Chapter 8 of Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Rip closed his eyes and relaxed. The pain in his arm was less now, and he knew the cold was setting in. He was getting light-headed, and most of all he wanted to sleep. Well, why not? He slumped a little inside the suit.
Chapter 8 of Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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not open or affording passage or access
From this reading “Rip closed his eyes and relaxed.”
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
From this reading “He slumped a little inside the suit.”
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading “The pain in his arm was less now, and he knew the cold was setting in.”
without strain or anxiety
From this reading “Rip closed his eyes and relaxed.”
tear or be torn violently
From this reading “Rip closed his eyes and relaxed.”
the context and environment in which something is set
From this reading “The pain in his arm was less now, and he knew the cold was setting in.”
past form of “slump” — assume a drooping posture or carriage
From this reading “He slumped a little inside the suit.”
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading “He slumped a little inside the suit.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He slumped a little inside the suit.
(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 He was getting light-headed, and most of all he wanted to sleep.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Rip closed his eyes and relaxed.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading The pain in his arm was less now, and he knew the cold was setting in.
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading Rip closed his eyes and relaxed.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading The pain in his arm was less now, and he knew the cold was setting in.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Rip closed his eyes and relaxed.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading He was getting light-headed, and most of all he wanted to sleep.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The pain in his arm was less now, and he knew the cold was setting in.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Rip closed his eyes and relaxed.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The pain in his arm was less now, and he knew the cold was setting in.
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
From this reading He slumped a little inside the suit.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading The pain in his arm was less now, and he knew the cold was setting in.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading The pain in his arm was less now, and he knew the cold was setting in.
weak and likely to lose consciousness
From this reading He was getting light-headed, and most of all he wanted to sleep.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading He slumped a little inside the suit.
used to form the superlative
From this reading He was getting light-headed, and most of all he wanted to sleep.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Well, why not?
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading The pain in his arm was less now, and he knew the cold was setting in.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was getting light-headed, and most of all he wanted to sleep.
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading The pain in his arm was less now, and he knew the cold was setting in.
without strain or anxiety
From this reading Rip closed his eyes and relaxed.
tear or be torn violently
From this reading Rip closed his eyes and relaxed.
the context and environment in which something is set
From this reading The pain in his arm was less now, and he knew the cold was setting in.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading He was getting light-headed, and most of all he wanted to sleep.
past form of “slump” — assume a drooping posture or carriage
From this reading He slumped a little inside the suit.
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading He slumped a little inside the suit.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The pain in his arm was less now, and he knew the cold was setting in.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was getting light-headed, and most of all he wanted to sleep.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading He was getting light-headed, and most of all he wanted to sleep.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The pain in his arm was less now, and he knew the cold was setting in.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, why not?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Well, why not?
Chapter 8 of Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin holds 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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 8 holds 411 sentences of Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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