Chapter 10 of Lost on Venus is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Lost on Venus is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Absolutely," replied Nalte. "As long as I live I shall never forget that face." A plan, perhaps I had better call it an inspiration, shot into my mind. "I am going to follow him," I said. "I shall be back soon; hope for the best."
Chapter 10 of Lost on Venus is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “"Absolutely," replied Nalte.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “A plan, perhaps I had better call it an inspiration, shot into my mind.”
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading “"I am going to follow him," I said.”
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “"As long as I live I shall never forget that face."”
arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity
From this reading “A plan, perhaps I had better call it an inspiration, shot into my mind.”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “"As long as I live I shall never forget that face."”
have the will and intention to carry out some action
From this reading “A plan, perhaps I had better call it an inspiration, shot into my mind.”
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading “A plan, perhaps I had better call it an inspiration, shot into my mind.”
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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 plan, perhaps I had better call it an inspiration, shot into my mind.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading "Absolutely," replied Nalte.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I am going to follow him," I said.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading A plan, perhaps I had better call it an inspiration, shot into my mind.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "As long as I live I shall never forget that face."
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "I shall be back soon; hope for the best."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "I shall be back soon; hope for the best."
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading "I shall be back soon; hope for the best."
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading A plan, perhaps I had better call it an inspiration, shot into my mind.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading A plan, perhaps I had better call it an inspiration, shot into my mind.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading "As long as I live I shall never forget that face."
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading "I am going to follow him," I said.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "I shall be back soon; hope for the best."
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading "As long as I live I shall never forget that face."
the act of departing
From this reading "I am going to follow him," I said.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A plan, perhaps I had better call it an inspiration, shot into my mind.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I am going to follow him," I said.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading "I shall be back soon; hope for the best."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "As long as I live I shall never forget that face."
arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity
From this reading A plan, perhaps I had better call it an inspiration, shot into my mind.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A plan, perhaps I had better call it an inspiration, shot into my mind.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A plan, perhaps I had better call it an inspiration, shot into my mind.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading "As long as I live I shall never forget that face."
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading "As long as I live I shall never forget that face."
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading A plan, perhaps I had better call it an inspiration, shot into my mind.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading A plan, perhaps I had better call it an inspiration, shot into my mind.
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From this reading "Absolutely," replied Nalte.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "As long as I live I shall never forget that face."
by chance
From this reading A plan, perhaps I had better call it an inspiration, shot into my mind.
have the will and intention to carry out some action
From this reading A plan, perhaps I had better call it an inspiration, shot into my mind.
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading "Absolutely," replied Nalte.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I am going to follow him," I said.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "As long as I live I shall never forget that face."
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading A plan, perhaps I had better call it an inspiration, shot into my mind.
in the near future
From this reading "I shall be back soon; hope for the best."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "As long as I live I shall never forget that face."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I shall be back soon; hope for the best."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I am going to follow him," I said.
Chapter 10 of Lost on Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs holds 426 sentences, grouped into 86 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 10 holds 426 sentences of Lost on Venus, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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