Chapter 1 of Let Space Be Your Coffin is here in full — 603 sentences across 121 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Let Space Be Your Coffin is here in full — 603 sentences across 121 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Bert hated Miles, and secretly plotted to kill him. It all seemed simple, yet murder can be complicated--especially in the void!... Bert thought savagely, _I'm going to kill you, Miles Berendt. You've always lorded it over me--thought you were something extra special when we were kids. Now you've practically taken over the business I helped build.
Chapter 1 of Let Space Be Your Coffin is here in full — 603 sentences across 121 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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difficult to analyze or understand
From this reading “It all seemed simple, yet murder can be complicated--especially in the void!...”
more than is needed, desired, or required
From this reading “You've always lorded it over me--thought you were something extra special when we were kids.”
plural of “kid” — a young person of either sex
From this reading “You've always lorded it over me--thought you were something extra special when we were kids.”
with planning and intention
From this reading “Bert hated Miles, and secretly plotted to kill him.”
almost; nearly
From this reading “Now you've practically taken over the business I helped build.”
in a vicious manner
From this reading “Bert thought savagely, _I'm going to kill you, Miles Berendt.”
in secrecy; not openly
From this reading “Bert hated Miles, and secretly plotted to kill him.”
lacking any legal or binding force
From this reading “It all seemed simple, yet murder can be complicated--especially in the void!...”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading It all seemed simple, yet murder can be complicated--especially in the void!...
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading You've always lorded it over me--thought you were something extra special when we were kids.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Bert hated Miles, and secretly plotted to kill him.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It all seemed simple, yet murder can be complicated--especially in the void!...
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bert thought savagely, _I'm going to kill you, Miles Berendt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bert hated Miles, and secretly plotted to kill him.
make by combining materials and parts
From this reading Now you've practically taken over the business I helped build.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading Now you've practically taken over the business I helped build.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading It all seemed simple, yet murder can be complicated--especially in the void!...
difficult to analyze or understand
From this reading It all seemed simple, yet murder can be complicated--especially in the void!...
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading It all seemed simple, yet murder can be complicated--especially in the void!...
more than is needed, desired, or required
From this reading You've always lorded it over me--thought you were something extra special when we were kids.
the act of departing
From this reading Bert thought savagely, _I'm going to kill you, Miles Berendt.
treated with dislike or contempt
From this reading Bert hated Miles, and secretly plotted to kill him.
past form of “help” — give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading Now you've practically taken over the business I helped build.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Bert hated Miles, and secretly plotted to kill him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Now you've practically taken over the business I helped build.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bert thought savagely, _I'm going to kill you, Miles Berendt.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It all seemed simple, yet murder can be complicated--especially in the void!...
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It all seemed simple, yet murder can be complicated--especially in the void!...
plural of “kid” — a young person of either sex
From this reading You've always lorded it over me--thought you were something extra special when we were kids.
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading Bert hated Miles, and secretly plotted to kill him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You've always lorded it over me--thought you were something extra special when we were kids.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You've always lorded it over me--thought you were something extra special when we were kids.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading Bert hated Miles, and secretly plotted to kill him.
kill intentionally and with premeditation
From this reading It all seemed simple, yet murder can be complicated--especially in the void!...
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now you've practically taken over the business I helped build.
above and across; more than
From this reading You've always lorded it over me--thought you were something extra special when we were kids.
with planning and intention
From this reading Bert hated Miles, and secretly plotted to kill him.
almost; nearly
From this reading Now you've practically taken over the business I helped build.
in a vicious manner
From this reading Bert thought savagely, _I'm going to kill you, Miles Berendt.
in secrecy; not openly
From this reading Bert hated Miles, and secretly plotted to kill him.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading It all seemed simple, yet murder can be complicated--especially in the void!...
having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
From this reading It all seemed simple, yet murder can be complicated--especially in the void!...
a thing, without saying which
From this reading You've always lorded it over me--thought you were something extra special when we were kids.
unique or specific to a person or thing or category
From this reading You've always lorded it over me--thought you were something extra special when we were kids.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading Now you've practically taken over the business I helped build.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It all seemed simple, yet murder can be complicated--especially in the void!...
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Bert thought savagely, _I'm going to kill you, Miles Berendt.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Bert hated Miles, and secretly plotted to kill him.
lacking any legal or binding force
From this reading It all seemed simple, yet murder can be complicated--especially in the void!...
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading You've always lorded it over me--thought you were something extra special when we were kids.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You've always lorded it over me--thought you were something extra special when we were kids.
at the time that
From this reading You've always lorded it over me--thought you were something extra special when we were kids.
but in spite of that
From this reading It all seemed simple, yet murder can be complicated--especially in the void!...
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Bert thought savagely, _I'm going to kill you, Miles Berendt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You've always lorded it over me--thought you were something extra special when we were kids.
Chapter 1 of Let Space Be Your Coffin by S. M. Tenneshaw holds 603 sentences, grouped into 121 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 603 sentences of Let Space Be Your Coffin, unabridged, divided into 121 reading sections.
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