Chapter 9 of Anything You Can Do ... is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Anything You Can Do ... is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Stanton closed one eye and gave Yoritomo the glance askance. "Aw, come _awwn_, George! A technological race without a written language? That's impossible!" "Ah, no.
Chapter 9 of Anything You Can Do ... is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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with suspicion or disapproval
From this reading “Stanton closed one eye and gave Yoritomo the glance askance.”
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading “Stanton closed one eye and gave Yoritomo the glance askance.”
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading “"Aw, come _awwn_, George!”
throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading “Stanton closed one eye and gave Yoritomo the glance askance.”
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
From this reading “A technological race without a written language?”
any competition
From this reading “A technological race without a written language?”
United States suffragist and feminist; called for reform of the practices that perpetuated sexual inequality (1815-1902)
From this reading “Stanton closed one eye and gave Yoritomo the glance askance.”
based in scientific and industrial progress
From this reading “A technological race without a written language?”
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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 A technological race without a written language?
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From this reading "Ah, no.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Stanton closed one eye and gave Yoritomo the glance askance.
with suspicion or disapproval
From this reading Stanton closed one eye and gave Yoritomo the glance askance.
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From this reading "Aw, come _awwn_, George!
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From this reading "Aw, come _awwn_, George!
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading Stanton closed one eye and gave Yoritomo the glance askance.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Aw, come _awwn_, George!
the organ of sight
From this reading Stanton closed one eye and gave Yoritomo the glance askance.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Stanton closed one eye and gave Yoritomo the glance askance.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading "Aw, come _awwn_, George!
throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading Stanton closed one eye and gave Yoritomo the glance askance.
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
From this reading That's impossible!"
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
From this reading A technological race without a written language?
not any; not one
From this reading "Ah, no.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Stanton closed one eye and gave Yoritomo the glance askance.
any competition
From this reading A technological race without a written language?
United States suffragist and feminist; called for reform of the practices that perpetuated sexual inequality (1815-1902)
From this reading Stanton closed one eye and gave Yoritomo the glance askance.
based in scientific and industrial progress
From this reading A technological race without a written language?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's impossible!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Stanton closed one eye and gave Yoritomo the glance askance.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading A technological race without a written language?
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading A technological race without a written language?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stanton closed one eye and gave Yoritomo the glance askance.
Chapter 9 of Anything You Can Do ... by Randall Garrett holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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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