Chapter 9 of Earth Alert! is here in full — 617 sentences across 124 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of Earth Alert! is here in full — 617 sentences across 124 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Julia saw the bright lights behind her. They blinded her in the rear-view mirror until she knocked the mirror out of focus. She glanced at the speedometer. She was going as fast as the engine would permit. She was weary from the beat of the motor and the ache of steady driving.
Chapter 9 of Earth Alert! is here in full — 617 sentences across 124 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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feel physical pain
From this reading “She was weary from the beat of the motor and the ache of steady driving.”
deprived of sight
From this reading “They blinded her in the rear-view mirror until she knocked the mirror out of focus.”
motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
From this reading “She was going as fast as the engine would permit.”
the concentration of attention or energy on something
From this reading “They blinded her in the rear-view mirror until she knocked the mirror out of focus.”
polished surface that forms images by reflecting light
From this reading “They blinded her in the rear-view mirror until she knocked the mirror out of focus.”
machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
From this reading “She was weary from the beat of the motor and the ache of steady driving.”
a legal document giving official permission to do something
From this reading “She was going as fast as the engine would permit.”
a meter fixed to a vehicle that measures and displays its speed
From this reading “She glanced at the speedometer.”
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 “She glanced at the speedometer.”
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.
feel physical pain
From this reading She was weary from the beat of the motor and the ache of steady driving.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was weary from the beat of the motor and the ache of steady driving.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She was going as fast as the engine would permit.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She glanced at the speedometer.
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
From this reading She was weary from the beat of the motor and the ache of steady driving.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Julia saw the bright lights behind her.
deprived of sight
From this reading They blinded her in the rear-view mirror until she knocked the mirror out of focus.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading Julia saw the bright lights behind her.
having the power of driving or impelling
From this reading She was weary from the beat of the motor and the ache of steady driving.
motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
From this reading She was going as fast as the engine would permit.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading She was going as fast as the engine would permit.
the concentration of attention or energy on something
From this reading They blinded her in the rear-view mirror until she knocked the mirror out of focus.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She was weary from the beat of the motor and the ache of steady driving.
past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading She glanced at the speedometer.
the act of departing
From this reading She was going as fast as the engine would permit.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Julia saw the bright lights behind her.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They blinded her in the rear-view mirror until she knocked the mirror out of focus.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Julia saw the bright lights behind her.
past form of “knock” — deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading They blinded her in the rear-view mirror until she knocked the mirror out of focus.
plural of “light” — (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
From this reading Julia saw the bright lights behind her.
polished surface that forms images by reflecting light
From this reading They blinded her in the rear-view mirror until she knocked the mirror out of focus.
machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion
From this reading She was weary from the beat of the motor and the ache of steady driving.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They blinded her in the rear-view mirror until she knocked the mirror out of focus.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading They blinded her in the rear-view mirror until she knocked the mirror out of focus.
a legal document giving official permission to do something
From this reading She was going as fast as the engine would permit.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They blinded her in the rear-view mirror until she knocked the mirror out of focus.
cut with a saw
From this reading Julia saw the bright lights behind her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They blinded her in the rear-view mirror until she knocked the mirror out of focus.
a meter fixed to a vehicle that measures and displays its speed
From this reading She glanced at the speedometer.
make steady
From this reading She was weary from the beat of the motor and the ache of steady driving.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Julia saw the bright lights behind her.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They blinded her in the rear-view mirror until she knocked the mirror out of focus.
up to a particular time
From this reading They blinded her in the rear-view mirror until she knocked the mirror out of focus.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was going as fast as the engine would permit.
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
From this reading She was weary from the beat of the motor and the ache of steady driving.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She was going as fast as the engine would permit.
Chapter 9 of Earth Alert! by Kris Neville holds 617 sentences, grouped into 124 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 9 holds 617 sentences of Earth Alert!, unabridged, divided into 124 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Earth Alert! by Kris Neville exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 617 sentences, grouped into 124 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 124 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 124 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 9 can be played aloud in United States English.
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