Chapter 3 of Mars Is My Destination is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Mars Is My Destination is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Joan also looked a trifle uneasy. She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again. I got up quietly and pressed her wrist. "See you," I said. She shut the book abruptly and straightened in her chair.
Chapter 3 of Mars Is My Destination is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
quickly and without warning
From this reading “She shut the book abruptly and straightened in her chair.”
giving or marked by complete attention to
From this reading “She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.”
look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
From this reading “She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.”
raise the level or amount of something
From this reading “She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.”
past form of “straighten” — straighten up or out; make straight
From this reading “She shut the book abruptly and straightened in her chair.”
a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
From this reading “Joan also looked a trifle uneasy.”
lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
From this reading “Joan also looked a trifle uneasy.”
a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
From this reading “I got up quietly and pressed her wrist.”
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.
In this reading “She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.”
In this reading “She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.”
rise to one's feet
In this reading “I got up quietly and pressed her wrist.”
In this reading “She shut the book abruptly and straightened in her chair.”
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 Joan also looked a trifle uneasy.
quickly and without warning
From this reading She shut the book abruptly and straightened in her chair.
giving or marked by complete attention to
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
anew
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
in addition
From this reading Joan also looked a trifle uneasy.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
inflected form of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading She shut the book abruptly and straightened in her chair.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
opinion or judgment
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I got up quietly and pressed her wrist.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I got up quietly and pressed her wrist.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Joan also looked a trifle uneasy.
and nothing more
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
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 She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Joan also looked a trifle uneasy.
compacted by ironing
From this reading I got up quietly and pressed her wrist.
with low volume
From this reading I got up quietly and pressed her wrist.
raise the level or amount of something
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "See you," I said.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "See you," I said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading She shut the book abruptly and straightened in her chair.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
past form of “straighten” — straighten up or out; make straight
From this reading She shut the book abruptly and straightened in her chair.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She stopped reading just long enough to raise her eyes and frown, then became absorbed in the book again.
a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
From this reading Joan also looked a trifle uneasy.
lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
From this reading Joan also looked a trifle uneasy.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I got up quietly and pressed her wrist.
a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
From this reading I got up quietly and pressed her wrist.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "See you," I said.
Chapter 3 of Mars Is My Destination by Frank Belknap Long holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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 3 holds 416 sentences of Mars Is My Destination, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Mars Is My Destination by Frank Belknap Long exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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.
Work through the 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 84 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 3 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading Mars Is My Destination by Frank Belknap Long on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 3429 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #51125 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #51125, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 285 minutes of reading across 686 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Mars Is My Destination section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 8 chapters of Mars Is My Destination to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Mars Is My Destination, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
