Chapter 2 of Eastern Standard Tribe is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Eastern Standard Tribe is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
##Junta (private): I beg your pardon? Trepan: /private Junta She's crazy. She just got off the phone with some kinda lawyer in the States. Says she can get $5*10^5 at least, and will split with me if I don't dispute. ##Junta (private): Bloody Americans.
Chapter 2 of Eastern Standard Tribe is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “american” — a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading “##Junta (private): Bloody Americans.”
having or covered with or accompanied by blood
From this reading “##Junta (private): Bloody Americans.”
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading “Trepan: /private Junta She's crazy.”
take exception to
From this reading “Says she can get $5*10^5 at least, and will split with me if I don't dispute.”
a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power
From this reading “##Junta (private): I beg your pardon?”
to some (great or small) extent
From this reading “She just got off the phone with some kinda lawyer in the States.”
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 “She just got off the phone with some kinda lawyer in the States.”
separate into parts or portions
From this reading “Says she can get $5*10^5 at least, and will split with me if I don't dispute.”
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From this reading Says she can get $5*10^5 at least, and will split with me if I don't dispute.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Says she can get $5*10^5 at least, and will split with me if I don't dispute.
plural of “american” — a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading ##Junta (private): Bloody Americans.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Says she can get $5*10^5 at least, and will split with me if I don't dispute.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Says she can get $5*10^5 at least, and will split with me if I don't dispute.
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading ##Junta (private): I beg your pardon?
having or covered with or accompanied by blood
From this reading ##Junta (private): Bloody Americans.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Says she can get $5*10^5 at least, and will split with me if I don't dispute.
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading Trepan: /private Junta She's crazy.
take exception to
From this reading Says she can get $5*10^5 at least, and will split with me if I don't dispute.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Says she can get $5*10^5 at least, and will split with me if I don't dispute.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Says she can get $5*10^5 at least, and will split with me if I don't dispute.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading She just got off the phone with some kinda lawyer in the States.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ##Junta (private): I beg your pardon?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Says she can get $5*10^5 at least, and will split with me if I don't dispute.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She just got off the phone with some kinda lawyer in the States.
a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power
From this reading ##Junta (private): I beg your pardon?
and nothing more
From this reading She just got off the phone with some kinda lawyer in the States.
to some (great or small) extent
From this reading She just got off the phone with some kinda lawyer in the States.
a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
From this reading She just got off the phone with some kinda lawyer in the States.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading Says she can get $5*10^5 at least, and will split with me if I don't dispute.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Says she can get $5*10^5 at least, and will split with me if I don't dispute.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading She just got off the phone with some kinda lawyer in the States.
accept an excuse for
From this reading ##Junta (private): I beg your pardon?
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 She just got off the phone with some kinda lawyer in the States.
confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
From this reading ##Junta (private): I beg your pardon?
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading Says she can get $5*10^5 at least, and will split with me if I don't dispute.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She just got off the phone with some kinda lawyer in the States.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Trepan: /private Junta She's crazy.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading She just got off the phone with some kinda lawyer in the States.
separate into parts or portions
From this reading Says she can get $5*10^5 at least, and will split with me if I don't dispute.
plural of “state” — the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading She just got off the phone with some kinda lawyer in the States.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She just got off the phone with some kinda lawyer in the States.
a surgical instrument used to remove sections of bone from the skull
From this reading Trepan: /private Junta She's crazy.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Says she can get $5*10^5 at least, and will split with me if I don't dispute.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She just got off the phone with some kinda lawyer in the States.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ##Junta (private): I beg your pardon?
Chapter 2 of Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 410 sentences of Eastern Standard Tribe, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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