Chapter 17 of The Electronic Mind Reader is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of The Electronic Mind Reader is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Pointer to Disaster Scotty ran to the speedboat and yelled, "Come on!" "Wait!" Rick called. "Let's not go barging off without knowing what we're doing." Scotty turned, puzzled.
Chapter 17 of The Electronic Mind Reader is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/34 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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-ing form of “barge” — push one's way
From this reading “"Let's not go barging off without knowing what we're doing."”
a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
From this reading “Pointer to Disaster Scotty ran to the speedboat and yelled, "Come on!"”
evidencing the possession of inside information
From this reading “"Let's not go barging off without knowing what we're doing."”
a mark to indicate a direction or relation
From this reading “Pointer to Disaster Scotty ran to the speedboat and yelled, "Come on!"”
filled with bewilderment
From this reading “Scotty turned, puzzled.”
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading “Rick called.”
a fast motorboat
From this reading “Pointer to Disaster Scotty ran to the speedboat and yelled, "Come on!"”
in a vehement outcry
From this reading “Pointer to Disaster Scotty ran to the speedboat and yelled, "Come on!"”
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 Pointer to Disaster Scotty ran to the speedboat and yelled, "Come on!"
-ing form of “barge” — push one's way
From this reading "Let's not go barging off without knowing what we're doing."
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Rick called.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Pointer to Disaster Scotty ran to the speedboat and yelled, "Come on!"
a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
From this reading Pointer to Disaster Scotty ran to the speedboat and yelled, "Come on!"
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading "Let's not go barging off without knowing what we're doing."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Let's not go barging off without knowing what we're doing."
evidencing the possession of inside information
From this reading "Let's not go barging off without knowing what we're doing."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Let's not go barging off without knowing what we're doing."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Let's not go barging off without knowing what we're doing."
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Let's not go barging off without knowing what we're doing."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Pointer to Disaster Scotty ran to the speedboat and yelled, "Come on!"
a mark to indicate a direction or relation
From this reading Pointer to Disaster Scotty ran to the speedboat and yelled, "Come on!"
filled with bewilderment
From this reading Scotty turned, puzzled.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading Pointer to Disaster Scotty ran to the speedboat and yelled, "Come on!"
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading Rick called.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pointer to Disaster Scotty ran to the speedboat and yelled, "Come on!"
a fast motorboat
From this reading Pointer to Disaster Scotty ran to the speedboat and yelled, "Come on!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Pointer to Disaster Scotty ran to the speedboat and yelled, "Come on!"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Pointer to Disaster Scotty ran to the speedboat and yelled, "Come on!"
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Scotty turned, puzzled.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading "Wait!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Let's not go barging off without knowing what we're doing."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Let's not go barging off without knowing what we're doing."
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading "Let's not go barging off without knowing what we're doing."
in a vehement outcry
From this reading Pointer to Disaster Scotty ran to the speedboat and yelled, "Come on!"
Chapter 17 of The Electronic Mind Reader by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin holds 172 sentences, grouped into 35 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 17 holds 172 sentences of The Electronic Mind Reader, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 17 of The Electronic Mind Reader by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 172 sentences, grouped into 35 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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