Chapter 2 of Dark Windows is here in full — 499 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Dark Windows is here in full — 499 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"No, I said. "You're sure?" I looked directly at him and he stopped peeling the apple. "If I'm supposed to have such a damn high quiescent IQ, why not let me in on a few things?" "What few things?"
Chapter 2 of Dark Windows is here in full — 499 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
From this reading “I looked directly at him and he stopped peeling the apple.”
used as expletives
From this reading “"If I'm supposed to have such a damn high quiescent IQ, why not let me in on a few things?"”
without deviation
From this reading “I looked directly at him and he stopped peeling the apple.”
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading “"If I'm supposed to have such a damn high quiescent IQ, why not let me in on a few things?"”
loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales
From this reading “I looked directly at him and he stopped peeling the apple.”
not active or activated
From this reading “"If I'm supposed to have such a damn high quiescent IQ, why not let me in on a few things?"”
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading “I looked directly at him and he stopped peeling the apple.”
required or under orders
From this reading “"If I'm supposed to have such a damn high quiescent IQ, why not let me in on a few things?"”
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 “"If I'm supposed to have such a damn high quiescent IQ, why not let me in on a few things?"”
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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 "If I'm supposed to have such a damn high quiescent IQ, why not let me in on a few things?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I looked directly at him and he stopped peeling the apple.
fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
From this reading I looked directly at him and he stopped peeling the apple.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I looked directly at him and he stopped peeling the apple.
used as expletives
From this reading "If I'm supposed to have such a damn high quiescent IQ, why not let me in on a few things?"
without deviation
From this reading I looked directly at him and he stopped peeling the apple.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading "If I'm supposed to have such a damn high quiescent IQ, why not let me in on a few things?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "If I'm supposed to have such a damn high quiescent IQ, why not let me in on a few things?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I looked directly at him and he stopped peeling the apple.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading "If I'm supposed to have such a damn high quiescent IQ, why not let me in on a few things?"
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I looked directly at him and he stopped peeling the apple.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "No, I said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If I'm supposed to have such a damn high quiescent IQ, why not let me in on a few things?"
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If I'm supposed to have such a damn high quiescent IQ, why not let me in on a few things?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "If I'm supposed to have such a damn high quiescent IQ, why not let me in on a few things?"
a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test; the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100)
From this reading "If I'm supposed to have such a damn high quiescent IQ, why not let me in on a few things?"
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "If I'm supposed to have such a damn high quiescent IQ, why not let me in on a few things?"
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading I looked directly at him and he stopped peeling the apple.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "If I'm supposed to have such a damn high quiescent IQ, why not let me in on a few things?"
not any; not one
From this reading "No, I said.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "If I'm supposed to have such a damn high quiescent IQ, why not let me in on a few things?"
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "If I'm supposed to have such a damn high quiescent IQ, why not let me in on a few things?"
loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales
From this reading I looked directly at him and he stopped peeling the apple.
not active or activated
From this reading "If I'm supposed to have such a damn high quiescent IQ, why not let me in on a few things?"
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "No, I said.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading I looked directly at him and he stopped peeling the apple.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "If I'm supposed to have such a damn high quiescent IQ, why not let me in on a few things?"
required or under orders
From this reading "If I'm supposed to have such a damn high quiescent IQ, why not let me in on a few things?"
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading "You're sure?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I looked directly at him and he stopped peeling the apple.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading "If I'm supposed to have such a damn high quiescent IQ, why not let me in on a few things?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "If I'm supposed to have such a damn high quiescent IQ, why not let me in on a few things?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What few things?"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "If I'm supposed to have such a damn high quiescent IQ, why not let me in on a few things?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You're sure?"
Chapter 2 of Dark Windows by Bryce Walton holds 499 sentences, grouped into 100 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 499 sentences of Dark Windows, unabridged, divided into 100 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Dark Windows by Bryce Walton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 499 sentences, grouped into 100 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 100 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 100 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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About 83 minutes of reading across 200 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Dark Windows section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Dark Windows, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
