Chapter 9 of Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The communicator buzzed. "Take any appropriate action. You're on your own. Sorry. Sending the cruisers is all we can do.
Chapter 9 of Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 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.
something done (usually as opposed to something said)
From this reading “"Take any appropriate action.”
give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
From this reading “"Take any appropriate action.”
past form of “buzz” — make a buzzing sound
From this reading “The communicator buzzed.”
a person who communicates with others
From this reading “The communicator buzzed.”
plural of “cruiser” — a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
From this reading “Sending the cruisers is all we can do.”
the act of causing something to go (especially messages)
From this reading “Sending the cruisers is all we can do.”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “Sorry.”
carry out
From this reading “"Take any appropriate action.”
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.
something done (usually as opposed to something said)
From this reading "Take any appropriate action.
(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 Sending the cruisers is all we can do.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "Take any appropriate action.
give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
From this reading "Take any appropriate action.
past form of “buzz” — make a buzzing sound
From this reading The communicator buzzed.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Sending the cruisers is all we can do.
a person who communicates with others
From this reading The communicator buzzed.
plural of “cruiser” — a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
From this reading Sending the cruisers is all we can do.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Sending the cruisers is all we can do.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Sending the cruisers is all we can do.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading You're on your own.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading You're on your own.
the act of causing something to go (especially messages)
From this reading Sending the cruisers is all we can do.
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading Sorry.
carry out
From this reading "Take any appropriate action.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The communicator buzzed.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Sending the cruisers is all we can do.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You're on your own.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You're on your own.
Chapter 9 of Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin 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 9 holds 400 sentences of Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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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