Chapter 2 of A Double Barrelled Detective Story is here in full — 630 sentences across 126 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of A Double Barrelled Detective Story is here in full — 630 sentences across 126 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Because he's dead again.” “Dead! Dead! Oh, don't trifle with a poor wreck like me. Is he dead?
Chapter 2 of A Double Barrelled Detective Story is here in full — 630 sentences across 126 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 102/126 · 5 reading units · Lines 506–510
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anew
From this reading ““Because he's dead again.””
for the reason that
From this reading ““Because he's dead again.””
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading ““Because he's dead again.””
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “Oh, don't trifle with a poor wreck like me.”
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “Oh, don't trifle with a poor wreck like me.”
a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
From this reading “Oh, don't trifle with a poor wreck like me.”
something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
From this reading “Oh, don't trifle with a poor wreck like me.”
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 Oh, don't trifle with a poor wreck like me.
anew
From this reading “Because he's dead again.”
for the reason that
From this reading “Because he's dead again.”
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading “Because he's dead again.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, don't trifle with a poor wreck like me.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Is he dead?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Because he's dead again.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Is he dead?
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Oh, don't trifle with a poor wreck like me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Oh, don't trifle with a poor wreck like me.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, don't trifle with a poor wreck like me.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Oh, don't trifle with a poor wreck like me.
a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
From this reading Oh, don't trifle with a poor wreck like me.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Oh, don't trifle with a poor wreck like me.
something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation
From this reading Oh, don't trifle with a poor wreck like me.
Chapter 2 of A Double Barrelled Detective Story by Mark Twain holds 630 sentences, grouped into 126 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 630 sentences of A Double Barrelled Detective Story, unabridged, divided into 126 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of A Double Barrelled Detective Story by Mark Twain exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 630 sentences, grouped into 126 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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