Chapter 6 of The Dark Other is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of The Dark Other is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"But did you think that?" "No," the girl confessed after a pause. "At first, when you started with that drink, I thought you were looking for material for your work. That's what you said--an experiment. Didn't you?"
Chapter 6 of The Dark Other is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “confess” — confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
From this reading “"No," the girl confessed after a pause.”
take in liquids
From this reading “"At first, when you started with that drink, I thought you were looking for material for your work.”
the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
From this reading “That's what you said--an experiment.”
a young female
From this reading “"No," the girl confessed after a pause.”
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading “"At first, when you started with that drink, I thought you were looking for material for your work.”
concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests
From this reading “"At first, when you started with that drink, I thought you were looking for material for your work.”
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading “"No," the girl confessed after a pause.”
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “"At first, when you started with that drink, I thought you were looking for material for your work.”
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 “"No," the girl confessed after a pause.”
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 "No," the girl confessed after a pause.
later than; following
From this reading "No," the girl confessed after a pause.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading That's what you said--an experiment.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "At first, when you started with that drink, I thought you were looking for material for your work.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But did you think that?"
past form of “confess” — confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
From this reading "No," the girl confessed after a pause.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "But did you think that?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Didn't you?"
take in liquids
From this reading "At first, when you started with that drink, I thought you were looking for material for your work.
the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
From this reading That's what you said--an experiment.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading "At first, when you started with that drink, I thought you were looking for material for your work.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "At first, when you started with that drink, I thought you were looking for material for your work.
a young female
From this reading "No," the girl confessed after a pause.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "At first, when you started with that drink, I thought you were looking for material for your work.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading "At first, when you started with that drink, I thought you were looking for material for your work.
concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests
From this reading "At first, when you started with that drink, I thought you were looking for material for your work.
not any; not one
From this reading "No," the girl confessed after a pause.
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading "No," the girl confessed after a pause.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading That's what you said--an experiment.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading "At first, when you started with that drink, I thought you were looking for material for your work.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "But did you think that?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's what you said--an experiment.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "No," the girl confessed after a pause.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "But did you think that?"
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "At first, when you started with that drink, I thought you were looking for material for your work.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "At first, when you started with that drink, I thought you were looking for material for your work.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading That's what you said--an experiment.
at the time that
From this reading "At first, when you started with that drink, I thought you were looking for material for your work.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "At first, when you started with that drink, I thought you were looking for material for your work.
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading "At first, when you started with that drink, I thought you were looking for material for your work.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "But did you think that?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "At first, when you started with that drink, I thought you were looking for material for your work.
Chapter 6 of The Dark Other by Stanley G. (Stanley Grauman) Weinbaum holds 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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 6 holds 411 sentences of The Dark Other, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of The Dark Other by Stanley G. (Stanley Grauman) Weinbaum exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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