Chapter 1 of Novice is here in full — 452 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Novice is here in full — 452 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction June 1962. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. A novice is one who is inexperienced--but that doesn't mean incompetent. Nor does it mean stupid! There was, Telzey Amberdon thought, someone besides TT and herself in the garden.
Chapter 1 of Novice is here in full — 452 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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something having the property of being analogous to something else
From this reading “This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction June 1962.”
a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
From this reading “Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.”
someone who is not competent to take effective action
From this reading “A novice is one who is inexperienced--but that doesn't mean incompetent.”
lacking practical experience or training
From this reading “A novice is one who is inexperienced--but that doesn't mean incompetent.”
someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows
From this reading “A novice is one who is inexperienced--but that doesn't mean incompetent.”
a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
From this reading “Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.”
systematic investigation to establish facts
From this reading “Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.”
remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
From this reading “Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.”
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In this reading “Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.”
In this reading “There was, Telzey Amberdon thought, someone besides TT and herself in the garden.”
In this reading “This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction June 1962.”
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From this reading This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction June 1962.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A novice is one who is inexperienced--but that doesn't mean incompetent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was, Telzey Amberdon thought, someone besides TT and herself in the garden.
something having the property of being analogous to something else
From this reading This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction June 1962.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was, Telzey Amberdon thought, someone besides TT and herself in the garden.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
in addition to; as well as
From this reading There was, Telzey Amberdon thought, someone besides TT and herself in the garden.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A novice is one who is inexperienced--but that doesn't mean incompetent.
a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
From this reading Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Nor does it mean stupid!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A novice is one who is inexperienced--but that doesn't mean incompetent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction June 1962.
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
From this reading Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
From this reading Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction June 1962.
a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
From this reading This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction June 1962.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction June 1962.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading There was, Telzey Amberdon thought, someone besides TT and herself in the garden.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading There was, Telzey Amberdon thought, someone besides TT and herself in the garden.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was, Telzey Amberdon thought, someone besides TT and herself in the garden.
someone who is not competent to take effective action
From this reading A novice is one who is inexperienced--but that doesn't mean incompetent.
lacking practical experience or training
From this reading A novice is one who is inexperienced--but that doesn't mean incompetent.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A novice is one who is inexperienced--but that doesn't mean incompetent.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Nor does it mean stupid!
the month following May and preceding July
From this reading This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction June 1962.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading A novice is one who is inexperienced--but that doesn't mean incompetent.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Nor does it mean stupid!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows
From this reading A novice is one who is inexperienced--but that doesn't mean incompetent.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A novice is one who is inexperienced--but that doesn't mean incompetent.
past form of “produce” — bring forth or yield
From this reading This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction June 1962.
a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
From this reading Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
restored to a new condition
From this reading Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
systematic investigation to establish facts
From this reading Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
a particular branch of scientific knowledge
From this reading This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction June 1962.
a person, without saying who
From this reading There was, Telzey Amberdon thought, someone besides TT and herself in the garden.
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading Nor does it mean stupid!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was, Telzey Amberdon thought, someone besides TT and herself in the garden.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was, Telzey Amberdon thought, someone besides TT and herself in the garden.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction June 1962.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading There was, Telzey Amberdon thought, someone besides TT and herself in the garden.
(astronomy) a measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion; terrestrial time is mean solar time corrected for the irregularities of the Earth's motions
From this reading There was, Telzey Amberdon thought, someone besides TT and herself in the garden.
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
From this reading Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction June 1962.
which person or people
From this reading A novice is one who is inexperienced--but that doesn't mean incompetent.
Chapter 1 of Novice by James H. Schmitz holds 452 sentences, grouped into 91 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 452 sentences of Novice, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Novice by James H. Schmitz exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 452 sentences, grouped into 91 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.
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