Chapter 1 of Mr. Loneliness is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Mr. Loneliness is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
It is lonely out there in space. Very, very lonely! A man needs to see a human face, hear a human voice. So visitors have to be sent out somehow--by some means. There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.
Chapter 1 of Mr. Loneliness is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)
From this reading “There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.”
inflected form of “blow” — exhale hard
From this reading “There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.”
provoking fear terror
From this reading “There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.”
the act of making something slightly wet
From this reading “There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.”
salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
From this reading “There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.”
informal terms for clothing
From this reading “There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.”
plural of “visitor” — someone who visits
From this reading “So visitors have to be sent out somehow--by some means.”
plural of “wind” — air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading “There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.”
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In this reading “A man needs to see a human face, hear a human voice.”
In this reading “So visitors have to be sent out somehow--by some means.”
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
In this reading “A man needs to see a human face, hear a human voice.”
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 man needs to see a human face, hear a human voice.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.
any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)
From this reading There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading So visitors have to be sent out somehow--by some means.
inflected form of “blow” — exhale hard
From this reading There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.
the part of the face above the eyes
From this reading There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading So visitors have to be sent out somehow--by some means.
provoking fear terror
From this reading There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.
the act of making something slightly wet
From this reading There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading A man needs to see a human face, hear a human voice.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading So visitors have to be sent out somehow--by some means.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading A man needs to see a human face, hear a human voice.
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
From this reading There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.
characteristic of humanity
From this reading A man needs to see a human face, hear a human voice.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It is lonely out there in space.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is lonely out there in space.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is lonely out there in space.
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading It is lonely out there in space.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading A man needs to see a human face, hear a human voice.
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading So visitors have to be sent out somehow--by some means.
in such a manner as could not be otherwise
From this reading A man needs to see a human face, hear a human voice.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading It is lonely out there in space.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading A man needs to see a human face, hear a human voice.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading So visitors have to be sent out somehow--by some means.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So visitors have to be sent out somehow--by some means.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading So visitors have to be sent out somehow--by some means.
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading So visitors have to be sent out somehow--by some means.
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
From this reading It is lonely out there in space.
salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
From this reading There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.
in or at that place or location
From this reading It is lonely out there in space.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.
informal terms for clothing
From this reading There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A man needs to see a human face, hear a human voice.
precisely as stated
From this reading Very, very lonely!
plural of “visitor” — someone who visits
From this reading So visitors have to be sent out somehow--by some means.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading A man needs to see a human face, hear a human voice.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.
plural of “wind” — air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.
in the company of; together with
From this reading There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There were winds on the asteroid, and they blew in threads of heat and cold, chilling your feet and dampening your brow with sweat.
Chapter 1 of Mr. Loneliness by Henry Slesar holds 188 sentences, grouped into 38 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 188 sentences of Mr. Loneliness, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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