Chapter 2 of A Set of Six is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of A Set of Six is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
</p> <p> The General, who bore the interruption with gravity, nodded courteous assent. “Si. Si. Under circumstances.
Chapter 2 of A Set of Six is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
From this reading “</p> <p> The General, who bore the interruption with gravity, nodded courteous assent.”
cause to be bored
From this reading “</p> <p> The General, who bore the interruption with gravity, nodded courteous assent.”
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading “Under circumstances.”
exhibiting courtesy and politeness
From this reading “</p> <p> The General, who bore the interruption with gravity, nodded courteous assent.”
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading “</p> <p> The General, who bore the interruption with gravity, nodded courteous assent.”
(physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface
From this reading “</p> <p> The General, who bore the interruption with gravity, nodded courteous assent.”
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
From this reading “</p> <p> The General, who bore the interruption with gravity, nodded courteous assent.”
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading “</p> <p> The General, who bore the interruption with gravity, nodded courteous assent.”
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agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
From this reading </p> <p> The General, who bore the interruption with gravity, nodded courteous assent.
cause to be bored
From this reading </p> <p> The General, who bore the interruption with gravity, nodded courteous assent.
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading Under circumstances.
exhibiting courtesy and politeness
From this reading </p> <p> The General, who bore the interruption with gravity, nodded courteous assent.
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading </p> <p> The General, who bore the interruption with gravity, nodded courteous assent.
(physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface
From this reading </p> <p> The General, who bore the interruption with gravity, nodded courteous assent.
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
From this reading </p> <p> The General, who bore the interruption with gravity, nodded courteous assent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Si.
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading </p> <p> The General, who bore the interruption with gravity, nodded courteous assent.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading </p> <p> The General, who bore the interruption with gravity, nodded courteous assent.
a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
From this reading “Si.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading </p> <p> The General, who bore the interruption with gravity, nodded courteous assent.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Under circumstances.
which person or people
From this reading </p> <p> The General, who bore the interruption with gravity, nodded courteous assent.
in the company of; together with
From this reading </p> <p> The General, who bore the interruption with gravity, nodded courteous assent.
Chapter 2 of A Set of Six by Joseph Conrad holds 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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 408 sentences of A Set of Six, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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