Chapter 14 of Supermind is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Supermind is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Why?” Malone said, feeling stupid. “Because they would have to mesh their thoughts closely enough to direct them properly and at the correct time.” O’Connor nodded. “But, given that, I imagine that it could be done.”
Chapter 14 of Supermind is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a close relation or position in time or space
From this reading ““Because they would have to mesh their thoughts closely enough to direct them properly and at the correct time.””
make right or correct
From this reading ““Because they would have to mesh their thoughts closely enough to direct them properly and at the correct time.””
command with authority
From this reading ““Because they would have to mesh their thoughts closely enough to direct them properly and at the correct time.””
English scholar remembered for his chronology of Shakespeare's plays and his editions of Shakespeare and Dryden (1741-1812)
From this reading “Malone said, feeling stupid.”
keep engaged
From this reading ““Because they would have to mesh their thoughts closely enough to direct them properly and at the correct time.””
United States writer (1925-1964)
in the right manner; correctly; suitably
From this reading ““Because they would have to mesh their thoughts closely enough to direct them properly and at the correct time.””
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading “Malone said, feeling stupid.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Because they would have to mesh their thoughts closely enough to direct them properly and at the correct time.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Because they would have to mesh their thoughts closely enough to direct them properly and at the correct time.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “But, given that, I imagine that it could be done.”
for the reason that
From this reading “Because they would have to mesh their thoughts closely enough to direct them properly and at the correct time.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But, given that, I imagine that it could be done.”
in a close relation or position in time or space
From this reading “Because they would have to mesh their thoughts closely enough to direct them properly and at the correct time.”
make right or correct
From this reading “Because they would have to mesh their thoughts closely enough to direct them properly and at the correct time.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “But, given that, I imagine that it could be done.”
command with authority
From this reading “Because they would have to mesh their thoughts closely enough to direct them properly and at the correct time.”
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “But, given that, I imagine that it could be done.”
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading “Because they would have to mesh their thoughts closely enough to direct them properly and at the correct time.”
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading Malone said, feeling stupid.
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading “But, given that, I imagine that it could be done.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Because they would have to mesh their thoughts closely enough to direct them properly and at the correct time.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “But, given that, I imagine that it could be done.”
form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
From this reading “But, given that, I imagine that it could be done.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “But, given that, I imagine that it could be done.”
English scholar remembered for his chronology of Shakespeare's plays and his editions of Shakespeare and Dryden (1741-1812)
From this reading Malone said, feeling stupid.
keep engaged
From this reading “Because they would have to mesh their thoughts closely enough to direct them properly and at the correct time.”
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading O’Connor nodded.
United States writer (1925-1964)
From this reading O’Connor nodded.
in the right manner; correctly; suitably
From this reading “Because they would have to mesh their thoughts closely enough to direct them properly and at the correct time.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Malone said, feeling stupid.
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading Malone said, feeling stupid.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “But, given that, I imagine that it could be done.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Because they would have to mesh their thoughts closely enough to direct them properly and at the correct time.”
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading “Because they would have to mesh their thoughts closely enough to direct them properly and at the correct time.”
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “Because they would have to mesh their thoughts closely enough to direct them properly and at the correct time.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Because they would have to mesh their thoughts closely enough to direct them properly and at the correct time.”
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “Because they would have to mesh their thoughts closely enough to direct them properly and at the correct time.”
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading “Because they would have to mesh their thoughts closely enough to direct them properly and at the correct time.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Because they would have to mesh their thoughts closely enough to direct them properly and at the correct time.”
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Because they would have to mesh their thoughts closely enough to direct them properly and at the correct time.”
Chapter 14 of Supermind by Randall Garrett 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 14 holds 421 sentences of Supermind, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of Supermind by Randall Garrett exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
Work through the 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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