Chapter 2 of Child of the Sun is here in full — 522 sentences across 105 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Child of the Sun is here in full — 522 sentences across 105 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I have lived, where my race died. I have watched the planets cool and live and die. I am not immortal. My mass grows less as it drains away through my shell. But it will be a long, long time.
Chapter 2 of Child of the Sun is here in full — 522 sentences across 105 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading “I have watched the planets cool and live and die.”
plural of “drain” — emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
From this reading “My mass grows less as it drains away through my shell.”
third-person singular of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading “My mass grows less as it drains away through my shell.”
Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)
From this reading “I am not immortal.”
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading “My mass grows less as it drains away through my shell.”
plural of “planet” — (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light
From this reading “I have watched the planets cool and live and die.”
any competition
From this reading “"I have lived, where my race died.”
ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
From this reading “My mass grows less as it drains away through my shell.”
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.
a prolonged period of time
In this reading “But it will be a long, long time.”
In this reading “My mass grows less as it drains away through my shell.”
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 But it will be a long, long time.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am not immortal.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have watched the planets cool and live and die.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading My mass grows less as it drains away through my shell.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading My mass grows less as it drains away through my shell.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But it will be a long, long time.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But it will be a long, long time.
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading I have watched the planets cool and live and die.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading I have watched the planets cool and live and die.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading "I have lived, where my race died.
plural of “drain” — emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
From this reading My mass grows less as it drains away through my shell.
third-person singular of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading My mass grows less as it drains away through my shell.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have lived, where my race died.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I have lived, where my race died.
Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)
From this reading I am not immortal.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading My mass grows less as it drains away through my shell.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading My mass grows less as it drains away through my shell.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading I have watched the planets cool and live and die.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading "I have lived, where my race died.
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 But it will be a long, long time.
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading My mass grows less as it drains away through my shell.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I have lived, where my race died.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I am not immortal.
plural of “planet” — (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light
From this reading I have watched the planets cool and live and die.
any competition
From this reading "I have lived, where my race died.
ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
From this reading My mass grows less as it drains away through my shell.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I have watched the planets cool and live and die.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading My mass grows less as it drains away through my shell.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading But it will be a long, long time.
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading I have watched the planets cool and live and die.
in or at the place that
From this reading "I have lived, where my race died.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading But it will be a long, long time.
Chapter 2 of Child of the Sun by Leigh Brackett holds 522 sentences, grouped into 105 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 2 holds 522 sentences of Child of the Sun, unabridged, divided into 105 reading sections.
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