Chapter 11 of The shadow girl is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of The shadow girl is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE ESCAPE Nanette and I sat quiet. The figure of Josefa had disappeared from the corridor. Turber had gone out hastily with a command to Nanette and me. "Don't move. Stay in your chairs."
Chapter 11 of The shadow girl is here in full — 149 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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plural of “chair” — a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading “Stay in your chairs."”
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
From this reading “Turber had gone out hastily with a command to Nanette and me.”
an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it
From this reading “The figure of Josefa had disappeared from the corridor.”
past form of “disappear” — get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading “The figure of Josefa had disappeared from the corridor.”
the act of escaping physically
From this reading “THE ESCAPE Nanette and I sat quiet.”
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading “The figure of Josefa had disappeared from the corridor.”
in a hurried or hasty manner
From this reading “Turber had gone out hastily with a command to Nanette and me.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “"Don't move.”
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 figure of Josefa had disappeared from the corridor.”
In this reading “Stay in your chairs."”
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 Turber had gone out hastily with a command to Nanette and me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE ESCAPE Nanette and I sat quiet.
plural of “chair” — a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading Stay in your chairs."
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
From this reading Turber had gone out hastily with a command to Nanette and me.
an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it
From this reading The figure of Josefa had disappeared from the corridor.
past form of “disappear” — get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading The figure of Josefa had disappeared from the corridor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Don't move.
the act of escaping physically
From this reading THE ESCAPE Nanette and I sat quiet.
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading The figure of Josefa had disappeared from the corridor.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The figure of Josefa had disappeared from the corridor.
destroyed or killed
From this reading Turber had gone out hastily with a command to Nanette and me.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The figure of Josefa had disappeared from the corridor.
in a hurried or hasty manner
From this reading Turber had gone out hastily with a command to Nanette and me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE ESCAPE Nanette and I sat quiet.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Stay in your chairs."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The figure of Josefa had disappeared from the corridor.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Turber had gone out hastily with a command to Nanette and me.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Don't move.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE ESCAPE Nanette and I sat quiet.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The figure of Josefa had disappeared from the corridor.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Turber had gone out hastily with a command to Nanette and me.
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading THE ESCAPE Nanette and I sat quiet.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading THE ESCAPE Nanette and I sat quiet.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading Stay in your chairs."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ESCAPE Nanette and I sat quiet.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Turber had gone out hastily with a command to Nanette and me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Turber had gone out hastily with a command to Nanette and me.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Turber had gone out hastily with a command to Nanette and me.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Stay in your chairs."
Chapter 11 of The shadow girl by Ray Cummings holds 149 sentences, grouped into 30 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 11 holds 149 sentences of The shadow girl, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of The shadow girl by Ray Cummings exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 149 sentences, grouped into 30 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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