Chapter 2 of A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Ding, dong!" "Half past!" said Scrooge. "Ding, dong!" "A quarter to it," said Scrooge. "Ding, dong!"
Chapter 2 of A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/88 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a ringing sound
From this reading “"Ding, dong!"”
the basic unit of money in Vietnam
From this reading “"Ding, dong!"”
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading “"Half past!" said Scrooge.”
the time that has elapsed
From this reading “"Half past!" said Scrooge.”
one of four equal parts
From this reading “"A quarter to it," said Scrooge.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “"Half past!" said Scrooge.”
a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
From this reading “"Half past!" said Scrooge.”
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 “"Half past!" said Scrooge.”
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 "A quarter to it," said Scrooge.
a ringing sound
From this reading "Ding, dong!"
the basic unit of money in Vietnam
From this reading "Ding, dong!"
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading "Half past!" said Scrooge.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "A quarter to it," said Scrooge.
the time that has elapsed
From this reading "Half past!" said Scrooge.
one of four equal parts
From this reading "A quarter to it," said Scrooge.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Half past!" said Scrooge.
a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
From this reading "Half past!" said Scrooge.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "A quarter to it," said Scrooge.
Chapter 2 of A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript by Charles Dickens holds 441 sentences, grouped into 89 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 2 holds 441 sentences of A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript by Charles Dickens exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 441 sentences, grouped into 89 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 89 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 89 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 146 minutes of reading across 353 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
