Chapter 5 of Beyond the stars is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Beyond the stars is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
There was a long silence. Then she said, “I think . . yes, someone thought to me, _The Man of Language will come to you_.” “Is that all, Dolores?”
Chapter 5 of Beyond the stars is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “. yes, someone thought to me, _The Man of Language will come to you_.””
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
From this reading “. yes, someone thought to me, _The Man of Language will come to you_.””
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading “There was a long silence.”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “There was a long silence.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “. yes, someone thought to me, _The Man of Language will come to you_.””
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “Then she said, “I think .”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “. yes, someone thought to me, _The Man of Language will come to you_.””
an affirmative
From this reading “. yes, someone thought to me, _The Man of Language will come to you_.””
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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 “There was a long silence.”
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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 There was a long silence.
(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 “Is that all, Dolores?”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading . yes, someone thought to me, _The Man of Language will come to you_.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Is that all, Dolores?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Then she said, “I think .
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Is that all, Dolores?”
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
From this reading . yes, someone thought to me, _The Man of Language will come to you_.”
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading There was a long silence.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading . yes, someone thought to me, _The Man of Language will come to you_.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading . yes, someone thought to me, _The Man of Language will come to you_.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading . yes, someone thought to me, _The Man of Language will come to you_.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Then she said, “I think .
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then she said, “I think .
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading There was a long silence.
a person, without saying who
From this reading . yes, someone thought to me, _The Man of Language will come to you_.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Is that all, Dolores?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading . yes, someone thought to me, _The Man of Language will come to you_.”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then she said, “I think .
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was a long silence.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Then she said, “I think .
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading . yes, someone thought to me, _The Man of Language will come to you_.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading . yes, someone thought to me, _The Man of Language will come to you_.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a long silence.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading . yes, someone thought to me, _The Man of Language will come to you_.”
an affirmative
From this reading . yes, someone thought to me, _The Man of Language will come to you_.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading . yes, someone thought to me, _The Man of Language will come to you_.”
Chapter 5 of Beyond the stars by Ray Cummings holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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 5 holds 409 sentences of Beyond the stars, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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