Chapter 1 of Eight Keys to Eden is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Eight Keys to Eden is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide! Hide! Witch! A Woman's Place Clerical Error What Now, Little Man? Do Unto Others SHORT STORIES What Have I Done?
Chapter 1 of Eight Keys to Eden is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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related by common characteristics or ancestry
From this reading “NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!”
of or relating to clerks
From this reading “A Woman's Place Clerical Error What Now, Little Man?”
separate into parts or portions
From this reading “NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!”
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading “NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!”
plural of “key” — metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
From this reading “NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!”
plural of “novel” — an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
From this reading “NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!”
plural of “partition” — a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
From this reading “NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!”
a female sorcerer or magician
From this reading “Witch!”
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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 Woman's Place Clerical Error What Now, Little Man?
related by common characteristics or ancestry
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
of or relating to clerks
From this reading A Woman's Place Clerical Error What Now, Little Man?
separate into parts or portions
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do Unto Others SHORT STORIES What Have I Done?
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading Do Unto Others SHORT STORIES What Have I Done?
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
being one more than seven
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading A Woman's Place Clerical Error What Now, Little Man?
for a limitless time
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Do Unto Others SHORT STORIES What Have I Done?
prevent from being seen or discovered
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
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From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Do Unto Others SHORT STORIES What Have I Done?
plural of “key” — metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading A Woman's Place Clerical Error What Now, Little Man?
any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading A Woman's Place Clerical Error What Now, Little Man?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
plural of “novel” — an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading A Woman's Place Clerical Error What Now, Little Man?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Do Unto Others SHORT STORIES What Have I Done?
plural of “partition” — a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading A Woman's Place Clerical Error What Now, Little Man?
on the contrary
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
the ability to recall past occurrences
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
precisely, exactly
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
a general conscious awareness
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading Do Unto Others SHORT STORIES What Have I Done?
(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading Do Unto Others SHORT STORIES What Have I Done?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
an old word for “to”
From this reading Do Unto Others SHORT STORIES What Have I Done?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading NOVELS Eight Keys To Eden They'd Rather Be Right* The Forever Machine* NOVELETTES Remembrance and Reflection How Allied What Thin Partitions** Sense From Thought Divide Star, Bright Hide!
a female sorcerer or magician
From this reading Witch!
possessive form of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading A Woman's Place Clerical Error What Now, Little Man?
Chapter 1 of Eight Keys to Eden by Mark Clifton 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 1 holds 410 sentences of Eight Keys to Eden, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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