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Chapter 5 of The Pirates of Ersatz is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"The two of them," snapped Don Loris again, "fought twenty men today and defeated all of them! Thal plundered them. Then thirty other men, mounted, tried to avenge the first and they defeated them also! Thal plundered eighteen. And all this was permissible, if unlikely.
Chapter 5 of The Pirates of Ersatz is here in full — 397 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take revenge for a perceived wrong
From this reading “Then thirty other men, mounted, tried to avenge the first and they defeated them also!”
beaten or overcome; not victorious
From this reading “"The two of them," snapped Don Loris again, "fought twenty men today and defeated all of them!”
being one more than seventeen
From this reading “Thal plundered eighteen.”
that may be permitted especially as according to rule
From this reading “And all this was permissible, if unlikely.”
wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value
From this reading “Thal plundered them.”
inflected form of “snap” — utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading “"The two of them," snapped Don Loris again, "fought twenty men today and defeated all of them!”
the present time or age
From this reading “"The two of them," snapped Don Loris again, "fought twenty men today and defeated all of them!”
not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred
From this reading “And all this was permissible, if unlikely.”
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anew
From this reading "The two of them," snapped Don Loris again, "fought twenty men today and defeated all of them!
(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 "The two of them," snapped Don Loris again, "fought twenty men today and defeated all of them!
in addition
From this reading Then thirty other men, mounted, tried to avenge the first and they defeated them also!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "The two of them," snapped Don Loris again, "fought twenty men today and defeated all of them!
take revenge for a perceived wrong
From this reading Then thirty other men, mounted, tried to avenge the first and they defeated them also!
beaten or overcome; not victorious
From this reading "The two of them," snapped Don Loris again, "fought twenty men today and defeated all of them!
a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
From this reading "The two of them," snapped Don Loris again, "fought twenty men today and defeated all of them!
being one more than seventeen
From this reading Thal plundered eighteen.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Then thirty other men, mounted, tried to avenge the first and they defeated them also!
inflected form of “fight” — be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading "The two of them," snapped Don Loris again, "fought twenty men today and defeated all of them!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading And all this was permissible, if unlikely.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The two of them," snapped Don Loris again, "fought twenty men today and defeated all of them!
the force of workers available
From this reading "The two of them," snapped Don Loris again, "fought twenty men today and defeated all of them!
assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support
From this reading Then thirty other men, mounted, tried to avenge the first and they defeated them also!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "The two of them," snapped Don Loris again, "fought twenty men today and defeated all of them!
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Then thirty other men, mounted, tried to avenge the first and they defeated them also!
that may be permitted especially as according to rule
From this reading And all this was permissible, if unlikely.
wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value
From this reading Thal plundered them.
inflected form of “snap” — utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading "The two of them," snapped Don Loris again, "fought twenty men today and defeated all of them!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thal plundered them.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The two of them," snapped Don Loris again, "fought twenty men today and defeated all of them!
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "The two of them," snapped Don Loris again, "fought twenty men today and defeated all of them!
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then thirty other men, mounted, tried to avenge the first and they defeated them also!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then thirty other men, mounted, tried to avenge the first and they defeated them also!
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
From this reading Then thirty other men, mounted, tried to avenge the first and they defeated them also!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And all this was permissible, if unlikely.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then thirty other men, mounted, tried to avenge the first and they defeated them also!
the present time or age
From this reading "The two of them," snapped Don Loris again, "fought twenty men today and defeated all of them!
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading Then thirty other men, mounted, tried to avenge the first and they defeated them also!
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading "The two of them," snapped Don Loris again, "fought twenty men today and defeated all of them!
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading "The two of them," snapped Don Loris again, "fought twenty men today and defeated all of them!
not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred
From this reading And all this was permissible, if unlikely.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And all this was permissible, if unlikely.
Chapter 5 of The Pirates of Ersatz by Murray Leinster holds 397 sentences, grouped into 80 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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