Chapter 2 of Shadows in the Moonlight is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Shadows in the Moonlight is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'Where are they? Did they follow us?' 'Nobody followed us,' he answered. She sat up, still clinging to him, and looked fearfully about. Her blind flight had carried her to the southern edge of the plateau.
Chapter 2 of Shadows in the Moonlight is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 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 “Her blind flight had carried her to the southern edge of the plateau.”
-ing form of “cling” — come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
From this reading “She sat up, still clinging to him, and looked fearfully about.”
the boundary of a surface
From this reading “Her blind flight had carried her to the southern edge of the plateau.”
a formation of aircraft in flight
From this reading “Her blind flight had carried her to the southern edge of the plateau.”
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading “Did they follow us?'”
no person; not anyone
From this reading “'Nobody followed us,' he answered.”
a relatively flat highland
From this reading “Her blind flight had carried her to the southern edge of the plateau.”
in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading “Her blind flight had carried her to the southern edge of the plateau.”
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 “She sat up, still clinging to him, and looked fearfully about.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She sat up, still clinging to him, and looked fearfully about.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She sat up, still clinging to him, and looked fearfully about.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading 'Nobody followed us,' he answered.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 'Where are they?
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading Her blind flight had carried her to the southern edge of the plateau.
inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading Her blind flight had carried her to the southern edge of the plateau.
-ing form of “cling” — come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
From this reading She sat up, still clinging to him, and looked fearfully about.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did they follow us?'
the boundary of a surface
From this reading Her blind flight had carried her to the southern edge of the plateau.
in fear
From this reading She sat up, still clinging to him, and looked fearfully about.
a formation of aircraft in flight
From this reading Her blind flight had carried her to the southern edge of the plateau.
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading Did they follow us?'
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading 'Nobody followed us,' he answered.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Her blind flight had carried her to the southern edge of the plateau.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'Nobody followed us,' he answered.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her blind flight had carried her to the southern edge of the plateau.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She sat up, still clinging to him, and looked fearfully about.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading She sat up, still clinging to him, and looked fearfully about.
no person; not anyone
From this reading 'Nobody followed us,' he answered.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Her blind flight had carried her to the southern edge of the plateau.
a relatively flat highland
From this reading Her blind flight had carried her to the southern edge of the plateau.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading She sat up, still clinging to him, and looked fearfully about.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She sat up, still clinging to him, and looked fearfully about.
in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading Her blind flight had carried her to the southern edge of the plateau.
not in physical motion
From this reading She sat up, still clinging to him, and looked fearfully about.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Her blind flight had carried her to the southern edge of the plateau.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'Where are they?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She sat up, still clinging to him, and looked fearfully about.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading She sat up, still clinging to him, and looked fearfully about.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Did they follow us?'
in or at the place that
From this reading 'Where are they?
Chapter 2 of Shadows in the Moonlight by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard holds 431 sentences, grouped into 87 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 431 sentences of Shadows in the Moonlight, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Shadows in the Moonlight by Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 431 sentences, grouped into 87 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 87 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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