Chapter 22 of Round the Corner is here in full — 378 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Round the Corner is here in full — 378 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He drew the revolver from his pocket. "No, no. I will go back. I will go back." He sat absolutely numbed for a long time.
Chapter 22 of Round the Corner is here in full — 378 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/75 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “He sat absolutely numbed for a long time.”
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “I will go back.”
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading “He drew the revolver from his pocket.”
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading “He sat absolutely numbed for a long time.”
past form of “numb” — make numb or insensitive
From this reading “He sat absolutely numbed for a long time.”
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading “He drew the revolver from his pocket.”
a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
From this reading “He drew the revolver from his pocket.”
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading “He sat absolutely numbed for a long time.”
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.
a prolonged period of time
In this reading “He sat absolutely numbed for a long time.”
belong to an earlier time
In this reading “I will go back.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 sat absolutely numbed for a long time.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading He sat absolutely numbed for a long time.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading I will go back.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading He drew the revolver from his pocket.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He sat absolutely numbed for a long time.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He drew the revolver from his pocket.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I will go back.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He drew the revolver from his pocket.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He drew the revolver from his pocket.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I will go back.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading He sat absolutely numbed for a long time.
not any; not one
From this reading "No, no.
past form of “numb” — make numb or insensitive
From this reading He sat absolutely numbed for a long time.
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading He drew the revolver from his pocket.
a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
From this reading He drew the revolver from his pocket.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading He sat absolutely numbed for a long time.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He drew the revolver from his pocket.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading He sat absolutely numbed for a long time.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I will go back.
Chapter 22 of Round the Corner by Gilbert Cannan holds 378 sentences, grouped into 76 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 22 holds 378 sentences of Round the Corner, unabridged, divided into 76 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 22 of Round the Corner by Gilbert Cannan exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 378 sentences, grouped into 76 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 76 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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