Chapter 10 of The sea girl is here in full — 367 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The sea girl is here in full — 367 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
INTO THE ABYSS. It was a round, gleaming metallic globe some thirty feet in diameter. We entered its tiny doorway; a thick, complicated affair, it reminded me of the door to some great round safe in a bank vault. Tad swung it closed. The click and queer whir of it, in spite of these friends around me, struck at me with awe.
Chapter 10 of The sea girl is here in full — 367 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/73 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
From this reading “INTO THE ABYSS.”
move or strike with a noise
From this reading “The click and queer whir of it, in spite of these friends around me, struck at me with awe.”
difficult to analyze or understand
From this reading “We entered its tiny doorway; a thick, complicated affair, it reminded me of the door to some great round safe in a bank vault.”
the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
From this reading “It was a round, gleaming metallic globe some thirty feet in diameter.”
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading “It was a round, gleaming metallic globe some thirty feet in diameter.”
containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal
From this reading “It was a round, gleaming metallic globe some thirty feet in diameter.”
a slight amount or degree of difference
From this reading “Tad swung it closed.”
An arched structure of masonry forming a ceiling, or a secure subterranean storage room.
From this reading “We entered its tiny doorway; a thick, complicated affair, it reminded me of the door to some great round safe in a bank vault.”
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 “It was a round, gleaming metallic globe some thirty feet in diameter.”
In this reading “INTO THE ABYSS.”
In this reading “The click and queer whir of it, in spite of these friends around me, struck at me with awe.”
In this reading “It was a round, gleaming metallic globe some thirty feet in diameter.”
In this reading “It was a round, gleaming metallic globe some thirty feet in diameter.”
In this reading “The click and queer whir of it, in spite of these friends around me, struck at me with awe.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It was a round, gleaming metallic globe some thirty feet in diameter.
a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
From this reading INTO THE ABYSS.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading We entered its tiny doorway; a thick, complicated affair, it reminded me of the door to some great round safe in a bank vault.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The click and queer whir of it, in spite of these friends around me, struck at me with awe.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The click and queer whir of it, in spite of these friends around me, struck at me with awe.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The click and queer whir of it, in spite of these friends around me, struck at me with awe.
an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
From this reading The click and queer whir of it, in spite of these friends around me, struck at me with awe.
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading We entered its tiny doorway; a thick, complicated affair, it reminded me of the door to some great round safe in a bank vault.
move or strike with a noise
From this reading The click and queer whir of it, in spite of these friends around me, struck at me with awe.
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading Tad swung it closed.
difficult to analyze or understand
From this reading We entered its tiny doorway; a thick, complicated affair, it reminded me of the door to some great round safe in a bank vault.
the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
From this reading It was a round, gleaming metallic globe some thirty feet in diameter.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading We entered its tiny doorway; a thick, complicated affair, it reminded me of the door to some great round safe in a bank vault.
the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
From this reading We entered its tiny doorway; a thick, complicated affair, it reminded me of the door to some great round safe in a bank vault.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading We entered its tiny doorway; a thick, complicated affair, it reminded me of the door to some great round safe in a bank vault.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading It was a round, gleaming metallic globe some thirty feet in diameter.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading The click and queer whir of it, in spite of these friends around me, struck at me with awe.
a flash of light (especially reflected light)
From this reading It was a round, gleaming metallic globe some thirty feet in diameter.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading It was a round, gleaming metallic globe some thirty feet in diameter.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading We entered its tiny doorway; a thick, complicated affair, it reminded me of the door to some great round safe in a bank vault.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was a round, gleaming metallic globe some thirty feet in diameter.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading INTO THE ABYSS.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a round, gleaming metallic globe some thirty feet in diameter.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading We entered its tiny doorway; a thick, complicated affair, it reminded me of the door to some great round safe in a bank vault.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We entered its tiny doorway; a thick, complicated affair, it reminded me of the door to some great round safe in a bank vault.
containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal
From this reading It was a round, gleaming metallic globe some thirty feet in diameter.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We entered its tiny doorway; a thick, complicated affair, it reminded me of the door to some great round safe in a bank vault.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading The click and queer whir of it, in spite of these friends around me, struck at me with awe.
past form of “remind” — put in the mind of someone
From this reading We entered its tiny doorway; a thick, complicated affair, it reminded me of the door to some great round safe in a bank vault.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading It was a round, gleaming metallic globe some thirty feet in diameter.
free from danger or the risk of harm
From this reading We entered its tiny doorway; a thick, complicated affair, it reminded me of the door to some great round safe in a bank vault.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading It was a round, gleaming metallic globe some thirty feet in diameter.
feeling a need to see others suffer
From this reading The click and queer whir of it, in spite of these friends around me, struck at me with awe.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading The click and queer whir of it, in spite of these friends around me, struck at me with awe.
inflected form of “swing” — move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
From this reading Tad swung it closed.
a slight amount or degree of difference
From this reading Tad swung it closed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading INTO THE ABYSS.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The click and queer whir of it, in spite of these friends around me, struck at me with awe.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading We entered its tiny doorway; a thick, complicated affair, it reminded me of the door to some great round safe in a bank vault.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
From this reading It was a round, gleaming metallic globe some thirty feet in diameter.
very small
From this reading We entered its tiny doorway; a thick, complicated affair, it reminded me of the door to some great round safe in a bank vault.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We entered its tiny doorway; a thick, complicated affair, it reminded me of the door to some great round safe in a bank vault.
An arched structure of masonry forming a ceiling, or a secure subterranean storage room.
From this reading We entered its tiny doorway; a thick, complicated affair, it reminded me of the door to some great round safe in a bank vault.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a round, gleaming metallic globe some thirty feet in diameter.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We entered its tiny doorway; a thick, complicated affair, it reminded me of the door to some great round safe in a bank vault.
sound of something in rapid motion
From this reading The click and queer whir of it, in spite of these friends around me, struck at me with awe.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The click and queer whir of it, in spite of these friends around me, struck at me with awe.
Chapter 10 of The sea girl by Ray Cummings holds 367 sentences, grouped into 74 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 10 holds 367 sentences of The sea girl, unabridged, divided into 74 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The sea girl by Ray Cummings exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 367 sentences, grouped into 74 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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