Chapter 3 of Supermind is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Supermind is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Who knows?” Boyd said. “Maybe they’re trying to get rid of American gangsters so they can import some of their own.” “That doesn’t make any sense,” Malone said, “but I’ll think about it. In the meantime, we have one more interesting question.”
Chapter 3 of Supermind is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading ““Maybe they’re trying to get rid of American gangsters so they can import some of their own.””
plural of “gangster” — a criminal who is a member of gang
From this reading ““Maybe they’re trying to get rid of American gangsters so they can import some of their own.””
commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
From this reading ““Maybe they’re trying to get rid of American gangsters so they can import some of their own.””
arousing or holding the attention
From this reading “In the meantime, we have one more interesting question.””
English scholar remembered for his chronology of Shakespeare's plays and his editions of Shakespeare and Dryden (1741-1812)
From this reading ““That doesn’t make any sense,” Malone said, “but I’ll think about it.”
by chance
From this reading ““Maybe they’re trying to get rid of American gangsters so they can import some of their own.””
the time between one event, process, or period and another
From this reading “In the meantime, we have one more interesting question.””
relieve from
From this reading ““Maybe they’re trying to get rid of American gangsters so they can import some of their own.””
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “That doesn’t make any sense,” Malone said, “but I’ll think about it.
a native or inhabitant of the United States
From this reading “Maybe they’re trying to get rid of American gangsters so they can import some of their own.”
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading “That doesn’t make any sense,” Malone said, “but I’ll think about it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Boyd said.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “That doesn’t make any sense,” Malone said, “but I’ll think about it.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Maybe they’re trying to get rid of American gangsters so they can import some of their own.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That doesn’t make any sense,” Malone said, “but I’ll think about it.
plural of “gangster” — a criminal who is a member of gang
From this reading “Maybe they’re trying to get rid of American gangsters so they can import some of their own.”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Maybe they’re trying to get rid of American gangsters so they can import some of their own.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading In the meantime, we have one more interesting question.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That doesn’t make any sense,” Malone said, “but I’ll think about it.
commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
From this reading “Maybe they’re trying to get rid of American gangsters so they can import some of their own.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the meantime, we have one more interesting question.”
arousing or holding the attention
From this reading In the meantime, we have one more interesting question.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “That doesn’t make any sense,” Malone said, “but I’ll think about it.
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading “Who knows?”
engage in
From this reading “That doesn’t make any sense,” Malone said, “but I’ll think about it.
English scholar remembered for his chronology of Shakespeare's plays and his editions of Shakespeare and Dryden (1741-1812)
From this reading “That doesn’t make any sense,” Malone said, “but I’ll think about it.
by chance
From this reading “Maybe they’re trying to get rid of American gangsters so they can import some of their own.”
the time between one event, process, or period and another
From this reading In the meantime, we have one more interesting question.”
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading In the meantime, we have one more interesting question.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Maybe they’re trying to get rid of American gangsters so they can import some of their own.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In the meantime, we have one more interesting question.”
have ownership or possession of
From this reading “Maybe they’re trying to get rid of American gangsters so they can import some of their own.”
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading In the meantime, we have one more interesting question.”
relieve from
From this reading “Maybe they’re trying to get rid of American gangsters so they can import some of their own.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Boyd said.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading “That doesn’t make any sense,” Malone said, “but I’ll think about it.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Maybe they’re trying to get rid of American gangsters so they can import some of their own.”
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “Maybe they’re trying to get rid of American gangsters so they can import some of their own.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That doesn’t make any sense,” Malone said, “but I’ll think about it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the meantime, we have one more interesting question.”
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading “Maybe they’re trying to get rid of American gangsters so they can import some of their own.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Maybe they’re trying to get rid of American gangsters so they can import some of their own.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Maybe they’re trying to get rid of American gangsters so they can import some of their own.”
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “That doesn’t make any sense,” Malone said, “but I’ll think about it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Maybe they’re trying to get rid of American gangsters so they can import some of their own.”
hard to endure
From this reading “Maybe they’re trying to get rid of American gangsters so they can import some of their own.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading In the meantime, we have one more interesting question.”
which person or people
From this reading “Who knows?”
Chapter 3 of Supermind by Randall Garrett holds 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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 420 sentences of Supermind, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Supermind by Randall Garrett exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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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