Chapter 2 of To Save Earth is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of To Save Earth is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Captain Torkel turned to Fox. "_You_ remember faces, don't you, Fox?" The little man shrugged. "They're like those crowd scenes we used to see in movies--hundreds and thousands of faces all huddled together. You really can't remember a single one.
Chapter 2 of To Save Earth is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading “"_You_ remember faces, don't you, Fox?"”
alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
From this reading “Captain Torkel turned to Fox.”
crowded or massed together
From this reading “"They're like those crowd scenes we used to see in movies--hundreds and thousands of faces all huddled together.”
plural of “hundred” — ten 10s
From this reading “"They're like those crowd scenes we used to see in movies--hundreds and thousands of faces all huddled together.”
plural of “movie” — a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
From this reading “"They're like those crowd scenes we used to see in movies--hundreds and thousands of faces all huddled together.”
plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs
From this reading “"They're like those crowd scenes we used to see in movies--hundreds and thousands of faces all huddled together.”
inflected form of “shrug” — raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation
From this reading “The little man shrugged.”
plural of “thousand” — the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading “"They're like those crowd scenes we used to see in movies--hundreds and thousands of faces all huddled together.”
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 “The little man shrugged.”
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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 You really can't remember a single one.
(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 "They're like those crowd scenes we used to see in movies--hundreds and thousands of faces all huddled together.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "They're like those crowd scenes we used to see in movies--hundreds and thousands of faces all huddled together.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You really can't remember a single one.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading Captain Torkel turned to Fox.
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading "They're like those crowd scenes we used to see in movies--hundreds and thousands of faces all huddled together.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "_You_ remember faces, don't you, Fox?"
plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading "_You_ remember faces, don't you, Fox?"
alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
From this reading Captain Torkel turned to Fox.
crowded or massed together
From this reading "They're like those crowd scenes we used to see in movies--hundreds and thousands of faces all huddled together.
plural of “hundred” — ten 10s
From this reading "They're like those crowd scenes we used to see in movies--hundreds and thousands of faces all huddled together.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "They're like those crowd scenes we used to see in movies--hundreds and thousands of faces all huddled together.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "They're like those crowd scenes we used to see in movies--hundreds and thousands of faces all huddled together.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The little man shrugged.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The little man shrugged.
plural of “movie” — a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
From this reading "They're like those crowd scenes we used to see in movies--hundreds and thousands of faces all huddled together.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "They're like those crowd scenes we used to see in movies--hundreds and thousands of faces all huddled together.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading You really can't remember a single one.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading You really can't remember a single one.
To recall to mind.
From this reading "_You_ remember faces, don't you, Fox?"
plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs
From this reading "They're like those crowd scenes we used to see in movies--hundreds and thousands of faces all huddled together.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "They're like those crowd scenes we used to see in movies--hundreds and thousands of faces all huddled together.
inflected form of “shrug” — raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation
From this reading The little man shrugged.
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading You really can't remember a single one.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The little man shrugged.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "They're like those crowd scenes we used to see in movies--hundreds and thousands of faces all huddled together.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "They're like those crowd scenes we used to see in movies--hundreds and thousands of faces all huddled together.
plural of “thousand” — the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading "They're like those crowd scenes we used to see in movies--hundreds and thousands of faces all huddled together.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Captain Torkel turned to Fox.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading "They're like those crowd scenes we used to see in movies--hundreds and thousands of faces all huddled together.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Captain Torkel turned to Fox.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Captain Torkel turned to Fox.
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading "They're like those crowd scenes we used to see in movies--hundreds and thousands of faces all huddled together.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "They're like those crowd scenes we used to see in movies--hundreds and thousands of faces all huddled together.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "_You_ remember faces, don't you, Fox?"
Chapter 2 of To Save Earth by Edward W. Ludwig holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 2 holds 403 sentences of To Save Earth, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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