Chapter 1 of Venus Has Green Eyes is here in full — 588 sentences across 118 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Venus Has Green Eyes is here in full — 588 sentences across 118 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Space-trotting Flip Miller was prisoner of the lovely, cruel Venusian queen. It looked like star's end for the stubborn-jawed young Earthling until he remembered that women are women--on Earth or on Venus! Charlie Mead, trapper, and Flip Miller, ex-prospector, started a forty-day drunk. Charlie just liked the idea. Flip had reasons.
Chapter 1 of Venus Has Green Eyes is here in full — 588 sentences across 118 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
From this reading “Charlie Mead, trapper, and Flip Miller, ex-prospector, started a forty-day drunk.”
an inhabitant of the earth
From this reading “It looked like star's end for the stubborn-jawed young Earthling until he remembered that women are women--on Earth or on Venus!”
lightly throw to see which side comes up
From this reading “Space-trotting Flip Miller was prisoner of the lovely, cruel Venusian queen.”
United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)
From this reading “Charlie Mead, trapper, and Flip Miller, ex-prospector, started a forty-day drunk.”
United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
From this reading “Space-trotting Flip Miller was prisoner of the lovely, cruel Venusian queen.”
possessive form of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading “It looked like star's end for the stubborn-jawed young Earthling until he remembered that women are women--on Earth or on Venus!”
someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs)
From this reading “Charlie Mead, trapper, and Flip Miller, ex-prospector, started a forty-day drunk.”
the second nearest planet to the sun
From this reading “It looked like star's end for the stubborn-jawed young Earthling until he remembered that women are women--on Earth or on Venus!”
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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 Charlie Mead, trapper, and Flip Miller, ex-prospector, started a forty-day drunk.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Charlie Mead, trapper, and Flip Miller, ex-prospector, started a forty-day drunk.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It looked like star's end for the stubborn-jawed young Earthling until he remembered that women are women--on Earth or on Venus!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Charlie Mead, trapper, and Flip Miller, ex-prospector, started a forty-day drunk.
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading Space-trotting Flip Miller was prisoner of the lovely, cruel Venusian queen.
stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
From this reading Charlie Mead, trapper, and Flip Miller, ex-prospector, started a forty-day drunk.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading It looked like star's end for the stubborn-jawed young Earthling until he remembered that women are women--on Earth or on Venus!
an inhabitant of the earth
From this reading It looked like star's end for the stubborn-jawed young Earthling until he remembered that women are women--on Earth or on Venus!
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading It looked like star's end for the stubborn-jawed young Earthling until he remembered that women are women--on Earth or on Venus!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Charlie Mead, trapper, and Flip Miller, ex-prospector, started a forty-day drunk.
lightly throw to see which side comes up
From this reading Space-trotting Flip Miller was prisoner of the lovely, cruel Venusian queen.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It looked like star's end for the stubborn-jawed young Earthling until he remembered that women are women--on Earth or on Venus!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Charlie Mead, trapper, and Flip Miller, ex-prospector, started a forty-day drunk.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Flip had reasons.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It looked like star's end for the stubborn-jawed young Earthling until he remembered that women are women--on Earth or on Venus!
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Charlie just liked the idea.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It looked like star's end for the stubborn-jawed young Earthling until he remembered that women are women--on Earth or on Venus!
and nothing more
From this reading Charlie just liked the idea.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It looked like star's end for the stubborn-jawed young Earthling until he remembered that women are women--on Earth or on Venus!
found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form
From this reading Charlie just liked the idea.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading It looked like star's end for the stubborn-jawed young Earthling until he remembered that women are women--on Earth or on Venus!
appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
From this reading Space-trotting Flip Miller was prisoner of the lovely, cruel Venusian queen.
United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)
From this reading Charlie Mead, trapper, and Flip Miller, ex-prospector, started a forty-day drunk.
United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)
From this reading Space-trotting Flip Miller was prisoner of the lovely, cruel Venusian queen.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Space-trotting Flip Miller was prisoner of the lovely, cruel Venusian queen.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It looked like star's end for the stubborn-jawed young Earthling until he remembered that women are women--on Earth or on Venus!
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It looked like star's end for the stubborn-jawed young Earthling until he remembered that women are women--on Earth or on Venus!
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading Space-trotting Flip Miller was prisoner of the lovely, cruel Venusian queen.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading Space-trotting Flip Miller was prisoner of the lovely, cruel Venusian queen.
plural of “reason” — a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading Flip had reasons.
past form of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading It looked like star's end for the stubborn-jawed young Earthling until he remembered that women are women--on Earth or on Venus!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Space-trotting Flip Miller was prisoner of the lovely, cruel Venusian queen.
possessive form of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading It looked like star's end for the stubborn-jawed young Earthling until he remembered that women are women--on Earth or on Venus!
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Charlie Mead, trapper, and Flip Miller, ex-prospector, started a forty-day drunk.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It looked like star's end for the stubborn-jawed young Earthling until he remembered that women are women--on Earth or on Venus!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It looked like star's end for the stubborn-jawed young Earthling until he remembered that women are women--on Earth or on Venus!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Space-trotting Flip Miller was prisoner of the lovely, cruel Venusian queen.
someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs)
From this reading Charlie Mead, trapper, and Flip Miller, ex-prospector, started a forty-day drunk.
up to a particular time
From this reading It looked like star's end for the stubborn-jawed young Earthling until he remembered that women are women--on Earth or on Venus!
the second nearest planet to the sun
From this reading It looked like star's end for the stubborn-jawed young Earthling until he remembered that women are women--on Earth or on Venus!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Space-trotting Flip Miller was prisoner of the lovely, cruel Venusian queen.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Space-trotting Flip Miller was prisoner of the lovely, cruel Venusian queen.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading It looked like star's end for the stubborn-jawed young Earthling until he remembered that women are women--on Earth or on Venus!
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading It looked like star's end for the stubborn-jawed young Earthling until he remembered that women are women--on Earth or on Venus!
Chapter 1 of Venus Has Green Eyes by Carl Selwyn holds 588 sentences, grouped into 118 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 1 holds 588 sentences of Venus Has Green Eyes, unabridged, divided into 118 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Venus Has Green Eyes by Carl Selwyn exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 588 sentences, grouped into 118 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.
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