Chapter 1 of The Fugitives is here in full — 295 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Fugitives is here in full — 295 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
By Malcolm B. Morehart, Jr. Somehow Jeff Engel followed the stranger into another world--among people who hated all aliens. And of course, he was now one himself! Jeff Engel studied the feverish crowd hurrying through the subway turnstiles. As he checked each passing face against a card-index mind, he smiled to himself. Even when off duty, the habit persisted.
Chapter 1 of The Fugitives is here in full — 295 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “alien” — a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
From this reading “By Malcolm B. Morehart, Jr. Somehow Jeff Engel followed the stranger into another world--among people who hated all aliens.”
patterned with alternating squares of color
From this reading “As he checked each passing face against a card-index mind, he smiled to himself.”
marked by intense agitation or emotion
From this reading “Jeff Engel studied the feverish crowd hurrying through the subway turnstiles.”
moving with great haste
From this reading “Jeff Engel studied the feverish crowd hurrying through the subway turnstiles.”
past form of “persist” — continue to exist
From this reading “Even when off duty, the habit persisted.”
produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation
From this reading “Jeff Engel studied the feverish crowd hurrying through the subway turnstiles.”
an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
From this reading “Jeff Engel studied the feverish crowd hurrying through the subway turnstiles.”
plural of “turnstile” — a gate consisting of a post that acts as a pivot for rotating arms; set in a passageway for controlling the persons entering
From this reading “Jeff Engel studied the feverish crowd hurrying through the subway turnstiles.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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as might be expected
In this reading “And of course, he was now one himself!”
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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 As he checked each passing face against a card-index mind, he smiled to himself.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading As he checked each passing face against a card-index mind, he smiled to himself.
plural of “alien” — a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
From this reading By Malcolm B. Morehart, Jr. Somehow Jeff Engel followed the stranger into another world--among people who hated all aliens.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading By Malcolm B. Morehart, Jr. Somehow Jeff Engel followed the stranger into another world--among people who hated all aliens.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading By Malcolm B. Morehart, Jr. Somehow Jeff Engel followed the stranger into another world--among people who hated all aliens.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And of course, he was now one himself!
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading By Malcolm B. Morehart, Jr. Somehow Jeff Engel followed the stranger into another world--among people who hated all aliens.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As he checked each passing face against a card-index mind, he smiled to himself.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading By Malcolm B. Morehart, Jr. Somehow Jeff Engel followed the stranger into another world--among people who hated all aliens.
showing who or what does the action
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From this reading As he checked each passing face against a card-index mind, he smiled to himself.
patterned with alternating squares of color
From this reading As he checked each passing face against a card-index mind, he smiled to himself.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading And of course, he was now one himself!
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading Jeff Engel studied the feverish crowd hurrying through the subway turnstiles.
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading Even when off duty, the habit persisted.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading As he checked each passing face against a card-index mind, he smiled to himself.
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From this reading By Malcolm B. Morehart, Jr. Somehow Jeff Engel followed the stranger into another world--among people who hated all aliens.
divisible by two
From this reading Even when off duty, the habit persisted.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading As he checked each passing face against a card-index mind, he smiled to himself.
marked by intense agitation or emotion
From this reading Jeff Engel studied the feverish crowd hurrying through the subway turnstiles.
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading By Malcolm B. Morehart, Jr. Somehow Jeff Engel followed the stranger into another world--among people who hated all aliens.
an established custom
From this reading Even when off duty, the habit persisted.
treated with dislike or contempt
From this reading By Malcolm B. Morehart, Jr. Somehow Jeff Engel followed the stranger into another world--among people who hated all aliens.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And of course, he was now one himself!
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading And of course, he was now one himself!
moving with great haste
From this reading Jeff Engel studied the feverish crowd hurrying through the subway turnstiles.
moving to the inside of something
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From this reading By Malcolm B. Morehart, Jr. Somehow Jeff Engel followed the stranger into another world--among people who hated all aliens.
a son who has the same first name as his father
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The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading As he checked each passing face against a card-index mind, he smiled to himself.
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From this reading By Malcolm B. Morehart, Jr. Somehow Jeff Engel followed the stranger into another world--among people who hated all aliens.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And of course, he was now one himself!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Even when off duty, the habit persisted.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading And of course, he was now one himself!
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
From this reading As he checked each passing face against a card-index mind, he smiled to himself.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading By Malcolm B. Morehart, Jr. Somehow Jeff Engel followed the stranger into another world--among people who hated all aliens.
past form of “persist” — continue to exist
From this reading Even when off duty, the habit persisted.
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading As he checked each passing face against a card-index mind, he smiled to himself.
in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
From this reading By Malcolm B. Morehart, Jr. Somehow Jeff Engel followed the stranger into another world--among people who hated all aliens.
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading By Malcolm B. Morehart, Jr. Somehow Jeff Engel followed the stranger into another world--among people who hated all aliens.
produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation
From this reading Jeff Engel studied the feverish crowd hurrying through the subway turnstiles.
an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
From this reading Jeff Engel studied the feverish crowd hurrying through the subway turnstiles.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading By Malcolm B. Morehart, Jr. Somehow Jeff Engel followed the stranger into another world--among people who hated all aliens.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Jeff Engel studied the feverish crowd hurrying through the subway turnstiles.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As he checked each passing face against a card-index mind, he smiled to himself.
plural of “turnstile” — a gate consisting of a post that acts as a pivot for rotating arms; set in a passageway for controlling the persons entering
From this reading Jeff Engel studied the feverish crowd hurrying through the subway turnstiles.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And of course, he was now one himself!
at the time that
From this reading Even when off duty, the habit persisted.
which person or people
From this reading By Malcolm B. Morehart, Jr. Somehow Jeff Engel followed the stranger into another world--among people who hated all aliens.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading By Malcolm B. Morehart, Jr. Somehow Jeff Engel followed the stranger into another world--among people who hated all aliens.
Chapter 1 of The Fugitives by Malcolm B. Morehart holds 295 sentences, grouped into 59 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 1 holds 295 sentences of The Fugitives, unabridged, divided into 59 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Fugitives by Malcolm B. Morehart exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 295 sentences, grouped into 59 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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