Chapter 29 of The Samurai Strategy is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXIX
Chapter 29 of The Samurai Strategy is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
My action may have been satisfying symbolically, but it wouldn't do the job alone. Fortunately it didn't have to. There was one simple way to disengage Noda's electronic brain, now and forever. Tam didn't even hesitate. For a second there it could have been the Fourth of July.
Chapter 29 of The Samurai Strategy is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
From this reading “There was one simple way to disengage Noda's electronic brain, now and forever.”
of or relating to electronics; concerned with or using devices that operate on principles governing the behavior of electrons
From this reading “There was one simple way to disengage Noda's electronic brain, now and forever.”
by good fortune
From this reading “Fortunately it didn't have to.”
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading “Tam didn't even hesitate.”
the month following June and preceding August
From this reading “For a second there it could have been the Fourth of July.”
providing abundant nourishment
From this reading “My action may have been satisfying symbolically, but it wouldn't do the job alone.”
in a symbolic manner
From this reading “My action may have been satisfying symbolically, but it wouldn't do the job alone.”
a woolen cap of Scottish origin
From this reading “Tam didn't even hesitate.”
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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In this reading “There was one simple way to disengage Noda's electronic brain, now and forever.”
In this reading “For a second there it could have been the Fourth of July.”
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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 For a second there it could have been the Fourth of July.
something done (usually as opposed to something said)
From this reading My action may have been satisfying symbolically, but it wouldn't do the job alone.
Having no one else present.
From this reading My action may have been satisfying symbolically, but it wouldn't do the job alone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was one simple way to disengage Noda's electronic brain, now and forever.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading My action may have been satisfying symbolically, but it wouldn't do the job alone.
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading There was one simple way to disengage Noda's electronic brain, now and forever.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading My action may have been satisfying symbolically, but it wouldn't do the job alone.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading For a second there it could have been the Fourth of July.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Fortunately it didn't have to.
release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
From this reading There was one simple way to disengage Noda's electronic brain, now and forever.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading My action may have been satisfying symbolically, but it wouldn't do the job alone.
of or relating to electronics; concerned with or using devices that operate on principles governing the behavior of electrons
From this reading There was one simple way to disengage Noda's electronic brain, now and forever.
divisible by two
From this reading Tam didn't even hesitate.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a second there it could have been the Fourth of July.
for a limitless time
From this reading There was one simple way to disengage Noda's electronic brain, now and forever.
by good fortune
From this reading Fortunately it didn't have to.
following the third position; number four in a countable series
From this reading For a second there it could have been the Fourth of July.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading My action may have been satisfying symbolically, but it wouldn't do the job alone.
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading Tam didn't even hesitate.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading My action may have been satisfying symbolically, but it wouldn't do the job alone.
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading My action may have been satisfying symbolically, but it wouldn't do the job alone.
the month following June and preceding August
From this reading For a second there it could have been the Fourth of July.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading My action may have been satisfying symbolically, but it wouldn't do the job alone.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My action may have been satisfying symbolically, but it wouldn't do the job alone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was one simple way to disengage Noda's electronic brain, now and forever.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading There was one simple way to disengage Noda's electronic brain, now and forever.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For a second there it could have been the Fourth of July.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There was one simple way to disengage Noda's electronic brain, now and forever.
providing abundant nourishment
From this reading My action may have been satisfying symbolically, but it wouldn't do the job alone.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading For a second there it could have been the Fourth of July.
having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
From this reading There was one simple way to disengage Noda's electronic brain, now and forever.
in a symbolic manner
From this reading My action may have been satisfying symbolically, but it wouldn't do the job alone.
a woolen cap of Scottish origin
From this reading Tam didn't even hesitate.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading My action may have been satisfying symbolically, but it wouldn't do the job alone.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was one simple way to disengage Noda's electronic brain, now and forever.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Fortunately it didn't have to.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was one simple way to disengage Noda's electronic brain, now and forever.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading There was one simple way to disengage Noda's electronic brain, now and forever.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My action may have been satisfying symbolically, but it wouldn't do the job alone.
Chapter 29 of The Samurai Strategy by Thomas Hoover holds 395 sentences, grouped into 79 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 29 holds 395 sentences of The Samurai Strategy, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 29 of The Samurai Strategy by Thomas Hoover exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 395 sentences, grouped into 79 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 79 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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