Chapter 1 of Woman's World is here in full — 304 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Woman's World is here in full — 304 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why. Then he found out. The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea. I was blind, I was choking, I was mangled by the pressure. All I could think was that I had to get up and out, up and out.
Chapter 1 of Woman's World is here in full — 304 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading “I was blind, I was choking, I was mangled by the pressure.”
plural of “century” — a period of 100 years
From this reading “The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.”
Causing difficulty in breathing.
From this reading “I was blind, I was choking, I was mangled by the pressure.”
with eagerness; in an eager manner
From this reading “He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.”
the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
From this reading “The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.”
having edges that are jagged from injury
From this reading “I was blind, I was choking, I was mangled by the pressure.”
the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
From this reading “I was blind, I was choking, I was mangled by the pressure.”
that is looked for
From this reading “He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.”
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the cardinal number that is the product of one hundred and five
In this reading “He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.”
In this reading “He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.”
In this reading “He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.”
In this reading “The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.”
rise to one's feet
In this reading “All I could think was that I had to get up and out, up and out.”
In this reading “The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.”
In this reading “Then he found out.”
In this reading “He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.”
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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 He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
(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 All I could think was that I had to get up and out, up and out.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading I was blind, I was choking, I was mangled by the pressure.
the lower side of anything
From this reading The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I was blind, I was choking, I was mangled by the pressure.
plural of “century” — a period of 100 years
From this reading The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.
Causing difficulty in breathing.
From this reading I was blind, I was choking, I was mangled by the pressure.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading All I could think was that I had to get up and out, up and out.
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From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
with eagerness; in an eager manner
From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
From this reading The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
set up or found
From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.
yet to be or coming
From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading All I could think was that I had to get up and out, up and out.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading All I could think was that I had to get up and out, up and out.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
ten 10s
From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was blind, I was choking, I was mangled by the pressure.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
having edges that are jagged from injury
From this reading I was blind, I was choking, I was mangled by the pressure.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Then he found out.
the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)
From this reading I was blind, I was choking, I was mangled by the pressure.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.
that is looked for
From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All I could think was that I had to get up and out, up and out.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he found out.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading All I could think was that I had to get up and out, up and out.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All I could think was that I had to get up and out, up and out.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading The future was a-- Coming up out of five centuries of sleep was like fighting my way up from the bottom of the sea.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
a late time of life
From this reading He found himself five hundred years into the future, a man eagerly sought and he didn't know why.
Chapter 1 of Woman's World by Robert Silverberg holds 304 sentences, grouped into 61 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 304 sentences of Woman's World, unabridged, divided into 61 reading sections.
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