Chapter 2 of Tomorrow the World! is here in full — 58 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Tomorrow the World! is here in full — 58 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
For a long while I walked alone with my cold rage. It was, well, most curious is a mild way to describe it. I had never been a man of violence and fury. Only in my adventure yarns had I spread gore and destruction abroad. I thought back over my twenty-eight years of life.
Chapter 2 of Tomorrow the World! is here in full — 58 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
to or in a foreign country
From this reading “Only in my adventure yarns had I spread gore and destruction abroad.”
give a description of
From this reading “It was, well, most curious is a mild way to describe it.”
the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
From this reading “Only in my adventure yarns had I spread gore and destruction abroad.”
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading “I had never been a man of violence and fury.”
wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument
From this reading “Only in my adventure yarns had I spread gore and destruction abroad.”
moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
From this reading “It was, well, most curious is a mild way to describe it.”
an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
From this reading “I had never been a man of violence and fury.”
plural of “yarn” — the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
From this reading “Only in my adventure yarns had I spread gore and destruction abroad.”
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 “I thought back over my twenty-eight years of life.”
In this reading “It was, well, most curious is a mild way to describe it.”
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 For a long while I walked alone with my cold rage.
to or in a foreign country
From this reading Only in my adventure yarns had I spread gore and destruction abroad.
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
From this reading Only in my adventure yarns had I spread gore and destruction abroad.
Having no one else present.
From this reading For a long while I walked alone with my cold rage.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I had never been a man of violence and fury.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading I thought back over my twenty-eight years of life.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I had never been a man of violence and fury.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading For a long while I walked alone with my cold rage.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading It was, well, most curious is a mild way to describe it.
give a description of
From this reading It was, well, most curious is a mild way to describe it.
the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
From this reading Only in my adventure yarns had I spread gore and destruction abroad.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a long while I walked alone with my cold rage.
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading I had never been a man of violence and fury.
wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument
From this reading Only in my adventure yarns had I spread gore and destruction abroad.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had never been a man of violence and fury.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading For a long while I walked alone with my cold rage.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Only in my adventure yarns had I spread gore and destruction abroad.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was, well, most curious is a mild way to describe it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was, well, most curious is a mild way to describe it.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading I thought back over my twenty-eight years of life.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading For a long while I walked alone with my cold rage.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading I had never been a man of violence and fury.
moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
From this reading It was, well, most curious is a mild way to describe it.
used to form the superlative
From this reading It was, well, most curious is a mild way to describe it.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading For a long while I walked alone with my cold rage.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I had never been a man of violence and fury.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I had never been a man of violence and fury.
and nothing more
From this reading Only in my adventure yarns had I spread gore and destruction abroad.
above and across; more than
From this reading I thought back over my twenty-eight years of life.
a feeling of intense anger
From this reading For a long while I walked alone with my cold rage.
distribute or disperse widely
From this reading Only in my adventure yarns had I spread gore and destruction abroad.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I thought back over my twenty-eight years of life.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was, well, most curious is a mild way to describe it.
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-seven and one
From this reading I thought back over my twenty-eight years of life.
an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
From this reading I had never been a man of violence and fury.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading For a long while I walked alone with my cold rage.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was, well, most curious is a mild way to describe it.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading It was, well, most curious is a mild way to describe it.
(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 It was, well, most curious is a mild way to describe it.
during the time that
From this reading For a long while I walked alone with my cold rage.
in the company of; together with
From this reading For a long while I walked alone with my cold rage.
plural of “yarn” — the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
From this reading Only in my adventure yarns had I spread gore and destruction abroad.
a late time of life
From this reading I thought back over my twenty-eight years of life.
Chapter 2 of Tomorrow the World! by Robert W. Krepps holds 58 sentences, grouped into 12 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.
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