Chapter 6 of The radium pool is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The radium pool is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Right away, Steckel," said the scientist grimly. "I was going to call you in a few moments. But get your squad and come on over to my laboratory. Everything is ready!" "Good!" said Steckel.
Chapter 6 of The radium pool is here in full — 440 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “"I was going to call you in a few moments.”
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “Everything is ready!"”
in a grim implacable manner
From this reading “"Right away, Steckel," said the scientist grimly.”
a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
From this reading “But get your squad and come on over to my laboratory.”
plural of “moment” — a particular point in time
From this reading “"I was going to call you in a few moments.”
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading “Everything is ready!"”
a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences
From this reading “"Right away, Steckel," said the scientist grimly.”
a smallest army unit
From this reading “But get your squad and come on over to my laboratory.”
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 “"I was going to call you in a few moments.”
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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 "I was going to call you in a few moments.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But get your squad and come on over to my laboratory.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Right away, Steckel," said the scientist grimly.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But get your squad and come on over to my laboratory.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "I was going to call you in a few moments.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading But get your squad and come on over to my laboratory.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Everything is ready!"
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading "I was going to call you in a few moments.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading But get your squad and come on over to my laboratory.
the act of departing
From this reading "I was going to call you in a few moments.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Good!" said Steckel.
in a grim implacable manner
From this reading "Right away, Steckel," said the scientist grimly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I was going to call you in a few moments.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I was going to call you in a few moments.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Everything is ready!"
a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
From this reading But get your squad and come on over to my laboratory.
plural of “moment” — a particular point in time
From this reading "I was going to call you in a few moments.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But get your squad and come on over to my laboratory.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But get your squad and come on over to my laboratory.
above and across; more than
From this reading But get your squad and come on over to my laboratory.
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading Everything is ready!"
precisely, exactly
From this reading "Right away, Steckel," said the scientist grimly.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Right away, Steckel," said the scientist grimly.
a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences
From this reading "Right away, Steckel," said the scientist grimly.
a smallest army unit
From this reading But get your squad and come on over to my laboratory.
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From this reading "Right away, Steckel," said the scientist grimly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Right away, Steckel," said the scientist grimly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "I was going to call you in a few moments.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I was going to call you in a few moments.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I was going to call you in a few moments.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But get your squad and come on over to my laboratory.
Chapter 6 of The radium pool by Ed Earl Repp holds 440 sentences, grouped into 88 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 440 sentences of The radium pool, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of The radium pool by Ed Earl Repp exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 440 sentences, grouped into 88 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 88 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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