Chapter 2 of Blood on my jets is here in full — 506 sentences across 102 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Blood on my jets is here in full — 506 sentences across 102 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
That sent me off. I knew why I hadn't been picked up, all right--they were waiting for me to blow this deal open for them. Maybe, if I did that, they'd forget I'd killed one of them. I'd have to do a really good job, though. But I wasn't doing too much reasoning, right then.
Chapter 2 of Blood on my jets is here in full — 506 sentences across 102 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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exhale hard
From this reading “I knew why I hadn't been picked up, all right--they were waiting for me to blow this deal open for them.”
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading “I knew why I hadn't been picked up, all right--they were waiting for me to blow this deal open for them.”
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “Maybe, if I did that, they'd forget I'd killed one of them.”
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading “I'd have to do a really good job, though.”
past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading “Maybe, if I did that, they'd forget I'd killed one of them.”
by chance
From this reading “Maybe, if I did that, they'd forget I'd killed one of them.”
past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group
From this reading “I knew why I hadn't been picked up, all right--they were waiting for me to blow this deal open for them.”
thinking that is coherent and logical
From this reading “But I wasn't doing too much reasoning, right then.”
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take and lift upward
In this reading “I knew why I hadn't been picked up, all right--they were waiting for me to blow this deal open for them.”
In this reading “I'd have to do a really good job, though.”
In this reading “I knew why I hadn't been picked up, all right--they were waiting for me to blow this deal open for them.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 I'd have to do a really good job, though.
(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 I knew why I hadn't been picked up, all right--they were waiting for me to blow this deal open for them.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I knew why I hadn't been picked up, all right--they were waiting for me to blow this deal open for them.
exhale hard
From this reading I knew why I hadn't been picked up, all right--they were waiting for me to blow this deal open for them.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I wasn't doing too much reasoning, right then.
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
From this reading I knew why I hadn't been picked up, all right--they were waiting for me to blow this deal open for them.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Maybe, if I did that, they'd forget I'd killed one of them.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I'd have to do a really good job, though.
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading But I wasn't doing too much reasoning, right then.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I knew why I hadn't been picked up, all right--they were waiting for me to blow this deal open for them.
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading Maybe, if I did that, they'd forget I'd killed one of them.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading I'd have to do a really good job, though.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I knew why I hadn't been picked up, all right--they were waiting for me to blow this deal open for them.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I'd have to do a really good job, though.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I knew why I hadn't been picked up, all right--they were waiting for me to blow this deal open for them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Maybe, if I did that, they'd forget I'd killed one of them.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Maybe, if I did that, they'd forget I'd killed one of them.
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading I'd have to do a really good job, though.
past form of “kill” — cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading Maybe, if I did that, they'd forget I'd killed one of them.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I knew why I hadn't been picked up, all right--they were waiting for me to blow this deal open for them.
by chance
From this reading Maybe, if I did that, they'd forget I'd killed one of them.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That sent me off.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading But I wasn't doing too much reasoning, right then.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Maybe, if I did that, they'd forget I'd killed one of them.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading That sent me off.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Maybe, if I did that, they'd forget I'd killed one of them.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading I knew why I hadn't been picked up, all right--they were waiting for me to blow this deal open for them.
past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group
From this reading I knew why I hadn't been picked up, all right--they were waiting for me to blow this deal open for them.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading I'd have to do a really good job, though.
thinking that is coherent and logical
From this reading But I wasn't doing too much reasoning, right then.
precisely, exactly
From this reading I knew why I hadn't been picked up, all right--they were waiting for me to blow this deal open for them.
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From this reading That sent me off.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That sent me off.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I knew why I hadn't been picked up, all right--they were waiting for me to blow this deal open for them.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading But I wasn't doing too much reasoning, right then.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I knew why I hadn't been picked up, all right--they were waiting for me to blow this deal open for them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Maybe, if I did that, they'd forget I'd killed one of them.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I knew why I hadn't been picked up, all right--they were waiting for me to blow this deal open for them.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading I'd have to do a really good job, though.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I knew why I hadn't been picked up, all right--they were waiting for me to blow this deal open for them.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading But I wasn't doing too much reasoning, right then.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I knew why I hadn't been picked up, all right--they were waiting for me to blow this deal open for them.
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading I knew why I hadn't been picked up, all right--they were waiting for me to blow this deal open for them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I wasn't doing too much reasoning, right then.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I knew why I hadn't been picked up, all right--they were waiting for me to blow this deal open for them.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading I knew why I hadn't been picked up, all right--they were waiting for me to blow this deal open for them.
Chapter 2 of Blood on my jets by Algis Budrys holds 506 sentences, grouped into 102 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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