Chapter 2 of The Cyberene is here in full — 465 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Cyberene is here in full — 465 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Earl grinned. "That's pretty close," he said. "Do you have games where you come from?" "No. Games aren't functional." "Oh," Earl said vaguely.
Chapter 2 of The Cyberene is here in full — 465 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/93 · 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 within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading “"That's pretty close," he said.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “"Do you have games where you come from?"”
a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
From this reading “Earl grinned.”
designed for or capable of a particular function or use
From this reading “"No. Games aren't functional."”
plural of “game” — a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading “"Do you have games where you come from?"”
inflected form of “grin” — to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
From this reading “Earl grinned.”
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading “"That's pretty close," he said.”
in a vague way
From this reading “"Oh," Earl said vaguely.”
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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 “"Do you have games where you come from?"”
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From this reading "No. Games aren't functional."
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading "That's pretty close," he said.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Do you have games where you come from?"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do you have games where you come from?"
a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
From this reading Earl grinned.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Do you have games where you come from?"
designed for or capable of a particular function or use
From this reading "No. Games aren't functional."
plural of “game” — a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading "Do you have games where you come from?"
inflected form of “grin” — to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
From this reading Earl grinned.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Do you have games where you come from?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "That's pretty close," he said.
not any; not one
From this reading "No. Games aren't functional."
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh," Earl said vaguely.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading "That's pretty close," he said.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "That's pretty close," he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's pretty close," he said.
in a vague way
From this reading "Oh," Earl said vaguely.
in or at the place that
From this reading "Do you have games where you come from?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Do you have games where you come from?"
Chapter 2 of The Cyberene by Rog Phillips holds 465 sentences, grouped into 93 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 2 holds 465 sentences of The Cyberene, unabridged, divided into 93 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Cyberene by Rog Phillips exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 465 sentences, grouped into 93 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 93 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 93 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 2 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 194 minutes of reading across 467 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Cyberene, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
