Chapter 12 of Cosmic Saboteur is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Cosmic Saboteur is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"_You didn't succeed, Martin. Come on--wake up so I can tell it to your face. You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body. There had been the shot and he had felt himself falling and then there had been a voice.... Tanner's voice.
Chapter 12 of Cosmic Saboteur is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “ape” — any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
From this reading “You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.”
for a limitless time
From this reading “You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.”
inflected form of “gag” — prevent from speaking out
From this reading “You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.”
a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
From this reading “You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.”
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading “"_You didn't succeed, Martin.”
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading “You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.”
attain success or reach a desired goal
From this reading “"_You didn't succeed, Martin.”
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “Come on--wake up so I can tell it to your face.”
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.
In this reading “You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.”
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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 had been the shot and he had felt himself falling and then there had been a voice....
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.
plural of “ape” — any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
From this reading You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There had been the shot and he had felt himself falling and then there had been a voice....
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Come on--wake up so I can tell it to your face.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come on--wake up so I can tell it to your face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "_You didn't succeed, Martin.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Come on--wake up so I can tell it to your face.
decreasing in amount or degree
From this reading There had been the shot and he had felt himself falling and then there had been a voice....
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading There had been the shot and he had felt himself falling and then there had been a voice....
for a limitless time
From this reading You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.
inflected form of “gag” — prevent from speaking out
From this reading You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There had been the shot and he had felt himself falling and then there had been a voice....
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading There had been the shot and he had felt himself falling and then there had been a voice....
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Come on--wake up so I can tell it to your face.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Come on--wake up so I can tell it to your face.
a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
From this reading You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading "_You didn't succeed, Martin.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Come on--wake up so I can tell it to your face.
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.
especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
From this reading You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading There had been the shot and he had felt himself falling and then there had been a voice....
lift onto one's shoulders
From this reading You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Come on--wake up so I can tell it to your face.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.
attain success or reach a desired goal
From this reading "_You didn't succeed, Martin.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tanner's voice.
express in words
From this reading Come on--wake up so I can tell it to your face.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There had been the shot and he had felt himself falling and then there had been a voice....
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading You and the rest of the apes have lost forever!_" He stirred and gagged and then rolled on his side, feeling the pain from his shoulder lance through his body.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Come on--wake up so I can tell it to your face.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Come on--wake up so I can tell it to your face.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading There had been the shot and he had felt himself falling and then there had been a voice....
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading Come on--wake up so I can tell it to your face.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "_You didn't succeed, Martin.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Come on--wake up so I can tell it to your face.
Chapter 12 of Cosmic Saboteur by Frank M. Robinson holds 120 sentences, grouped into 24 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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