɐtɹˌɔɪd tə ɹᵻvˈɜːs ˈɛndʒɪnz, æz ɪt wɜː, ɔːɹ, ɪn ˈʌðɚ wˈɜːdz, tə dᵻɹˈɛkt ðə "ˈɑːɹ. fˈɔːɹs" ɐɡˈɛnst ðə plˈænɪt, fɹʌm wˈɪtʃ ðeɪ wɜː nˈaʊ ˈoʊnli ɐ kˈʌpəl ʌv hˈʌndɹɪd θˈaʊzənd mˈaɪlz dˈɪstənt. ðə nˈɛkst mˈoʊmənt ðə sˈʌn ænd stˈɑːɹz sˈiːmd tə hˈɔlt ɪn ðɛɹ kˈɔːɹsᵻz.