Chapter 7 of The Pirates of Ersatz is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Pirates of Ersatz is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Hoddan shook his head. "They probably said that I'm a criminal and that I should be sent back to Walden. How'd they get down? The landing grid isn't working." Fani said viciously: "They landed in something that used rockets.
Chapter 7 of The Pirates of Ersatz is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
From this reading “"They probably said that I'm a criminal and that I should be sent back to Walden.”
a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines
From this reading “The landing grid isn't working."”
owning or consisting of land or real estate
From this reading “Fani said viciously: "They landed in something that used rockets.”
an intermediate platform in a staircase
From this reading “The landing grid isn't working."”
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
From this reading “"They probably said that I'm a criminal and that I should be sent back to Walden.”
plural of “rocket” — any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
From this reading “Fani said viciously: "They landed in something that used rockets.”
in a vicious manner
From this reading “Fani said viciously: "They landed in something that used rockets.”
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading “The landing grid isn't working."”
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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 "They probably said that I'm a criminal and that I should be sent back to Walden.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "They probably said that I'm a criminal and that I should be sent back to Walden.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "They probably said that I'm a criminal and that I should be sent back to Walden.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "They probably said that I'm a criminal and that I should be sent back to Walden.
bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure
From this reading "They probably said that I'm a criminal and that I should be sent back to Walden.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading How'd they get down?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Fani said viciously: "They landed in something that used rockets.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading How'd they get down?
a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines
From this reading The landing grid isn't working."
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Hoddan shook his head.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Hoddan shook his head.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hoddan shook his head.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How'd they get down?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "They probably said that I'm a criminal and that I should be sent back to Walden.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "They probably said that I'm a criminal and that I should be sent back to Walden.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Fani said viciously: "They landed in something that used rockets.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The landing grid isn't working."
owning or consisting of land or real estate
From this reading Fani said viciously: "They landed in something that used rockets.
an intermediate platform in a staircase
From this reading The landing grid isn't working."
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
From this reading "They probably said that I'm a criminal and that I should be sent back to Walden.
plural of “rocket” — any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
From this reading Fani said viciously: "They landed in something that used rockets.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "They probably said that I'm a criminal and that I should be sent back to Walden.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading "They probably said that I'm a criminal and that I should be sent back to Walden.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading Hoddan shook his head.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "They probably said that I'm a criminal and that I should be sent back to Walden.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Fani said viciously: "They landed in something that used rockets.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "They probably said that I'm a criminal and that I should be sent back to Walden.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The landing grid isn't working."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "They probably said that I'm a criminal and that I should be sent back to Walden.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "They probably said that I'm a criminal and that I should be sent back to Walden.
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading Fani said viciously: "They landed in something that used rockets.
in a vicious manner
From this reading Fani said viciously: "They landed in something that used rockets.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "They probably said that I'm a criminal and that I should be sent back to Walden.
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading The landing grid isn't working."
Chapter 7 of The Pirates of Ersatz by Murray Leinster holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 7 holds 412 sentences of The Pirates of Ersatz, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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