Chapter 20 of Syndrome is here in full — 347 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of Syndrome is here in full — 347 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Wednesday, April 8 12:32 P.M. _ "You think you've got _what_?" Stone Aimes sounded like he'd just won the lottery. "For the patient who was 'terminated'? My God, Ally, you're incredible."
Chapter 20 of Syndrome is here in full — 347 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a friendly nation
From this reading “My God, Ally, you're incredible."”
the month following March and preceding May
From this reading “_Wednesday, April 8 12:32 P.M.”
beyond belief or understanding
From this reading “My God, Ally, you're incredible."”
something that is regarded as a chance event
From this reading “Stone Aimes sounded like he'd just won the lottery.”
a person who requires medical care
From this reading “"For the patient who was 'terminated'?”
past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way
From this reading “Stone Aimes sounded like he'd just won the lottery.”
having come or been brought to a conclusion
From this reading “"For the patient who was 'terminated'?”
the fourth day of the week; the third working day
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From this reading _Wednesday, April 8 12:32 P.M.
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From this reading _Wednesday, April 8 12:32 P.M.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Wednesday, April 8 12:32 P.M.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stone Aimes sounded like he'd just won the lottery.
a friendly nation
From this reading My God, Ally, you're incredible."
the month following March and preceding May
From this reading _Wednesday, April 8 12:32 P.M.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "For the patient who was 'terminated'?
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading My God, Ally, you're incredible."
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading _ "You think you've got _what_?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stone Aimes sounded like he'd just won the lottery.
beyond belief or understanding
From this reading My God, Ally, you're incredible."
and nothing more
From this reading Stone Aimes sounded like he'd just won the lottery.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Stone Aimes sounded like he'd just won the lottery.
something that is regarded as a chance event
From this reading Stone Aimes sounded like he'd just won the lottery.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading _Wednesday, April 8 12:32 P.M.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My God, Ally, you're incredible."
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading _Wednesday, April 8 12:32 P.M.
a person who requires medical care
From this reading "For the patient who was 'terminated'?
past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way
From this reading Stone Aimes sounded like he'd just won the lottery.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading Stone Aimes sounded like he'd just won the lottery.
having come or been brought to a conclusion
From this reading "For the patient who was 'terminated'?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Stone Aimes sounded like he'd just won the lottery.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading _ "You think you've got _what_?"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "For the patient who was 'terminated'?
the fourth day of the week; the third working day
From this reading _Wednesday, April 8 12:32 P.M.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading _ "You think you've got _what_?"
which person or people
From this reading "For the patient who was 'terminated'?
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading Stone Aimes sounded like he'd just won the lottery.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _ "You think you've got _what_?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My God, Ally, you're incredible."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _ "You think you've got _what_?"
Chapter 20 of Syndrome by Thomas Hoover holds 347 sentences, grouped into 70 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 20 holds 347 sentences of Syndrome, unabridged, divided into 70 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 20 of Syndrome by Thomas Hoover exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 347 sentences, grouped into 70 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 70 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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