Chapter 1 of The Passing of Ku Sui is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Passing of Ku Sui is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
This etext was produced from Astounding Stories November 1932. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. The Table of Contents is not part of the original magazine. One word in Chapter II could not be read. It has been marked as illegible.
Chapter 1 of The Passing of Ku Sui is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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bewildering or striking dumb with wonder
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a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
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large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
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(of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible
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a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
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restored to a new condition
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systematic investigation to establish facts
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remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
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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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one or some or every or all without specification
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
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bewildering or striking dumb with wonder
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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
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the past participle of “be”
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a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
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(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
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a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
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the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
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your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
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large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
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showing where something starts, or who sent it
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the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
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the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
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(of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible
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inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
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a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
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strongly marked; easily noticeable
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used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
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the month following October and preceding December
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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touching and supported by a surface
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used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
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preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
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something determined in relation to something that includes it
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past form of “produce” — bring forth or yield
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a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
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interpret something that is written or printed
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restored to a new condition
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systematic investigation to establish facts
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1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
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plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
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a set of data arranged in rows and columns
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used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
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a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
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remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
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the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
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a unit of language that native speakers can identify
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Chapter 1 of The Passing of Ku Sui by Anthony Gilmore holds 109 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 1 holds 109 sentences of The Passing of Ku Sui, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
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