Chapter 4 of The Door Through Space is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Door Through Space is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Knowing I had nothing more to lose, I said, "With a renegade called Rakhal Sensar." Only the old man echoed my words dully, "Rakhal Sensar?" I felt heartened, seeing I wasn't dead yet. "I have sworn to kill him." Kyral suddenly clapped his hands and shouted to the white _chak_ to clean up the broken glass on the floor.
Chapter 4 of The Door Through Space is here in full — 453 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “clap” — put quickly or forcibly
From this reading “Kyral suddenly clapped his hands and shouted to the white _chak_ to clean up the broken glass on the floor.”
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading “Kyral suddenly clapped his hands and shouted to the white _chak_ to clean up the broken glass on the floor.”
past form of “echo” — to say again or imitate
From this reading “Only the old man echoed my words dully, "Rakhal Sensar?"”
past form of “hearten” — give encouragement to
From this reading “I felt heartened, seeing I wasn't dead yet.”
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “Knowing I had nothing more to lose, I said, "With a renegade called Rakhal Sensar."”
someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
From this reading “Knowing I had nothing more to lose, I said, "With a renegade called Rakhal Sensar."”
in a vehement outcry
From this reading “Kyral suddenly clapped his hands and shouted to the white _chak_ to clean up the broken glass on the floor.”
bound by or as if by an oath
From this reading “"I have sworn to kill him."”
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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 Knowing I had nothing more to lose, I said, "With a renegade called Rakhal Sensar."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Kyral suddenly clapped his hands and shouted to the white _chak_ to clean up the broken glass on the floor.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading Kyral suddenly clapped his hands and shouted to the white _chak_ to clean up the broken glass on the floor.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Knowing I had nothing more to lose, I said, "With a renegade called Rakhal Sensar."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Kyral suddenly clapped his hands and shouted to the white _chak_ to clean up the broken glass on the floor.
inflected form of “clap” — put quickly or forcibly
From this reading Kyral suddenly clapped his hands and shouted to the white _chak_ to clean up the broken glass on the floor.
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading Kyral suddenly clapped his hands and shouted to the white _chak_ to clean up the broken glass on the floor.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading I felt heartened, seeing I wasn't dead yet.
without liveliness
From this reading Only the old man echoed my words dully, "Rakhal Sensar?"
past form of “echo” — to say again or imitate
From this reading Only the old man echoed my words dully, "Rakhal Sensar?"
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading I felt heartened, seeing I wasn't dead yet.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading Kyral suddenly clapped his hands and shouted to the white _chak_ to clean up the broken glass on the floor.
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading Kyral suddenly clapped his hands and shouted to the white _chak_ to clean up the broken glass on the floor.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Knowing I had nothing more to lose, I said, "With a renegade called Rakhal Sensar."
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Kyral suddenly clapped his hands and shouted to the white _chak_ to clean up the broken glass on the floor.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have sworn to kill him."
past form of “hearten” — give encouragement to
From this reading I felt heartened, seeing I wasn't dead yet.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I have sworn to kill him."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Kyral suddenly clapped his hands and shouted to the white _chak_ to clean up the broken glass on the floor.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Knowing I had nothing more to lose, I said, "With a renegade called Rakhal Sensar."
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading "I have sworn to kill him."
evidencing the possession of inside information
From this reading Knowing I had nothing more to lose, I said, "With a renegade called Rakhal Sensar."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Kyral suddenly clapped his hands and shouted to the white _chak_ to clean up the broken glass on the floor.
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading Knowing I had nothing more to lose, I said, "With a renegade called Rakhal Sensar."
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Only the old man echoed my words dully, "Rakhal Sensar?"
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Knowing I had nothing more to lose, I said, "With a renegade called Rakhal Sensar."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Only the old man echoed my words dully, "Rakhal Sensar?"
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Knowing I had nothing more to lose, I said, "With a renegade called Rakhal Sensar."
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Only the old man echoed my words dully, "Rakhal Sensar?"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Kyral suddenly clapped his hands and shouted to the white _chak_ to clean up the broken glass on the floor.
and nothing more
From this reading Only the old man echoed my words dully, "Rakhal Sensar?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Knowing I had nothing more to lose, I said, "With a renegade called Rakhal Sensar."
someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
From this reading Knowing I had nothing more to lose, I said, "With a renegade called Rakhal Sensar."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Knowing I had nothing more to lose, I said, "With a renegade called Rakhal Sensar."
perception by means of the eyes
From this reading I felt heartened, seeing I wasn't dead yet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Knowing I had nothing more to lose, I said, "With a renegade called Rakhal Sensar."
in a vehement outcry
From this reading Kyral suddenly clapped his hands and shouted to the white _chak_ to clean up the broken glass on the floor.
happening unexpectedly
From this reading Kyral suddenly clapped his hands and shouted to the white _chak_ to clean up the broken glass on the floor.
bound by or as if by an oath
From this reading "I have sworn to kill him."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Only the old man echoed my words dully, "Rakhal Sensar?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Knowing I had nothing more to lose, I said, "With a renegade called Rakhal Sensar."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Kyral suddenly clapped his hands and shouted to the white _chak_ to clean up the broken glass on the floor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I felt heartened, seeing I wasn't dead yet.
a Caucasian
From this reading Kyral suddenly clapped his hands and shouted to the white _chak_ to clean up the broken glass on the floor.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Knowing I had nothing more to lose, I said, "With a renegade called Rakhal Sensar."
the words that are spoken
From this reading Only the old man echoed my words dully, "Rakhal Sensar?"
but in spite of that
From this reading I felt heartened, seeing I wasn't dead yet.
Chapter 4 of The Door Through Space by Marion Zimmer Bradley holds 453 sentences, grouped into 91 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 4 holds 453 sentences of The Door Through Space, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
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