Chapter 1 of Always a Qurono is here in full — 352 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Always a Qurono is here in full — 352 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
You too can be a Qurono. All you need do is geoplanct. All you need know is when to stop! Barnhart sauntered right into the middle of them. He covertly watched the crew close in around him and he never twitched an eyelash.
Chapter 1 of Always a Qurono is here in full — 352 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a covert manner
From this reading “He covertly watched the crew close in around him and he never twitched an eyelash.”
the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
From this reading “He covertly watched the crew close in around him and he never twitched an eyelash.”
any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
From this reading “He covertly watched the crew close in around him and he never twitched an eyelash.”
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
From this reading “Barnhart sauntered right into the middle of them.”
a condition requiring relief
From this reading “All you need do is geoplanct.”
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading “All you need know is when to stop!”
past form of “twitch” — make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
From this reading “He covertly watched the crew close in around him and he never twitched an eyelash.”
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading “He covertly watched the crew close in around him and he never twitched an eyelash.”
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 “Barnhart sauntered right into the middle of them.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading You too can be a Qurono.
(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 All you need do is geoplanct.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He covertly watched the crew close in around him and he never twitched an eyelash.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He covertly watched the crew close in around him and he never twitched an eyelash.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading He covertly watched the crew close in around him and he never twitched an eyelash.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Barnhart sauntered right into the middle of them.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading You too can be a Qurono.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading You too can be a Qurono.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading He covertly watched the crew close in around him and he never twitched an eyelash.
in a covert manner
From this reading He covertly watched the crew close in around him and he never twitched an eyelash.
the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
From this reading He covertly watched the crew close in around him and he never twitched an eyelash.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading All you need do is geoplanct.
any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
From this reading He covertly watched the crew close in around him and he never twitched an eyelash.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All you need do is geoplanct.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He covertly watched the crew close in around him and he never twitched an eyelash.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He covertly watched the crew close in around him and he never twitched an eyelash.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He covertly watched the crew close in around him and he never twitched an eyelash.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Barnhart sauntered right into the middle of them.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All you need do is geoplanct.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading All you need know is when to stop!
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
From this reading Barnhart sauntered right into the middle of them.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading All you need do is geoplanct.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading He covertly watched the crew close in around him and he never twitched an eyelash.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Barnhart sauntered right into the middle of them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You too can be a Qurono.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Barnhart sauntered right into the middle of them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Barnhart sauntered right into the middle of them.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading All you need know is when to stop!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Barnhart sauntered right into the middle of them.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Barnhart sauntered right into the middle of them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All you need know is when to stop!
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading You too can be a Qurono.
past form of “twitch” — make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
From this reading He covertly watched the crew close in around him and he never twitched an eyelash.
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading He covertly watched the crew close in around him and he never twitched an eyelash.
at the time that
From this reading All you need know is when to stop!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You too can be a Qurono.
Chapter 1 of Always a Qurono by Jim Harmon holds 352 sentences, grouped into 71 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 352 sentences of Always a Qurono, unabridged, divided into 71 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Always a Qurono by Jim Harmon exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 352 sentences, grouped into 71 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 71 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 71 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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About 29 minutes of reading across 71 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Always a Qurono, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
