Chapter 5 of The shadow girl is here in full — 337 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The shadow girl is here in full — 337 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE FLIGHT IN CENTRAL PARK Alan found himself outside the laboratory. Its door was open, with a yellow glow streaming out. Charlie, clinging to the girl, was with him. The glow fell on them; Alan shoved them aside. "Which way, Charlie?
Chapter 5 of The shadow girl is here in full — 337 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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serving as an essential component
From this reading “THE FLIGHT IN CENTRAL PARK Alan found himself outside the laboratory.”
-ing form of “cling” — come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
From this reading “Charlie, clinging to the girl, was with him.”
a formation of aircraft in flight
From this reading “THE FLIGHT IN CENTRAL PARK Alan found himself outside the laboratory.”
an alert and refreshed state
From this reading “Its door was open, with a yellow glow streaming out.”
a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
From this reading “THE FLIGHT IN CENTRAL PARK Alan found himself outside the laboratory.”
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading “THE FLIGHT IN CENTRAL PARK Alan found himself outside the laboratory.”
past form of “shove” — come into rough contact with while moving
From this reading “The glow fell on them; Alan shoved them aside.”
exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts
From this reading “Its door was open, with a yellow glow streaming out.”
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 “Its door was open, with a yellow glow streaming out.”
In this reading “The glow fell on them; Alan shoved them aside.”
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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 Its door was open, with a yellow glow streaming out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FLIGHT IN CENTRAL PARK Alan found himself outside the laboratory.
on or to one side
From this reading The glow fell on them; Alan shoved them aside.
serving as an essential component
From this reading THE FLIGHT IN CENTRAL PARK Alan found himself outside the laboratory.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Charlie, clinging to the girl, was with him.
-ing form of “cling” — come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
From this reading Charlie, clinging to the girl, was with him.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Its door was open, with a yellow glow streaming out.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading The glow fell on them; Alan shoved them aside.
a formation of aircraft in flight
From this reading THE FLIGHT IN CENTRAL PARK Alan found himself outside the laboratory.
set up or found
From this reading THE FLIGHT IN CENTRAL PARK Alan found himself outside the laboratory.
a young female
From this reading Charlie, clinging to the girl, was with him.
an alert and refreshed state
From this reading Its door was open, with a yellow glow streaming out.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Charlie, clinging to the girl, was with him.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading THE FLIGHT IN CENTRAL PARK Alan found himself outside the laboratory.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE FLIGHT IN CENTRAL PARK Alan found himself outside the laboratory.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Its door was open, with a yellow glow streaming out.
a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
From this reading THE FLIGHT IN CENTRAL PARK Alan found himself outside the laboratory.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The glow fell on them; Alan shoved them aside.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Its door was open, with a yellow glow streaming out.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Its door was open, with a yellow glow streaming out.
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading THE FLIGHT IN CENTRAL PARK Alan found himself outside the laboratory.
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading THE FLIGHT IN CENTRAL PARK Alan found himself outside the laboratory.
past form of “shove” — come into rough contact with while moving
From this reading The glow fell on them; Alan shoved them aside.
exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts
From this reading Its door was open, with a yellow glow streaming out.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FLIGHT IN CENTRAL PARK Alan found himself outside the laboratory.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The glow fell on them; Alan shoved them aside.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Charlie, clinging to the girl, was with him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Its door was open, with a yellow glow streaming out.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "Which way, Charlie?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "Which way, Charlie?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Its door was open, with a yellow glow streaming out.
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading Its door was open, with a yellow glow streaming out.
Chapter 5 of The shadow girl by Ray Cummings holds 337 sentences, grouped into 68 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 5 holds 337 sentences of The shadow girl, unabridged, divided into 68 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The shadow girl by Ray Cummings exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 337 sentences, grouped into 68 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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