Chapter 7 of Earth Alert! is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Earth Alert! is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Oh, _damn_! she thought. This happened once before. How long will it last this time? A great chill exploded in her body. ... suppose--?
Chapter 7 of Earth Alert! is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading “A great chill exploded in her body.”
coldness due to a cold environment
From this reading “A great chill exploded in her body.”
used as expletives
showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another
From this reading “A great chill exploded in her body.”
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading “This happened once before.”
immediately past
From this reading “How long will it last this time?”
on one occasion
From this reading “This happened once before.”
express a supposition
From this reading “... suppose--?”
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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 A great chill exploded in her body.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading This happened once before.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading A great chill exploded in her body.
coldness due to a cold environment
From this reading A great chill exploded in her body.
used as expletives
From this reading Oh, _damn_! she thought.
showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another
From this reading A great chill exploded in her body.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading A great chill exploded in her body.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading This happened once before.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A great chill exploded in her body.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How long will it last this time?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A great chill exploded in her body.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading How long will it last this time?
immediately past
From this reading How long will it last this time?
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 How long will it last this time?
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, _damn_! she thought.
on one occasion
From this reading This happened once before.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Oh, _damn_! she thought.
express a supposition
From this reading ... suppose--?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This happened once before.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Oh, _damn_! she thought.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading How long will it last this time?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading How long will it last this time?
Chapter 7 of Earth Alert! by Kris Neville holds 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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 7 holds 437 sentences of Earth Alert!, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Earth Alert! by Kris Neville exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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.
Work through the 88 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 88 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Earth Alert!, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
