Chapter 22 of The shadow girl is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 22 of The shadow girl is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SIXTY MINUTES "Alan, will you be all right? Can you do it?" "Yes, I must." He set his jaw grimly. "I must."
Chapter 22 of The shadow girl is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a grim implacable manner
From this reading “He set his jaw grimly.”
talk socially without exchanging too much information
From this reading “He set his jaw grimly.”
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading “SIXTY MINUTES "Alan, will you be all right?”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “"Yes, I must."”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “SIXTY MINUTES "Alan, will you be all right?”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “He set his jaw grimly.”
being ten more than fifty
From this reading “SIXTY MINUTES "Alan, will you be all right?”
an affirmative
From this reading “"Yes, I must."”
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In this reading “SIXTY MINUTES "Alan, will you be all right?”
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From this reading SIXTY MINUTES "Alan, will you be all right?
(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 SIXTY MINUTES "Alan, will you be all right?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading SIXTY MINUTES "Alan, will you be all right?
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Can you do it?"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Can you do it?"
in a grim implacable manner
From this reading He set his jaw grimly.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He set his jaw grimly.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He set his jaw grimly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Yes, I must."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Can you do it?"
talk socially without exchanging too much information
From this reading He set his jaw grimly.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading SIXTY MINUTES "Alan, will you be all right?
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "Yes, I must."
precisely, exactly
From this reading SIXTY MINUTES "Alan, will you be all right?
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading He set his jaw grimly.
being ten more than fifty
From this reading SIXTY MINUTES "Alan, will you be all right?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading SIXTY MINUTES "Alan, will you be all right?
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, I must."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading SIXTY MINUTES "Alan, will you be all right?
Chapter 22 of The shadow girl by Ray Cummings holds 264 sentences, grouped into 53 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 22 holds 264 sentences of The shadow girl, unabridged, divided into 53 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 22 of The shadow girl by Ray Cummings exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 264 sentences, grouped into 53 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 53 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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