Chapter 8 of Slave Planet is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of Slave Planet is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Then he heard a voice say: "Cadnan," and all other thought fled. The voice was hers, Dara's. He saw her, ahead, and went to her quickly. She had not been hurt. That fact sent a wave of relief through him, a wave so strong that for a second he could barely stand.
Chapter 8 of Slave Planet is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
at or in the front
From this reading “He saw her, ahead, and went to her quickly.”
only a very short time before
From this reading “That fact sent a wave of relief through him, a wave so strong that for a second he could barely stand.”
inflected form of “flee” — run away quickly
From this reading “Then he heard a voice say: "Cadnan," and all other thought fled.”
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading “The voice was hers, Dara's.”
be the source of pain
From this reading “She had not been hurt.”
with speed
From this reading “He saw her, ahead, and went to her quickly.”
the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
From this reading “That fact sent a wave of relief through him, a wave so strong that for a second he could barely stand.”
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading “That fact sent a wave of relief through him, a wave so strong that for a second he could barely stand.”
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 “That fact sent a wave of relief through him, a wave so strong that for a second he could barely stand.”
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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 Then he heard a voice say: "Cadnan," and all other thought fled.
at or in the front
From this reading He saw her, ahead, and went to her quickly.
(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 Then he heard a voice say: "Cadnan," and all other thought fled.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then he heard a voice say: "Cadnan," and all other thought fled.
only a very short time before
From this reading That fact sent a wave of relief through him, a wave so strong that for a second he could barely stand.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She had not been hurt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then he heard a voice say: "Cadnan," and all other thought fled.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading That fact sent a wave of relief through him, a wave so strong that for a second he could barely stand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The voice was hers, Dara's.
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading That fact sent a wave of relief through him, a wave so strong that for a second he could barely stand.
inflected form of “flee” — run away quickly
From this reading Then he heard a voice say: "Cadnan," and all other thought fled.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading That fact sent a wave of relief through him, a wave so strong that for a second he could barely stand.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had not been hurt.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then he heard a voice say: "Cadnan," and all other thought fled.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Then he heard a voice say: "Cadnan," and all other thought fled.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He saw her, ahead, and went to her quickly.
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading The voice was hers, Dara's.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That fact sent a wave of relief through him, a wave so strong that for a second he could barely stand.
be the source of pain
From this reading She had not been hurt.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She had not been hurt.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That fact sent a wave of relief through him, a wave so strong that for a second he could barely stand.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Then he heard a voice say: "Cadnan," and all other thought fled.
with speed
From this reading He saw her, ahead, and went to her quickly.
the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
From this reading That fact sent a wave of relief through him, a wave so strong that for a second he could barely stand.
cut with a saw
From this reading He saw her, ahead, and went to her quickly.
express in words
From this reading Then he heard a voice say: "Cadnan," and all other thought fled.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading That fact sent a wave of relief through him, a wave so strong that for a second he could barely stand.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading That fact sent a wave of relief through him, a wave so strong that for a second he could barely stand.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had not been hurt.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading That fact sent a wave of relief through him, a wave so strong that for a second he could barely stand.
be standing; be upright
From this reading That fact sent a wave of relief through him, a wave so strong that for a second he could barely stand.
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading That fact sent a wave of relief through him, a wave so strong that for a second he could barely stand.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That fact sent a wave of relief through him, a wave so strong that for a second he could barely stand.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The voice was hers, Dara's.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he heard a voice say: "Cadnan," and all other thought fled.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Then he heard a voice say: "Cadnan," and all other thought fled.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading That fact sent a wave of relief through him, a wave so strong that for a second he could barely stand.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He saw her, ahead, and went to her quickly.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Then he heard a voice say: "Cadnan," and all other thought fled.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The voice was hers, Dara's.
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading That fact sent a wave of relief through him, a wave so strong that for a second he could barely stand.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading He saw her, ahead, and went to her quickly.
Chapter 8 of Slave Planet by Laurence M. Janifer holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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 421 sentences of Slave Planet, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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