Chapter 1 of Brigands of the Moon is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Brigands of the Moon is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Something invisible! I could hear it moving. Creeping toward us. I pulled the grids off my ears. Snap murmured, "You've got a local phone?"
Chapter 1 of Brigands of the Moon is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 52/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 256–260
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
From this reading “Creeping toward us.”
plural of “grid” — a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines
From this reading “I pulled the grids off my ears.”
impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye
From this reading “Something invisible!”
relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area
From this reading “Snap murmured, "You've got a local phone?"”
in motion
From this reading “I could hear it moving.”
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading “Snap murmured, "You've got a local phone?"”
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading “I pulled the grids off my ears.”
utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading “Snap murmured, "You've got a local phone?"”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Snap murmured, "You've got a local phone?"
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I could hear it moving.
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
From this reading Creeping toward us.
plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading I pulled the grids off my ears.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Snap murmured, "You've got a local phone?"
plural of “grid” — a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines
From this reading I pulled the grids off my ears.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading I could hear it moving.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I could hear it moving.
impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye
From this reading Something invisible!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I could hear it moving.
relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area
From this reading Snap murmured, "You've got a local phone?"
in motion
From this reading I could hear it moving.
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading Snap murmured, "You've got a local phone?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I pulled the grids off my ears.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I pulled the grids off my ears.
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading Snap murmured, "You've got a local phone?"
past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling
From this reading I pulled the grids off my ears.
utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading Snap murmured, "You've got a local phone?"
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something invisible!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I pulled the grids off my ears.
in the direction of
From this reading Creeping toward us.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Creeping toward us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Snap murmured, "You've got a local phone?"
Chapter 1 of Brigands of the Moon by Ray Cummings holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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 415 sentences of Brigands of the Moon, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Brigands of the Moon by Ray Cummings exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
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