Chapter 2 of War-Lords of the Moon is here in full — 503 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of War-Lords of the Moon is here in full — 503 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Princess spoke for the first time. "Calisto has not the gift of the Earth-tongue. Who guides the Commander Ross must speak the tongue he knows best." "That's true," muttered Artana, taken aback. "Who, then--" * * * * * The Princess was looking at Ross.
Chapter 2 of War-Lords of the Moon is here in full — 503 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/100 · 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.
having the wind against the forward side of the sails
From this reading “"That's true," muttered Artana, taken aback.”
an officer in command of a military unit
From this reading “Who guides the Commander Ross must speak the tongue he knows best."”
something acquired without compensation
From this reading “"Calisto has not the gift of the Earth-tongue.”
plural of “guide” — someone employed to conduct others
From this reading “Who guides the Commander Ross must speak the tongue he knows best."”
spoke in a low voice that was difficult to hear
From this reading “"That's true," muttered Artana, taken aback.”
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading “The Princess spoke for the first time.”
Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
From this reading “Who guides the Commander Ross must speak the tongue he knows best."”
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading “"Calisto has not the gift of the Earth-tongue.”
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 Princess spoke for the first time.”
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.
having the wind against the forward side of the sails
From this reading "That's true," muttered Artana, taken aback.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's true," muttered Artana, taken aback.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Who, then--" * * * * * The Princess was looking at Ross.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading Who guides the Commander Ross must speak the tongue he knows best."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Calisto has not the gift of the Earth-tongue.
an officer in command of a military unit
From this reading Who guides the Commander Ross must speak the tongue he knows best."
any club-shaped fungus of the genus Geoglossum
From this reading "Calisto has not the gift of the Earth-tongue.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading The Princess spoke for the first time.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Princess spoke for the first time.
something acquired without compensation
From this reading "Calisto has not the gift of the Earth-tongue.
plural of “guide” — someone employed to conduct others
From this reading Who guides the Commander Ross must speak the tongue he knows best."
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Calisto has not the gift of the Earth-tongue.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Who guides the Commander Ross must speak the tongue he knows best."
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading Who guides the Commander Ross must speak the tongue he knows best."
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading "Who, then--" * * * * * The Princess was looking at Ross.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Who guides the Commander Ross must speak the tongue he knows best."
spoke in a low voice that was difficult to hear
From this reading "That's true," muttered Artana, taken aback.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Calisto has not the gift of the Earth-tongue.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Calisto has not the gift of the Earth-tongue.
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading The Princess spoke for the first time.
Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
From this reading Who guides the Commander Ross must speak the tongue he knows best."
express in speech
From this reading Who guides the Commander Ross must speak the tongue he knows best."
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading The Princess spoke for the first time.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading "That's true," muttered Artana, taken aback.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's true," muttered Artana, taken aback.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Princess spoke for the first time.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Who, then--" * * * * * The Princess was looking at Ross.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The Princess spoke for the first time.
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading Who guides the Commander Ross must speak the tongue he knows best."
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading "That's true," muttered Artana, taken aback.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Who, then--" * * * * * The Princess was looking at Ross.
which person or people
From this reading Who guides the Commander Ross must speak the tongue he knows best."
Chapter 2 of War-Lords of the Moon by Linton Davies holds 503 sentences, grouped into 101 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 503 sentences of War-Lords of the Moon, unabridged, divided into 101 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of War-Lords of the Moon by Linton Davies exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 503 sentences, grouped into 101 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 101 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 101 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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