Chapter 9 of The starmen is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The starmen is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He held her, and she laughed her mocking laugh at him. "All right. Go on, then. Go and make a fool of yourself, trying to free Edri. See how far you get.
Chapter 9 of The starmen is here in full — 427 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading “Go and make a fool of yourself, trying to free Edri.”
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading “Go and make a fool of yourself, trying to free Edri.”
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading “He held her, and she laughed her mocking laugh at him.”
the sound of laughing
From this reading “He held her, and she laughed her mocking laugh at him.”
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading “He held her, and she laughed her mocking laugh at him.”
abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule
From this reading “He held her, and she laughed her mocking laugh at him.”
hard to endure
From this reading “Go and make a fool of yourself, trying to free Edri.”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “Go and make a fool of yourself, trying to free Edri.”
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 “He held her, and she laughed her mocking laugh at him.”
continue a certain state, condition, or activity
In this reading “Go on, then.”
In this reading “Go and make a fool of yourself, trying to free Edri.”
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 Go and make a fool of yourself, trying to free Edri.
(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 "All right.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He held her, and she laughed her mocking laugh at him.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He held her, and she laughed her mocking laugh at him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Go and make a fool of yourself, trying to free Edri.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading See how far you get.
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading Go and make a fool of yourself, trying to free Edri.
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading Go and make a fool of yourself, trying to free Edri.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading See how far you get.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Go on, then.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He held her, and she laughed her mocking laugh at him.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading He held her, and she laughed her mocking laugh at him.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He held her, and she laughed her mocking laugh at him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He held her, and she laughed her mocking laugh at him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading See how far you get.
the sound of laughing
From this reading He held her, and she laughed her mocking laugh at him.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading He held her, and she laughed her mocking laugh at him.
engage in
From this reading Go and make a fool of yourself, trying to free Edri.
abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule
From this reading He held her, and she laughed her mocking laugh at him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Go and make a fool of yourself, trying to free Edri.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Go on, then.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "All right.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See how far you get.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He held her, and she laughed her mocking laugh at him.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Go on, then.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Go and make a fool of yourself, trying to free Edri.
hard to endure
From this reading Go and make a fool of yourself, trying to free Edri.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading See how far you get.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading Go and make a fool of yourself, trying to free Edri.
Chapter 9 of The starmen by Leigh Brackett holds 427 sentences, grouped into 86 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 9 holds 427 sentences of The starmen, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The starmen by Leigh Brackett exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 427 sentences, grouped into 86 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 86 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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