Chapter 9 of The shadow girl is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of The shadow girl is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours. Crowded hours! A cosmorama of whirling eons. Turber flung us far backward in Time. I did not see any of this part of the trip.
Chapter 9 of The shadow girl is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 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.
at or to or toward the back or rear
From this reading “Turber flung us far backward in Time.”
overfilled or compacted or concentrated
From this reading “Crowded hours!”
the period of time during which something continues
From this reading “THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.”
plural of “eon” — the longest division of geological time
From this reading “A cosmorama of whirling eons.”
inflected form of “fling” — throw with force or recklessness
From this reading “Turber flung us far backward in Time.”
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading “THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.”
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading “I did not see any of this part of the trip.”
the act of rotating in a circle or spiral
From this reading “A cosmorama of whirling eons.”
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 “THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.”
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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 A cosmorama of whirling eons.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading I did not see any of this part of the trip.
at or to or toward the back or rear
From this reading Turber flung us far backward in Time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A cosmorama of whirling eons.
overfilled or compacted or concentrated
From this reading Crowded hours!
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading I did not see any of this part of the trip.
the period of time during which something continues
From this reading THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.
plural of “eon” — the longest division of geological time
From this reading A cosmorama of whirling eons.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading Turber flung us far backward in Time.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.
inflected form of “fling” — throw with force or recklessness
From this reading Turber flung us far backward in Time.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I did not see any of this part of the trip.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I did not see any of this part of the trip.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A cosmorama of whirling eons.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading I did not see any of this part of the trip.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I did not see any of this part of the trip.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Turber flung us far backward in Time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading I did not see any of this part of the trip.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Turber flung us far backward in Time.
the act of rotating in a circle or spiral
From this reading A cosmorama of whirling eons.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading THE WOMAN JOSEFA This Time-voyage in the Turber aero seemed in duration four or five hours.
Chapter 9 of The shadow girl by Ray Cummings holds 76 sentences, grouped into 16 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 9 holds 76 sentences of The shadow girl, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The shadow girl by Ray Cummings exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 76 sentences, grouped into 16 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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