Chapter 14 of The Lani People is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 14 of The Lani People is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“If you think this job is easy, you have another think coming,” Kennon said bitterly. “I hired out as a veterinarian, not as a nursemaid for a bunch of psychoneurotic humans and superstitious Lani. The place is jinxed, they tell me.--Ha! Jinxed! Sure it’s jinxed!
Chapter 14 of The Lani People is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with bitterness; in a resentful manner
From this reading ““If you think this job is easy, you have another think coming,” Kennon said bitterly.”
a grouping of a number of similar things
From this reading ““I hired out as a veterinarian, not as a nursemaid for a bunch of psychoneurotic humans and superstitious Lani.”
posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading ““If you think this job is easy, you have another think coming,” Kennon said bitterly.”
having services engaged for a fee
From this reading ““I hired out as a veterinarian, not as a nursemaid for a bunch of psychoneurotic humans and superstitious Lani.”
all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
From this reading ““I hired out as a veterinarian, not as a nursemaid for a bunch of psychoneurotic humans and superstitious Lani.”
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading ““If you think this job is easy, you have another think coming,” Kennon said bitterly.”
showing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance
From this reading ““I hired out as a veterinarian, not as a nursemaid for a bunch of psychoneurotic humans and superstitious Lani.”
a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
From this reading ““I hired out as a veterinarian, not as a nursemaid for a bunch of psychoneurotic humans and superstitious Lani.”
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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 “I hired out as a veterinarian, not as a nursemaid for a bunch of psychoneurotic humans and superstitious Lani.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “I hired out as a veterinarian, not as a nursemaid for a bunch of psychoneurotic humans and superstitious Lani.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading “If you think this job is easy, you have another think coming,” Kennon said bitterly.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “I hired out as a veterinarian, not as a nursemaid for a bunch of psychoneurotic humans and superstitious Lani.
with bitterness; in a resentful manner
From this reading “If you think this job is easy, you have another think coming,” Kennon said bitterly.
a grouping of a number of similar things
From this reading “I hired out as a veterinarian, not as a nursemaid for a bunch of psychoneurotic humans and superstitious Lani.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “If you think this job is easy, you have another think coming,” Kennon said bitterly.
posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading “If you think this job is easy, you have another think coming,” Kennon said bitterly.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “I hired out as a veterinarian, not as a nursemaid for a bunch of psychoneurotic humans and superstitious Lani.
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
From this reading The place is jinxed, they tell me.--Ha!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “If you think this job is easy, you have another think coming,” Kennon said bitterly.
having services engaged for a fee
From this reading “I hired out as a veterinarian, not as a nursemaid for a bunch of psychoneurotic humans and superstitious Lani.
all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
From this reading “I hired out as a veterinarian, not as a nursemaid for a bunch of psychoneurotic humans and superstitious Lani.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I hired out as a veterinarian, not as a nursemaid for a bunch of psychoneurotic humans and superstitious Lani.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If you think this job is easy, you have another think coming,” Kennon said bitterly.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “If you think this job is easy, you have another think coming,” Kennon said bitterly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sure it’s jinxed!
(usually used colloquially) causing or accompanied by misfortune
From this reading The place is jinxed, they tell me.--Ha!
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading “If you think this job is easy, you have another think coming,” Kennon said bitterly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “If you think this job is easy, you have another think coming,” Kennon said bitterly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I hired out as a veterinarian, not as a nursemaid for a bunch of psychoneurotic humans and superstitious Lani.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The place is jinxed, they tell me.--Ha!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “I hired out as a veterinarian, not as a nursemaid for a bunch of psychoneurotic humans and superstitious Lani.
a woman who is the custodian of children
From this reading “I hired out as a veterinarian, not as a nursemaid for a bunch of psychoneurotic humans and superstitious Lani.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I hired out as a veterinarian, not as a nursemaid for a bunch of psychoneurotic humans and superstitious Lani.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “I hired out as a veterinarian, not as a nursemaid for a bunch of psychoneurotic humans and superstitious Lani.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading The place is jinxed, they tell me.--Ha!
a person suffering from neurosis
From this reading “I hired out as a veterinarian, not as a nursemaid for a bunch of psychoneurotic humans and superstitious Lani.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “If you think this job is easy, you have another think coming,” Kennon said bitterly.
showing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance
From this reading “I hired out as a veterinarian, not as a nursemaid for a bunch of psychoneurotic humans and superstitious Lani.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading Sure it’s jinxed!
express in words
From this reading The place is jinxed, they tell me.--Ha!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The place is jinxed, they tell me.--Ha!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The place is jinxed, they tell me.--Ha!
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “If you think this job is easy, you have another think coming,” Kennon said bitterly.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “If you think this job is easy, you have another think coming,” Kennon said bitterly.
a doctor who practices veterinary medicine
From this reading “I hired out as a veterinarian, not as a nursemaid for a bunch of psychoneurotic humans and superstitious Lani.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “If you think this job is easy, you have another think coming,” Kennon said bitterly.
Chapter 14 of The Lani People by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone holds 173 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.
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