Chapter 10 of The shadow girl is here in full — 384 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The shadow girl is here in full — 384 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PLANNING THE ESCAPE We finished the meal. Turber rose. "Come into the control room. We can see better from there." There was only Bluntnose in the control room.
Chapter 10 of The shadow girl is here in full — 384 sentences across 77 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/76 · 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.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading “We can see better from there."”
power to direct or determine
From this reading “"Come into the control room.”
the act of escaping physically
From this reading “PLANNING THE ESCAPE We finished the meal.”
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
From this reading “PLANNING THE ESCAPE We finished the meal.”
the food served and eaten at one time
From this reading “PLANNING THE ESCAPE We finished the meal.”
an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action
From this reading “PLANNING THE ESCAPE We finished the meal.”
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading “"Come into the control room.”
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading “Turber rose.”
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.
a room housing control equipment (as in a recording studio)
In this reading “"Come into the control room.”
obtain, especially accidentally
In this reading “"Come into the control room.”
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.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading We can see better from there."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was only Bluntnose in the control room.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading We can see better from there."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Come into the control room.
power to direct or determine
From this reading "Come into the control room.
the act of escaping physically
From this reading PLANNING THE ESCAPE We finished the meal.
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
From this reading PLANNING THE ESCAPE We finished the meal.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading We can see better from there."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was only Bluntnose in the control room.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Come into the control room.
the food served and eaten at one time
From this reading PLANNING THE ESCAPE We finished the meal.
and nothing more
From this reading There was only Bluntnose in the control room.
an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action
From this reading PLANNING THE ESCAPE We finished the meal.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading "Come into the control room.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading Turber rose.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading We can see better from there."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PLANNING THE ESCAPE We finished the meal.
in or at that place or location
From this reading We can see better from there."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Turber rose.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was only Bluntnose in the control room.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading PLANNING THE ESCAPE We finished the meal.
Chapter 10 of The shadow girl by Ray Cummings holds 384 sentences, grouped into 77 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 384 sentences of The shadow girl, unabridged, divided into 77 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The shadow girl by Ray Cummings exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 384 sentences, grouped into 77 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 77 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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