Chapter 10 of The starmen is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The starmen is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Yes, unfortunately--Shairn." He explained rapidly how the unwilling extra passenger had come aboard. Edri said some low, hard words. "That isn't going to help matters one little bit. We can hardly leave her on Thuvis and we can't stop anywhere else."
Chapter 10 of The starmen is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
From this reading “He explained rapidly how the unwilling extra passenger had come aboard.”
at or in or to any place
From this reading “We can hardly leave her on Thuvis and we can't stop anywhere else."”
more than is needed, desired, or required
From this reading “He explained rapidly how the unwilling extra passenger had come aboard.”
plural of “matter” — a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “"That isn't going to help matters one little bit.”
a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
From this reading “He explained rapidly how the unwilling extra passenger had come aboard.”
with speed
From this reading “He explained rapidly how the unwilling extra passenger had come aboard.”
by bad luck
From this reading “"Yes, unfortunately--Shairn."”
not disposed or inclined toward
From this reading “He explained rapidly how the unwilling extra passenger had come aboard.”
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In this reading “He explained rapidly how the unwilling extra passenger had come aboard.”
In this reading “"That isn't going to help matters one little bit.”
In this reading “Edri said some low, hard words.”
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on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
From this reading He explained rapidly how the unwilling extra passenger had come aboard.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We can hardly leave her on Thuvis and we can't stop anywhere else."
at or in or to any place
From this reading We can hardly leave her on Thuvis and we can't stop anywhere else."
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading "That isn't going to help matters one little bit.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading We can hardly leave her on Thuvis and we can't stop anywhere else."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We can hardly leave her on Thuvis and we can't stop anywhere else."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading He explained rapidly how the unwilling extra passenger had come aboard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Edri said some low, hard words.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We can hardly leave her on Thuvis and we can't stop anywhere else."
past form of “explain” — make plain and comprehensible
From this reading He explained rapidly how the unwilling extra passenger had come aboard.
more than is needed, desired, or required
From this reading He explained rapidly how the unwilling extra passenger had come aboard.
the act of departing
From this reading "That isn't going to help matters one little bit.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He explained rapidly how the unwilling extra passenger had come aboard.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Edri said some low, hard words.
only a very short time before
From this reading We can hardly leave her on Thuvis and we can't stop anywhere else."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He explained rapidly how the unwilling extra passenger had come aboard.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading "That isn't going to help matters one little bit.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading We can hardly leave her on Thuvis and we can't stop anywhere else."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He explained rapidly how the unwilling extra passenger had come aboard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That isn't going to help matters one little bit.
go away from a place
From this reading We can hardly leave her on Thuvis and we can't stop anywhere else."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "That isn't going to help matters one little bit.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Edri said some low, hard words.
plural of “matter” — a vaguely specified concern
From this reading "That isn't going to help matters one little bit.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We can hardly leave her on Thuvis and we can't stop anywhere else."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "That isn't going to help matters one little bit.
a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
From this reading He explained rapidly how the unwilling extra passenger had come aboard.
with speed
From this reading He explained rapidly how the unwilling extra passenger had come aboard.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Edri said some low, hard words.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes, unfortunately--Shairn."
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Edri said some low, hard words.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading We can hardly leave her on Thuvis and we can't stop anywhere else."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That isn't going to help matters one little bit.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He explained rapidly how the unwilling extra passenger had come aboard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We can hardly leave her on Thuvis and we can't stop anywhere else."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "That isn't going to help matters one little bit.
by bad luck
From this reading "Yes, unfortunately--Shairn."
not disposed or inclined toward
From this reading He explained rapidly how the unwilling extra passenger had come aboard.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We can hardly leave her on Thuvis and we can't stop anywhere else."
the words that are spoken
From this reading Edri said some low, hard words.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, unfortunately--Shairn."
Chapter 10 of The starmen by Leigh Brackett holds 431 sentences, grouped into 87 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 10 holds 431 sentences of The starmen, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The starmen by Leigh Brackett exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 431 sentences, grouped into 87 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 87 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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