Chapter 3 of QRM-Interplanetary is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of QRM-Interplanetary is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Nothing that I haven't been drinking since I first took to my second bottlehood some years ago." "You wouldn't be suffering from a hangover from that hangover you had a couple of weeks ago?" "Nope. I swore off. Never again will I try to drink a whole quart of Two Moons in one evening.
Chapter 3 of QRM-Interplanetary is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a pair who associate with one another
From this reading “"You wouldn't be suffering from a hangover from that hangover you had a couple of weeks ago?"”
the act of consuming liquids
From this reading “"Nothing that I haven't been drinking since I first took to my second bottlehood some years ago."”
disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol)
From this reading “"You wouldn't be suffering from a hangover from that hangover you had a couple of weeks ago?"”
plural of “moon” — the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading “Never again will I try to drink a whole quart of Two Moons in one evening.”
a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon
From this reading “Never again will I try to drink a whole quart of Two Moons in one evening.”
a state of acute pain
From this reading “"You wouldn't be suffering from a hangover from that hangover you had a couple of weeks ago?"”
inflected form of “swear” — utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading “I swore off.”
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “"You wouldn't be suffering from a hangover from that hangover you had a couple of weeks ago?"”
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 “"Nothing that I haven't been drinking since I first took to my second bottlehood some years ago."”
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 "You wouldn't be suffering from a hangover from that hangover you had a couple of weeks ago?"
anew
From this reading Never again will I try to drink a whole quart of Two Moons in one evening.
in the past
From this reading "Nothing that I haven't been drinking since I first took to my second bottlehood some years ago."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "You wouldn't be suffering from a hangover from that hangover you had a couple of weeks ago?"
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "Nothing that I haven't been drinking since I first took to my second bottlehood some years ago."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Nothing that I haven't been drinking since I first took to my second bottlehood some years ago."
a pair who associate with one another
From this reading "You wouldn't be suffering from a hangover from that hangover you had a couple of weeks ago?"
take in liquids
From this reading Never again will I try to drink a whole quart of Two Moons in one evening.
the act of consuming liquids
From this reading "Nothing that I haven't been drinking since I first took to my second bottlehood some years ago."
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading Never again will I try to drink a whole quart of Two Moons in one evening.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading "Nothing that I haven't been drinking since I first took to my second bottlehood some years ago."
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "You wouldn't be suffering from a hangover from that hangover you had a couple of weeks ago?"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "You wouldn't be suffering from a hangover from that hangover you had a couple of weeks ago?"
disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol)
From this reading "You wouldn't be suffering from a hangover from that hangover you had a couple of weeks ago?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Nothing that I haven't been drinking since I first took to my second bottlehood some years ago."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Nothing that I haven't been drinking since I first took to my second bottlehood some years ago."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Never again will I try to drink a whole quart of Two Moons in one evening.
plural of “moon” — the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading Never again will I try to drink a whole quart of Two Moons in one evening.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Nothing that I haven't been drinking since I first took to my second bottlehood some years ago."
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Never again will I try to drink a whole quart of Two Moons in one evening.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Nope.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "Nothing that I haven't been drinking since I first took to my second bottlehood some years ago."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "You wouldn't be suffering from a hangover from that hangover you had a couple of weeks ago?"
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I swore off.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Never again will I try to drink a whole quart of Two Moons in one evening.
a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon
From this reading Never again will I try to drink a whole quart of Two Moons in one evening.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading "Nothing that I haven't been drinking since I first took to my second bottlehood some years ago."
from a time in the past until now
From this reading "Nothing that I haven't been drinking since I first took to my second bottlehood some years ago."
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Nothing that I haven't been drinking since I first took to my second bottlehood some years ago."
a state of acute pain
From this reading "You wouldn't be suffering from a hangover from that hangover you had a couple of weeks ago?"
inflected form of “swear” — utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading I swore off.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Nothing that I haven't been drinking since I first took to my second bottlehood some years ago."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Nothing that I haven't been drinking since I first took to my second bottlehood some years ago."
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading "Nothing that I haven't been drinking since I first took to my second bottlehood some years ago."
make an effort or attempt
From this reading Never again will I try to drink a whole quart of Two Moons in one evening.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Never again will I try to drink a whole quart of Two Moons in one evening.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading "You wouldn't be suffering from a hangover from that hangover you had a couple of weeks ago?"
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading Never again will I try to drink a whole quart of Two Moons in one evening.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Never again will I try to drink a whole quart of Two Moons in one evening.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You wouldn't be suffering from a hangover from that hangover you had a couple of weeks ago?"
a late time of life
From this reading "Nothing that I haven't been drinking since I first took to my second bottlehood some years ago."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You wouldn't be suffering from a hangover from that hangover you had a couple of weeks ago?"
Chapter 3 of QRM-Interplanetary by George O. (George Oliver) Smith holds 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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 3 holds 400 sentences of QRM-Interplanetary, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
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