Chapter 2 of Prospector's Special is here in full — 449 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Prospector's Special is here in full — 449 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I'm not dead yet!" Morrison shouted at them. He drew his revolver and fired at the nearest wolf. At twenty feet, he missed. He went down on one knee, held the revolver tightly in both hands and fired again.
Chapter 2 of Prospector's Special is here in full — 449 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having lost your job
From this reading “He drew his revolver and fired at the nearest wolf.”
hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading “He went down on one knee, held the revolver tightly in both hands and fired again.”
not caught with the senses or the mind
From this reading “At twenty feet, he missed.”
United States rock singer (1943-1971)
From this reading “Morrison shouted at them.”
(superlative of “near” or “close”) within the shortest distance
From this reading “He drew his revolver and fired at the nearest wolf.”
a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
From this reading “He drew his revolver and fired at the nearest wolf.”
in a tight or constricted manner
From this reading “He went down on one knee, held the revolver tightly in both hands and fired again.”
any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading “He drew his revolver and fired at the nearest wolf.”
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 “At twenty feet, he missed.”
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
In this reading “He went down on one knee, held the revolver tightly in both hands and fired again.”
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.
anew
From this reading He went down on one knee, held the revolver tightly in both hands and fired again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He drew his revolver and fired at the nearest wolf.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Morrison shouted at them.
the two together, not just one
From this reading He went down on one knee, held the revolver tightly in both hands and fired again.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading "I'm not dead yet!"
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading He went down on one knee, held the revolver tightly in both hands and fired again.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading He drew his revolver and fired at the nearest wolf.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading At twenty feet, he missed.
having lost your job
From this reading He drew his revolver and fired at the nearest wolf.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading He went down on one knee, held the revolver tightly in both hands and fired again.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He drew his revolver and fired at the nearest wolf.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading He went down on one knee, held the revolver tightly in both hands and fired again.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He drew his revolver and fired at the nearest wolf.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'm not dead yet!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He went down on one knee, held the revolver tightly in both hands and fired again.
hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading He went down on one knee, held the revolver tightly in both hands and fired again.
not caught with the senses or the mind
From this reading At twenty feet, he missed.
United States rock singer (1943-1971)
From this reading Morrison shouted at them.
(superlative of “near” or “close”) within the shortest distance
From this reading He drew his revolver and fired at the nearest wolf.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I'm not dead yet!"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He went down on one knee, held the revolver tightly in both hands and fired again.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He went down on one knee, held the revolver tightly in both hands and fired again.
a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
From this reading He drew his revolver and fired at the nearest wolf.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading Morrison shouted at them.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He drew his revolver and fired at the nearest wolf.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Morrison shouted at them.
in a tight or constricted manner
From this reading He went down on one knee, held the revolver tightly in both hands and fired again.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading At twenty feet, he missed.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading He went down on one knee, held the revolver tightly in both hands and fired again.
any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading He drew his revolver and fired at the nearest wolf.
but in spite of that
From this reading "I'm not dead yet!"
Chapter 2 of Prospector's Special by Robert Sheckley holds 449 sentences, grouped into 90 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 2 holds 449 sentences of Prospector's Special, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Prospector's Special by Robert Sheckley exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 449 sentences, grouped into 90 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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