Chapter 8 of The Galaxy Primes is here in full — 716 sentences across 144 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Galaxy Primes is here in full — 716 sentences across 144 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Next morning, early, Belle tapped lightly on Garlock's door. "Come in." She did so. "Have you had your coffee?" "Yes."
Chapter 8 of The Galaxy Primes is here in full — 716 sentences across 144 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals
From this reading “Next morning, early, Belle tapped lightly on Garlock's door.”
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading “"Have you had your coffee?"”
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading “Next morning, early, Belle tapped lightly on Garlock's door.”
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading “Next morning, early, Belle tapped lightly on Garlock's door.”
without good reason
From this reading “Next morning, early, Belle tapped lightly on Garlock's door.”
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading “Next morning, early, Belle tapped lightly on Garlock's door.”
immediately following in time or order
From this reading “Next morning, early, Belle tapped lightly on Garlock's door.”
in a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug
From this reading “Next morning, early, Belle tapped lightly on Garlock's door.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals
From this reading Next morning, early, Belle tapped lightly on Garlock's door.
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading "Have you had your coffee?"
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Come in."
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She did so.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Next morning, early, Belle tapped lightly on Garlock's door.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading Next morning, early, Belle tapped lightly on Garlock's door.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Next morning, early, Belle tapped lightly on Garlock's door.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "Have you had your coffee?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Have you had your coffee?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Come in."
without good reason
From this reading Next morning, early, Belle tapped lightly on Garlock's door.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Next morning, early, Belle tapped lightly on Garlock's door.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Next morning, early, Belle tapped lightly on Garlock's door.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Next morning, early, Belle tapped lightly on Garlock's door.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She did so.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She did so.
in a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug
From this reading Next morning, early, Belle tapped lightly on Garlock's door.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Have you had your coffee?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Have you had your coffee?"
Chapter 8 of The Galaxy Primes by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith holds 716 sentences, grouped into 144 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 8 holds 716 sentences of The Galaxy Primes, unabridged, divided into 144 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Galaxy Primes by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 716 sentences, grouped into 144 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 144 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 144 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 8 can be played aloud in United States English.
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