Chapter 9 of Pagan Passions is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 9 of Pagan Passions is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"All right," she said. "You're right. We shouldn't be losing our tempers just now. But I didn't start--" "Didn't you?" the stranger said. Kathy shrugged.
Chapter 9 of Pagan Passions is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
-ing form of “lose” — fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “We shouldn't be losing our tempers just now.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “"All right," she said.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “"All right," she said.”
inflected form of “shrug” — raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation
From this reading “Kathy shrugged.”
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “But I didn't start--" "Didn't you?" the stranger said.”
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading “But I didn't start--" "Didn't you?" the stranger said.”
plural of “temper” — a sudden outburst of anger
From this reading “We shouldn't be losing our tempers just now.”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "All right," she said.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We shouldn't be losing our tempers just now.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I didn't start--" "Didn't you?" the stranger said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I didn't start--" "Didn't you?" the stranger said.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But I didn't start--" "Didn't you?" the stranger said.
and nothing more
From this reading We shouldn't be losing our tempers just now.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Kathy shrugged.
-ing form of “lose” — fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading We shouldn't be losing our tempers just now.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading We shouldn't be losing our tempers just now.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We shouldn't be losing our tempers just now.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "All right," she said.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "All right," she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "All right," she said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We shouldn't be losing our tempers just now.
inflected form of “shrug” — raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation
From this reading Kathy shrugged.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading But I didn't start--" "Didn't you?" the stranger said.
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading But I didn't start--" "Didn't you?" the stranger said.
plural of “temper” — a sudden outburst of anger
From this reading We shouldn't be losing our tempers just now.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But I didn't start--" "Didn't you?" the stranger said.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We shouldn't be losing our tempers just now.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But I didn't start--" "Didn't you?" the stranger said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You're right.
Chapter 9 of Pagan Passions by Randall Garrett holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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 9 holds 406 sentences of Pagan Passions, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Pagan Passions by Randall Garrett exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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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