Chapter 21 of The shadow girl is here in full — 115 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 21 of The shadow girl is here in full — 115 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE EYE OF DOOM "Why, Ed! With this thing we can rock the city--bring death--" "Death! Yes. But, Alan--" "Death to them all! To Turber!
Chapter 21 of The shadow girl is here in full — 115 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/23 · 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.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “With this thing we can rock the city--bring death--" "Death!”
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading “With this thing we can rock the city--bring death--" "Death!”
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading “With this thing we can rock the city--bring death--" "Death!”
decree or designate beforehand
From this reading “THE EYE OF DOOM "Why, Ed!”
the organ of sight
From this reading “THE EYE OF DOOM "Why, Ed!”
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “With this thing we can rock the city--bring death--" "Death!”
a special situation
From this reading “With this thing we can rock the city--bring death--" "Death!”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes.”
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From this reading But, Alan--" "Death to them all!
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading But, Alan--" "Death to them all!
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading With this thing we can rock the city--bring death--" "Death!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, Alan--" "Death to them all!
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading With this thing we can rock the city--bring death--" "Death!
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading With this thing we can rock the city--bring death--" "Death!
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading With this thing we can rock the city--bring death--" "Death!
decree or designate beforehand
From this reading THE EYE OF DOOM "Why, Ed!
impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis
From this reading THE EYE OF DOOM "Why, Ed!
the organ of sight
From this reading THE EYE OF DOOM "Why, Ed!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE EYE OF DOOM "Why, Ed!
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading With this thing we can rock the city--bring death--" "Death!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE EYE OF DOOM "Why, Ed!
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading But, Alan--" "Death to them all!
a special situation
From this reading With this thing we can rock the city--bring death--" "Death!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading With this thing we can rock the city--bring death--" "Death!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But, Alan--" "Death to them all!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To Turber!
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading With this thing we can rock the city--bring death--" "Death!
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading THE EYE OF DOOM "Why, Ed!
in the company of; together with
From this reading With this thing we can rock the city--bring death--" "Death!
an affirmative
From this reading Yes.
Chapter 21 of The shadow girl by Ray Cummings holds 115 sentences, grouped into 23 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 21 holds 115 sentences of The shadow girl, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 21 of The shadow girl by Ray Cummings exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 115 sentences, grouped into 23 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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