Chapter 12 of Annihilation is here in full — 294 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Annihilation is here in full — 294 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BREATH OF DEATH “Who is he?” asked Dennis, wide-eyed. “Who is this George Radley?” “You remember, don’t you, Mac?” The inspector turned to the ex-roundsman. “Radley was a young chemist—” “A chemist!” caroled McCarty and Dennis in unison.
Chapter 12 of Annihilation is here in full — 294 sentences across 59 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading “THE BREATH OF DEATH “Who is he?” asked Dennis, wide-eyed.”
a scientist who specializes in chemistry
From this reading ““Radley was a young chemist—” “A chemist!” caroled McCarty and Dennis in unison.”
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading “THE BREATH OF DEATH “Who is he?” asked Dennis, wide-eyed.”
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading ““Who is this George Radley?””
a high ranking police officer
From this reading “The inspector turned to the ex-roundsman.”
a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
From this reading ““You remember, don’t you, Mac?””
To recall to mind.
From this reading ““You remember, don’t you, Mac?””
corresponding exactly
From this reading ““Radley was a young chemist—” “A chemist!” caroled McCarty and Dennis in unison.”
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 ““Radley was a young chemist—” “A chemist!” caroled McCarty and Dennis in unison.”
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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 “Radley was a young chemist—” “A chemist!” caroled McCarty and Dennis in unison.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Radley was a young chemist—” “A chemist!” caroled McCarty and Dennis in unison.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading THE BREATH OF DEATH “Who is he?” asked Dennis, wide-eyed.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading THE BREATH OF DEATH “Who is he?” asked Dennis, wide-eyed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Radley was a young chemist—” “A chemist!” caroled McCarty and Dennis in unison.
a scientist who specializes in chemistry
From this reading “Radley was a young chemist—” “A chemist!” caroled McCarty and Dennis in unison.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading THE BREATH OF DEATH “Who is he?” asked Dennis, wide-eyed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE BREATH OF DEATH “Who is he?” asked Dennis, wide-eyed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You remember, don’t you, Mac?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The inspector turned to the ex-roundsman.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading “Who is this George Radley?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE BREATH OF DEATH “Who is he?” asked Dennis, wide-eyed.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Radley was a young chemist—” “A chemist!” caroled McCarty and Dennis in unison.
a high ranking police officer
From this reading The inspector turned to the ex-roundsman.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE BREATH OF DEATH “Who is he?” asked Dennis, wide-eyed.
a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
From this reading “You remember, don’t you, Mac?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Radley was a young chemist—” “A chemist!” caroled McCarty and Dennis in unison.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BREATH OF DEATH “Who is he?” asked Dennis, wide-eyed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Who is this George Radley?”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “You remember, don’t you, Mac?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BREATH OF DEATH “Who is he?” asked Dennis, wide-eyed.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Who is this George Radley?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The inspector turned to the ex-roundsman.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading The inspector turned to the ex-roundsman.
corresponding exactly
From this reading “Radley was a young chemist—” “A chemist!” caroled McCarty and Dennis in unison.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Radley was a young chemist—” “A chemist!” caroled McCarty and Dennis in unison.
which person or people
From this reading THE BREATH OF DEATH “Who is he?” asked Dennis, wide-eyed.
exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
From this reading THE BREATH OF DEATH “Who is he?” asked Dennis, wide-eyed.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You remember, don’t you, Mac?”
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading “Radley was a young chemist—” “A chemist!” caroled McCarty and Dennis in unison.
Chapter 12 of Annihilation by Isabel Ostrander holds 294 sentences, grouped into 59 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 12 holds 294 sentences of Annihilation, unabridged, divided into 59 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Annihilation by Isabel Ostrander exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 294 sentences, grouped into 59 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 59 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 59 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 12 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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About 454 minutes of reading across 1092 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Annihilation, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
