Chapter 2 of A Tender Attachment: A Farce is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of A Tender Attachment: A Farce is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Pic._ Yaw, yaw. (_Starts, R._) _Hor._ Where are you going? _Pic._ For mine lager, mit de spirit up stairs. _Hor._ No, no; you don’t understand me. Look as you looked when you met the rebels, fierce for the fight.
Chapter 2 of A Tender Attachment: A Farce is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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marked by extreme and violent energy
From this reading “Look as you looked when you met the rebels, fierce for the fight.”
a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons
From this reading “_Pic._ For mine lager, mit de spirit up stairs.”
an engineering university in Cambridge
From this reading “_Pic._ For mine lager, mit de spirit up stairs.”
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
plural of “rebel” — “Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading “Look as you looked when you met the rebels, fierce for the fight.”
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading “_Pic._ For mine lager, mit de spirit up stairs.”
plural of “start” — the beginning of anything
be wide open
From this reading “_Pic._ Yaw, yaw.”
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 “_Pic._ For mine lager, mit de spirit up stairs.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading (_Starts, R._) _Hor._ Where are you going?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Look as you looked when you met the rebels, fierce for the fight.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading _Pic._ For mine lager, mit de spirit up stairs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Hor._ No, no; you don’t understand me.
marked by extreme and violent energy
From this reading Look as you looked when you met the rebels, fierce for the fight.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading Look as you looked when you met the rebels, fierce for the fight.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _Pic._ For mine lager, mit de spirit up stairs.
the act of departing
From this reading (_Starts, R._) _Hor._ Where are you going?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (_Starts, R._) _Hor._ Where are you going?
a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons
From this reading _Pic._ For mine lager, mit de spirit up stairs.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Look as you looked when you met the rebels, fierce for the fight.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Look as you looked when you met the rebels, fierce for the fight.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Hor._ No, no; you don’t understand me.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading Look as you looked when you met the rebels, fierce for the fight.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Pic._ For mine lager, mit de spirit up stairs.
an engineering university in Cambridge
From this reading _Pic._ For mine lager, mit de spirit up stairs.
not any; not one
From this reading _Hor._ No, no; you don’t understand me.
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
From this reading _Pic._ Yaw, yaw.
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading (_Starts, R._) _Hor._ Where are you going?
plural of “rebel” — “Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading Look as you looked when you met the rebels, fierce for the fight.
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading _Pic._ For mine lager, mit de spirit up stairs.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading _Pic._ For mine lager, mit de spirit up stairs.
plural of “start” — the beginning of anything
From this reading (_Starts, R._) _Hor._ Where are you going?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Look as you looked when you met the rebels, fierce for the fight.
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading _Hor._ No, no; you don’t understand me.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading _Pic._ For mine lager, mit de spirit up stairs.
at the time that
From this reading Look as you looked when you met the rebels, fierce for the fight.
in or at the place that
From this reading (_Starts, R._) _Hor._ Where are you going?
be wide open
From this reading _Pic._ Yaw, yaw.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading (_Starts, R._) _Hor._ Where are you going?
Chapter 2 of A Tender Attachment: A Farce by George M. (George Melville) Baker holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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 424 sentences of A Tender Attachment: A Farce, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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