Chapter 1 of I, Mars is here in full — 471 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of I, Mars is here in full — 471 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Alone on Mars, yet not alone ... For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead! The phone rang. A grey hand lifted the receiver. “Hello?”
Chapter 1 of I, Mars is here in full — 471 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
-ing form of “hate” — dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
From this reading “For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!”
an expression of greeting
From this reading ““Hello?””
a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color
From this reading “Alone on Mars, yet not alone ...”
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 “The phone rang.”
any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
From this reading “For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!”
set that receives radio or tv signals
From this reading “A grey hand lifted the receiver.”
plural of “self” — your consciousness of your own identity
From this reading “For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!”
-ing form of “torment” — torment emotionally or mentally
From this reading “For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!”
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.
continue to live and avoid dying
In this reading “For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A grey hand lifted the receiver.
Having no one else present.
From this reading Alone on Mars, yet not alone ...
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading A grey hand lifted the receiver.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading A grey hand lifted the receiver.
-ing form of “hate” — dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
an expression of greeting
From this reading “Hello?”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
plural of “hope” — a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
held up in the air
From this reading A grey hand lifted the receiver.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color
From this reading Alone on Mars, yet not alone ...
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Alone on Mars, yet not alone ...
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Alone on Mars, yet not alone ...
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 The phone rang.
any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
inflected form of “ring” — sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading The phone rang.
set that receives radio or tv signals
From this reading A grey hand lifted the receiver.
plural of “self” — your consciousness of your own identity
From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The phone rang.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
-ing form of “torment” — torment emotionally or mentally
From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
but in spite of that
From this reading Alone on Mars, yet not alone ...
used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father
From this reading For old Barton’s younger selves lived on, hating, tormenting him for his living proof that their hopes were dead!
Chapter 1 of I, Mars by Ray Bradbury holds 471 sentences, grouped into 95 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 471 sentences of I, Mars, unabridged, divided into 95 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of I, Mars by Ray Bradbury exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 471 sentences, grouped into 95 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.
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