Chapter 9 of The Moon Colony is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Moon Colony is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Start to the Moon Kosloff came into Joan’s room, and surveyed her with sneering eyes. “Get ready! Quick! There is no time to lose. You are going with us.”
Chapter 9 of The Moon Colony is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/21 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “There is no time to lose.”
the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading “Start to the Moon Kosloff came into Joan’s room, and surveyed her with sneering eyes.”
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading “Quick!”
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading ““Get ready!”
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading “Start to the Moon Kosloff came into Joan’s room, and surveyed her with sneering eyes.”
expressive of contempt
From this reading “Start to the Moon Kosloff came into Joan’s room, and surveyed her with sneering eyes.”
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “Start to the Moon Kosloff came into Joan’s room, and surveyed her with sneering eyes.”
past form of “survey” — consider in a comprehensive way
From this reading “Start to the Moon Kosloff came into Joan’s room, and surveyed her with sneering eyes.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading ““Get ready!”
obtain, especially accidentally
In this reading “Start to the Moon Kosloff came into Joan’s room, and surveyed her with sneering eyes.”
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.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Start to the Moon Kosloff came into Joan’s room, and surveyed her with sneering eyes.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are going with us.”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Start to the Moon Kosloff came into Joan’s room, and surveyed her with sneering eyes.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Start to the Moon Kosloff came into Joan’s room, and surveyed her with sneering eyes.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Get ready!
the act of departing
From this reading You are going with us.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Start to the Moon Kosloff came into Joan’s room, and surveyed her with sneering eyes.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Start to the Moon Kosloff came into Joan’s room, and surveyed her with sneering eyes.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is no time to lose.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Start to the Moon Kosloff came into Joan’s room, and surveyed her with sneering eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Start to the Moon Kosloff came into Joan’s room, and surveyed her with sneering eyes.
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading There is no time to lose.
the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading Start to the Moon Kosloff came into Joan’s room, and surveyed her with sneering eyes.
not any; not one
From this reading There is no time to lose.
accomplished rapidly and without delay
From this reading Quick!
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading “Get ready!
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Start to the Moon Kosloff came into Joan’s room, and surveyed her with sneering eyes.
expressive of contempt
From this reading Start to the Moon Kosloff came into Joan’s room, and surveyed her with sneering eyes.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Start to the Moon Kosloff came into Joan’s room, and surveyed her with sneering eyes.
past form of “survey” — consider in a comprehensive way
From this reading Start to the Moon Kosloff came into Joan’s room, and surveyed her with sneering eyes.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Start to the Moon Kosloff came into Joan’s room, and surveyed her with sneering eyes.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There is no time to lose.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading There is no time to lose.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Start to the Moon Kosloff came into Joan’s room, and surveyed her with sneering eyes.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You are going with us.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Start to the Moon Kosloff came into Joan’s room, and surveyed her with sneering eyes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You are going with us.”
Chapter 9 of The Moon Colony by William Dixon Bell holds 108 sentences, grouped into 22 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 9 holds 108 sentences of The Moon Colony, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Moon Colony by William Dixon Bell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 108 sentences, grouped into 22 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 22 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 22 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 9 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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How to work through The Moon Colony section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Moon Colony, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
