Chapter 27 of The Samurai Strategy is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 27 of The Samurai Strategy is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Well, we're hooked into every bank computer in town." He was unblinking, a drugged-out zombie. "Account numbers aren't exactly a state secret, given the right phone call. Same goes for trust funds." Trust funds?
Chapter 27 of The Samurai Strategy is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading “"Well, we're hooked into every bank computer in town."”
a machine for performing calculations automatically
From this reading “"Well, we're hooked into every bank computer in town."”
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading “"Account numbers aren't exactly a state secret, given the right phone call.”
assets in the form of money
From this reading “Same goes for trust funds."”
curved down like an eagle's beak
From this reading “"Well, we're hooked into every bank computer in town."”
the fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt
From this reading “"Account numbers aren't exactly a state secret, given the right phone call.”
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading “"Account numbers aren't exactly a state secret, given the right phone call.”
a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
From this reading “He was unblinking, a drugged-out zombie.”
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 “"Account numbers aren't exactly a state secret, given the right phone call.”
In this reading “"Well, we're hooked into every bank computer in town."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 He was unblinking, a drugged-out zombie.
a record or narrative description of past events
From this reading "Account numbers aren't exactly a state secret, given the right phone call.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Account numbers aren't exactly a state secret, given the right phone call.
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading "Well, we're hooked into every bank computer in town."
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "Account numbers aren't exactly a state secret, given the right phone call.
a machine for performing calculations automatically
From this reading "Well, we're hooked into every bank computer in town."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He was unblinking, a drugged-out zombie.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading "Well, we're hooked into every bank computer in town."
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading "Account numbers aren't exactly a state secret, given the right phone call.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Same goes for trust funds."
assets in the form of money
From this reading Same goes for trust funds."
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading "Account numbers aren't exactly a state secret, given the right phone call.
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading Same goes for trust funds."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was unblinking, a drugged-out zombie.
curved down like an eagle's beak
From this reading "Well, we're hooked into every bank computer in town."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Well, we're hooked into every bank computer in town."
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Well, we're hooked into every bank computer in town."
the fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt
From this reading "Account numbers aren't exactly a state secret, given the right phone call.
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading "Account numbers aren't exactly a state secret, given the right phone call.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "Account numbers aren't exactly a state secret, given the right phone call.
Identical; not different.
From this reading Same goes for trust funds."
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading "Account numbers aren't exactly a state secret, given the right phone call.
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading "Account numbers aren't exactly a state secret, given the right phone call.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Account numbers aren't exactly a state secret, given the right phone call.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading "Well, we're hooked into every bank computer in town."
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading Same goes for trust funds."
showing no visible emotion
From this reading He was unblinking, a drugged-out zombie.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was unblinking, a drugged-out zombie.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, we're hooked into every bank computer in town."
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, we're hooked into every bank computer in town."
a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
From this reading He was unblinking, a drugged-out zombie.
Chapter 27 of The Samurai Strategy by Thomas Hoover holds 411 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 27 holds 411 sentences of The Samurai Strategy, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 27 of The Samurai Strategy by Thomas Hoover exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 83 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 27 can be played aloud in United States English.
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