Chapter 7 of Life in a Thousand Worlds is here in full — 5 sentences across 1 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Life in a Thousand Worlds is here in full — 5 sentences across 1 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A World of Ideal Cities. Inhabitants described. Author made captive. Rich and poor. Ideal cities, how governed.
Chapter 7 of Life in a Thousand Worlds is here in full — 5 sentences across 1 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “Author made captive.”
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading “Author made captive.”
plural of “city” — a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading “A World of Ideal Cities.”
represented in words especially with sharpness and detail
From this reading “Inhabitants described.”
the body of people who are citizens of a particular government
From this reading “Ideal cities, how governed.”
conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal
From this reading “A World of Ideal Cities.”
plural of “inhabitant” — a person who inhabits a particular place
From this reading “Inhabitants described.”
possessing material wealth
From this reading “Rich and poor.”
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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 World of Ideal Cities.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Rich and poor.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading Author made captive.
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading Author made captive.
plural of “city” — a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading A World of Ideal Cities.
represented in words especially with sharpness and detail
From this reading Inhabitants described.
the body of people who are citizens of a particular government
From this reading Ideal cities, how governed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ideal cities, how governed.
conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal
From this reading A World of Ideal Cities.
plural of “inhabitant” — a person who inhabits a particular place
From this reading Inhabitants described.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Author made captive.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A World of Ideal Cities.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Rich and poor.
possessing material wealth
From this reading Rich and poor.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading A World of Ideal Cities.
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