Chapter 15 of The shadow girl is here in full — 306 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XV
Chapter 15 of The shadow girl is here in full — 306 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE RESCUE Lea and San--after Alan and Lentz left them--kept watch in the tower. They talked together in their own language. "How long do you think, brother, that they will be gone?" "Until dawn perhaps. We can only hope for the best.
Chapter 15 of The shadow girl is here in full — 306 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “"How long do you think, brother, that they will be gone?"”
the first light of day
From this reading “"Until dawn perhaps.”
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
From this reading “They talked together in their own language.”
a unit of length of thread or yarn
From this reading “THE RESCUE Lea and San--after Alan and Lentz left them--kept watch in the tower.”
free from harm or evil
From this reading “THE RESCUE Lea and San--after Alan and Lentz left them--kept watch in the tower.”
past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “They talked together in their own language.”
a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
From this reading “THE RESCUE Lea and San--after Alan and Lentz left them--kept watch in the tower.”
look attentively
From this reading “THE RESCUE Lea and San--after Alan and Lentz left them--kept watch in the tower.”
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 “They talked together in their own language.”
In this reading “They talked together in their own language.”
In this reading “"Until dawn perhaps.”
In this reading “THE RESCUE Lea and San--after Alan and Lentz left them--kept watch in the tower.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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later than; following
From this reading THE RESCUE Lea and San--after Alan and Lentz left them--kept watch in the tower.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE RESCUE Lea and San--after Alan and Lentz left them--kept watch in the tower.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE RESCUE Lea and San--after Alan and Lentz left them--kept watch in the tower.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "How long do you think, brother, that they will be gone?"
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading We can only hope for the best.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading "How long do you think, brother, that they will be gone?"
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading We can only hope for the best.
the first light of day
From this reading "Until dawn perhaps.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "How long do you think, brother, that they will be gone?"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We can only hope for the best.
destroyed or killed
From this reading "How long do you think, brother, that they will be gone?"
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading We can only hope for the best.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How long do you think, brother, that they will be gone?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE RESCUE Lea and San--after Alan and Lentz left them--kept watch in the tower.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading THE RESCUE Lea and San--after Alan and Lentz left them--kept watch in the tower.
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
From this reading They talked together in their own language.
a unit of length of thread or yarn
From this reading THE RESCUE Lea and San--after Alan and Lentz left them--kept watch in the tower.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading THE RESCUE Lea and San--after Alan and Lentz left them--kept watch in the tower.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE RESCUE Lea and San--after Alan and Lentz left them--kept watch in the tower.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading "How long do you think, brother, that they will be gone?"
and nothing more
From this reading We can only hope for the best.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading They talked together in their own language.
by chance
From this reading "Until dawn perhaps.
free from harm or evil
From this reading THE RESCUE Lea and San--after Alan and Lentz left them--kept watch in the tower.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE RESCUE Lea and San--after Alan and Lentz left them--kept watch in the tower.
past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading They talked together in their own language.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "How long do you think, brother, that they will be gone?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE RESCUE Lea and San--after Alan and Lentz left them--kept watch in the tower.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They talked together in their own language.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading THE RESCUE Lea and San--after Alan and Lentz left them--kept watch in the tower.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They talked together in their own language.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "How long do you think, brother, that they will be gone?"
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading They talked together in their own language.
a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
From this reading THE RESCUE Lea and San--after Alan and Lentz left them--kept watch in the tower.
up to a particular time
From this reading "Until dawn perhaps.
look attentively
From this reading THE RESCUE Lea and San--after Alan and Lentz left them--kept watch in the tower.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We can only hope for the best.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "How long do you think, brother, that they will be gone?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "How long do you think, brother, that they will be gone?"
Chapter 15 of The shadow girl by Ray Cummings holds 306 sentences, grouped into 62 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 15 holds 306 sentences of The shadow girl, unabridged, divided into 62 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of The shadow girl by Ray Cummings exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 306 sentences, grouped into 62 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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