Chapter 16 of Supermind is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Supermind is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Oh, that,” the patrolman said. “Why, don’t you worry about that.” “Don’t worry about it?” Malone said. This particular kid brother was obviously a little nuts, and should have been put away years ago.
Chapter 16 of Supermind is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in the past
From this reading “This particular kid brother was obviously a little nuts, and should have been put away years ago.”
tell false information to for fun
From this reading “This particular kid brother was obviously a little nuts, and should have been put away years ago.”
English scholar remembered for his chronology of Shakespeare's plays and his editions of Shakespeare and Dryden (1741-1812)
From this reading “Malone said.”
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
From this reading “This particular kid brother was obviously a little nuts, and should have been put away years ago.”
unmistakably (“plain” is often used informally for “plainly”)
From this reading “This particular kid brother was obviously a little nuts, and should have been put away years ago.”
unique or specific to a person or thing or category
From this reading “This particular kid brother was obviously a little nuts, and should have been put away years ago.”
a policeman who patrols a given region
From this reading ““Oh, that,” the patrolman said.”
be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
From this reading ““Why, don’t you worry about that.””
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading This particular kid brother was obviously a little nuts, and should have been put away years ago.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Why, don’t you worry about that.”
in the past
From this reading This particular kid brother was obviously a little nuts, and should have been put away years ago.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This particular kid brother was obviously a little nuts, and should have been put away years ago.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading This particular kid brother was obviously a little nuts, and should have been put away years ago.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading This particular kid brother was obviously a little nuts, and should have been put away years ago.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading This particular kid brother was obviously a little nuts, and should have been put away years ago.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why, don’t you worry about that.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading This particular kid brother was obviously a little nuts, and should have been put away years ago.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Don’t worry about it?”
tell false information to for fun
From this reading This particular kid brother was obviously a little nuts, and should have been put away years ago.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading This particular kid brother was obviously a little nuts, and should have been put away years ago.
English scholar remembered for his chronology of Shakespeare's plays and his editions of Shakespeare and Dryden (1741-1812)
From this reading Malone said.
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
From this reading This particular kid brother was obviously a little nuts, and should have been put away years ago.
unmistakably (“plain” is often used informally for “plainly”)
From this reading This particular kid brother was obviously a little nuts, and should have been put away years ago.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “Oh, that,” the patrolman said.
unique or specific to a person or thing or category
From this reading This particular kid brother was obviously a little nuts, and should have been put away years ago.
a policeman who patrols a given region
From this reading “Oh, that,” the patrolman said.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading This particular kid brother was obviously a little nuts, and should have been put away years ago.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Oh, that,” the patrolman said.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading This particular kid brother was obviously a little nuts, and should have been put away years ago.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Oh, that,” the patrolman said.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Oh, that,” the patrolman said.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This particular kid brother was obviously a little nuts, and should have been put away years ago.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This particular kid brother was obviously a little nuts, and should have been put away years ago.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Why, don’t you worry about that.”
be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
From this reading “Why, don’t you worry about that.”
a late time of life
From this reading This particular kid brother was obviously a little nuts, and should have been put away years ago.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Why, don’t you worry about that.”
Chapter 16 of Supermind by Randall Garrett holds 419 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 16 holds 419 sentences of Supermind, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of Supermind by Randall Garrett exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 419 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.
Work through the 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 84 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 16 can be played aloud in United States English.
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