Chapter 11 of The Planet Strappers is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Planet Strappers is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Yeah. There was a cute little girl at Serene." "Jennie Harper. She married one of those singing Moon prospectors. Somebody murdered them both--way out on Far Side."
Chapter 11 of The Planet Strappers is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 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.
attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
From this reading “There was a cute little girl at Serene."”
someone who plays the harp
From this reading “"Jennie Harper.”
killed unlawfully
From this reading “Somebody murdered them both--way out on Far Side."”
plural of “prospector” — someone who explores an area for mineral deposits
From this reading “She married one of those singing Moon prospectors.”
not agitated; without losing self-possession
From this reading “There was a cute little girl at Serene."”
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading “She married one of those singing Moon prospectors.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “Somebody murdered them both--way out on Far Side."”
not only so, but
From this reading “"Yeah.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading There was a cute little girl at Serene."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There was a cute little girl at Serene."
the two together, not just one
From this reading Somebody murdered them both--way out on Far Side."
attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
From this reading There was a cute little girl at Serene."
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading Somebody murdered them both--way out on Far Side."
a young female
From this reading There was a cute little girl at Serene."
someone who plays the harp
From this reading "Jennie Harper.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Jennie Harper.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading There was a cute little girl at Serene."
joined in matrimony
From this reading She married one of those singing Moon prospectors.
the natural satellite of the Earth
From this reading She married one of those singing Moon prospectors.
killed unlawfully
From this reading Somebody murdered them both--way out on Far Side."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She married one of those singing Moon prospectors.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Somebody murdered them both--way out on Far Side."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She married one of those singing Moon prospectors.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Somebody murdered them both--way out on Far Side."
plural of “prospector” — someone who explores an area for mineral deposits
From this reading She married one of those singing Moon prospectors.
not agitated; without losing self-possession
From this reading There was a cute little girl at Serene."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She married one of those singing Moon prospectors.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Somebody murdered them both--way out on Far Side."
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading She married one of those singing Moon prospectors.
a person, without saying who
From this reading Somebody murdered them both--way out on Far Side."
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Somebody murdered them both--way out on Far Side."
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was a cute little girl at Serene."
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading She married one of those singing Moon prospectors.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a cute little girl at Serene."
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Somebody murdered them both--way out on Far Side."
not only so, but
From this reading "Yeah.
Chapter 11 of The Planet Strappers by Raymond Z. (Raymond Zinke) Gallun holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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 11 holds 407 sentences of The Planet Strappers, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of The Planet Strappers by Raymond Z. (Raymond Zinke) Gallun exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 82 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.
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