Chapter 3 of The radium pool is here in full — 452 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The radium pool is here in full — 452 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"'By what right have you to condemn and destroy?' I asked, more controlled. "His flat beak opened in a froggish attempt to laugh. A peculiar cackling sound, issued from his cavernous throat. He seemed to be enjoying himself hugely.
Chapter 3 of The radium pool is here in full — 452 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)
From this reading “"His flat beak opened in a froggish attempt to laugh.”
-ing form of “cackle” — talk or utter in a cackling manner
From this reading “A peculiar cackling sound, issued from his cavernous throat.”
being or suggesting a cavern
From this reading “A peculiar cackling sound, issued from his cavernous throat.”
express strong disapproval of
From this reading “"'By what right have you to condemn and destroy?'”
restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds
From this reading “I asked, more controlled.”
-ing form of “enjoy” — derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
From this reading “He seemed to be enjoying himself hugely.”
extremely
From this reading “He seemed to be enjoying himself hugely.”
past form of “issue” — prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
From this reading “A peculiar cackling sound, issued from his cavernous throat.”
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 “A peculiar cackling sound, issued from his cavernous throat.”
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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 "His flat beak opened in a froggish attempt to laugh.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "'By what right have you to condemn and destroy?'
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading I asked, more controlled.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading "His flat beak opened in a froggish attempt to laugh.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He seemed to be enjoying himself hugely.
beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)
From this reading "His flat beak opened in a froggish attempt to laugh.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "'By what right have you to condemn and destroy?'
-ing form of “cackle” — talk or utter in a cackling manner
From this reading A peculiar cackling sound, issued from his cavernous throat.
being or suggesting a cavern
From this reading A peculiar cackling sound, issued from his cavernous throat.
express strong disapproval of
From this reading "'By what right have you to condemn and destroy?'
restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds
From this reading I asked, more controlled.
do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
From this reading "'By what right have you to condemn and destroy?'
-ing form of “enjoy” — derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
From this reading He seemed to be enjoying himself hugely.
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading "His flat beak opened in a froggish attempt to laugh.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "His flat beak opened in a froggish attempt to laugh.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A peculiar cackling sound, issued from his cavernous throat.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "'By what right have you to condemn and destroy?'
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He seemed to be enjoying himself hugely.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He seemed to be enjoying himself hugely.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "His flat beak opened in a froggish attempt to laugh.
extremely
From this reading He seemed to be enjoying himself hugely.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I asked, more controlled.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "His flat beak opened in a froggish attempt to laugh.
past form of “issue” — prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
From this reading A peculiar cackling sound, issued from his cavernous throat.
the sound of laughing
From this reading "His flat beak opened in a froggish attempt to laugh.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading I asked, more controlled.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading "His flat beak opened in a froggish attempt to laugh.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading A peculiar cackling sound, issued from his cavernous throat.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "'By what right have you to condemn and destroy?'
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading He seemed to be enjoying himself hugely.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading A peculiar cackling sound, issued from his cavernous throat.
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading A peculiar cackling sound, issued from his cavernous throat.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "'By what right have you to condemn and destroy?'
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "'By what right have you to condemn and destroy?'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "'By what right have you to condemn and destroy?'
Chapter 3 of The radium pool by Ed Earl Repp holds 452 sentences, grouped into 91 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 3 holds 452 sentences of The radium pool, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The radium pool by Ed Earl Repp exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 452 sentences, grouped into 91 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.
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