Chapter 2 of Dark Reality is here in full — 541 sentences across 109 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Dark Reality is here in full — 541 sentences across 109 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
As from a great distance, she heard her daughter call. She rushed into the garden, recognizing the panic in that call. Madeline was gone. There wasn't a sign of her anywhere. There was only the night coming down.
Chapter 2 of Dark Reality is here in full — 541 sentences across 109 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or in or to any place
From this reading “There wasn't a sign of her anywhere.”
a female human offspring
From this reading “As from a great distance, she heard her daughter call.”
the property created by the space between two objects or points
From this reading “As from a great distance, she heard her daughter call.”
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading “She rushed into the garden, recognizing the panic in that call.”
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading “She rushed into the garden, recognizing the panic in that call.”
-ing form of “recognize” — accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority
From this reading “She rushed into the garden, recognizing the panic in that call.”
done under pressure
From this reading “She rushed into the garden, recognizing the panic in that call.”
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading “There wasn't a sign of her anywhere.”
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In this reading “She rushed into the garden, recognizing the panic in that call.”
In this reading “As from a great distance, she heard her daughter call.”
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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 As from a great distance, she heard her daughter call.
at or in or to any place
From this reading There wasn't a sign of her anywhere.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As from a great distance, she heard her daughter call.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading As from a great distance, she heard her daughter call.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading There was only the night coming down.
a female human offspring
From this reading As from a great distance, she heard her daughter call.
the property created by the space between two objects or points
From this reading As from a great distance, she heard her daughter call.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading There was only the night coming down.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As from a great distance, she heard her daughter call.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading She rushed into the garden, recognizing the panic in that call.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Madeline was gone.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading As from a great distance, she heard her daughter call.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading As from a great distance, she heard her daughter call.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading As from a great distance, she heard her daughter call.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She rushed into the garden, recognizing the panic in that call.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She rushed into the garden, recognizing the panic in that call.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Madeline was gone.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading There was only the night coming down.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There wasn't a sign of her anywhere.
and nothing more
From this reading There was only the night coming down.
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading She rushed into the garden, recognizing the panic in that call.
-ing form of “recognize” — accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority
From this reading She rushed into the garden, recognizing the panic in that call.
done under pressure
From this reading She rushed into the garden, recognizing the panic in that call.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As from a great distance, she heard her daughter call.
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading There wasn't a sign of her anywhere.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She rushed into the garden, recognizing the panic in that call.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She rushed into the garden, recognizing the panic in that call.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There wasn't a sign of her anywhere.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Madeline was gone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There wasn't a sign of her anywhere.
Chapter 2 of Dark Reality by Robert Moore Williams holds 541 sentences, grouped into 109 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 541 sentences of Dark Reality, unabridged, divided into 109 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Dark Reality by Robert Moore Williams exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 541 sentences, grouped into 109 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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