Chapter 5 of People Minus X is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 5 of People Minus X is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
And Tom Granger began his broadcasts again: "Androids--your numbers are relatively few. You could not win against us. And we would take you back--kindly--to become people again. Most of you once were human beings. You were meant to be that..."
Chapter 5 of People Minus X is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 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.
plural of “android” — an automaton that resembles a human being
From this reading “And Tom Granger began his broadcasts again: "Androids--your numbers are relatively few.”
plural of “being” — the state or fact of existing
From this reading “Most of you once were human beings.”
plural of “broadcast” — message that is transmitted by radio or television
From this reading “And Tom Granger began his broadcasts again: "Androids--your numbers are relatively few.”
a person who operates a farm
From this reading “And Tom Granger began his broadcasts again: "Androids--your numbers are relatively few.”
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
From this reading “And we would take you back--kindly--to become people again.”
the fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt
From this reading “And Tom Granger began his broadcasts again: "Androids--your numbers are relatively few.”
in a relative manner; by comparison to something else
From this reading “And Tom Granger began his broadcasts again: "Androids--your numbers are relatively few.”
be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious
From this reading “You could not win against us.”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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anew
From this reading And Tom Granger began his broadcasts again: "Androids--your numbers are relatively few.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading You could not win against us.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And Tom Granger began his broadcasts again: "Androids--your numbers are relatively few.
plural of “android” — an automaton that resembles a human being
From this reading And Tom Granger began his broadcasts again: "Androids--your numbers are relatively few.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And Tom Granger began his broadcasts again: "Androids--your numbers are relatively few.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading And we would take you back--kindly--to become people again.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading You were meant to be that..."
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading And we would take you back--kindly--to become people again.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading And Tom Granger began his broadcasts again: "Androids--your numbers are relatively few.
plural of “being” — the state or fact of existing
From this reading Most of you once were human beings.
plural of “broadcast” — message that is transmitted by radio or television
From this reading And Tom Granger began his broadcasts again: "Androids--your numbers are relatively few.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading You could not win against us.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading And Tom Granger began his broadcasts again: "Androids--your numbers are relatively few.
a person who operates a farm
From this reading And Tom Granger began his broadcasts again: "Androids--your numbers are relatively few.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And Tom Granger began his broadcasts again: "Androids--your numbers are relatively few.
characteristic of humanity
From this reading Most of you once were human beings.
showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
From this reading And we would take you back--kindly--to become people again.
inflected form of “mean” — mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading You were meant to be that..."
used to form the superlative
From this reading Most of you once were human beings.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading You could not win against us.
the fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt
From this reading And Tom Granger began his broadcasts again: "Androids--your numbers are relatively few.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Most of you once were human beings.
on one occasion
From this reading Most of you once were human beings.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading And we would take you back--kindly--to become people again.
in a relative manner; by comparison to something else
From this reading And Tom Granger began his broadcasts again: "Androids--your numbers are relatively few.
carry out
From this reading And we would take you back--kindly--to become people again.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You were meant to be that..."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And we would take you back--kindly--to become people again.
male cat
From this reading And Tom Granger began his broadcasts again: "Androids--your numbers are relatively few.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You could not win against us.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading And we would take you back--kindly--to become people again.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Most of you once were human beings.
be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious
From this reading You could not win against us.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And we would take you back--kindly--to become people again.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You could not win against us.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And Tom Granger began his broadcasts again: "Androids--your numbers are relatively few.
Chapter 5 of People Minus X by Raymond Z. (Raymond Zinke) Gallun holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 5 holds 401 sentences of People Minus X, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of People Minus X by Raymond Z. (Raymond Zinke) Gallun exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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