Chapter 2 of A Yankee doctor in paradise is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of A Yankee doctor in paradise is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SHORT NOTICE FOR A LONG CHORE “Lambert, I’ve got a good one for you this time. I’m sending you to Papua.” Dr. Victor G. Heiser, the Rockefeller Foundation’s famous Director of the East, made this announcement as if Papua were across the street. “That’s fine, Doctor,” I said, “perfectly fine.” Papua?
Chapter 2 of A Yankee doctor in paradise is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a formal public statement
From this reading “Dr. Victor G. Heiser, the Rockefeller Foundation’s famous Director of the East, made this announcement as if Papua were across the street.”
a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
From this reading “SHORT NOTICE FOR A LONG CHORE “Lambert, I’ve got a good one for you this time.”
someone who controls resources and expenditures
From this reading “Dr. Victor G. Heiser, the Rockefeller Foundation’s famous Director of the East, made this announcement as if Papua were across the street.”
possessive form of “foundation” — the basis on which something is grounded
a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
From this reading “SHORT NOTICE FOR A LONG CHORE “Lambert, I’ve got a good one for you this time.”
the southeastern part of Papua New Guinea
From this reading “I’m sending you to Papua.””
United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937)
From this reading “Dr. Victor G. Heiser, the Rockefeller Foundation’s famous Director of the East, made this announcement as if Papua were across the street.”
a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
From this reading “Dr. Victor G. Heiser, the Rockefeller Foundation’s famous Director of the East, made this announcement as if Papua were across the street.”
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In this reading “Dr. Victor G. Heiser, the Rockefeller Foundation’s famous Director of the East, made this announcement as if Papua were across the street.”
In this reading “SHORT NOTICE FOR A LONG CHORE “Lambert, I’ve got a good one for you this time.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading SHORT NOTICE FOR A LONG CHORE “Lambert, I’ve got a good one for you this time.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Dr. Victor G. Heiser, the Rockefeller Foundation’s famous Director of the East, made this announcement as if Papua were across the street.
a formal public statement
From this reading Dr. Victor G. Heiser, the Rockefeller Foundation’s famous Director of the East, made this announcement as if Papua were across the street.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Dr. Victor G. Heiser, the Rockefeller Foundation’s famous Director of the East, made this announcement as if Papua were across the street.
a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
From this reading SHORT NOTICE FOR A LONG CHORE “Lambert, I’ve got a good one for you this time.
someone who controls resources and expenditures
From this reading Dr. Victor G. Heiser, the Rockefeller Foundation’s famous Director of the East, made this announcement as if Papua were across the street.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “That’s fine, Doctor,” I said, “perfectly fine.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dr. Victor G. Heiser, the Rockefeller Foundation’s famous Director of the East, made this announcement as if Papua were across the street.
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
From this reading Dr. Victor G. Heiser, the Rockefeller Foundation’s famous Director of the East, made this announcement as if Papua were across the street.
widely known and esteemed
From this reading Dr. Victor G. Heiser, the Rockefeller Foundation’s famous Director of the East, made this announcement as if Papua were across the street.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading “That’s fine, Doctor,” I said, “perfectly fine.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading SHORT NOTICE FOR A LONG CHORE “Lambert, I’ve got a good one for you this time.
possessive form of “foundation” — the basis on which something is grounded
From this reading Dr. Victor G. Heiser, the Rockefeller Foundation’s famous Director of the East, made this announcement as if Papua were across the street.
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading Dr. Victor G. Heiser, the Rockefeller Foundation’s famous Director of the East, made this announcement as if Papua were across the street.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading SHORT NOTICE FOR A LONG CHORE “Lambert, I’ve got a good one for you this time.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading SHORT NOTICE FOR A LONG CHORE “Lambert, I’ve got a good one for you this time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dr. Victor G. Heiser, the Rockefeller Foundation’s famous Director of the East, made this announcement as if Papua were across the street.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “That’s fine, Doctor,” I said, “perfectly fine.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’m sending you to Papua.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SHORT NOTICE FOR A LONG CHORE “Lambert, I’ve got a good one for you this time.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Dr. Victor G. Heiser, the Rockefeller Foundation’s famous Director of the East, made this announcement as if Papua were across the street.
a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
From this reading SHORT NOTICE FOR A LONG CHORE “Lambert, I’ve got a good one for you this time.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading SHORT NOTICE FOR A LONG CHORE “Lambert, I’ve got a good one for you this time.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Dr. Victor G. Heiser, the Rockefeller Foundation’s famous Director of the East, made this announcement as if Papua were across the street.
an announcement containing information about an event
From this reading SHORT NOTICE FOR A LONG CHORE “Lambert, I’ve got a good one for you this time.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Dr. Victor G. Heiser, the Rockefeller Foundation’s famous Director of the East, made this announcement as if Papua were across the street.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading SHORT NOTICE FOR A LONG CHORE “Lambert, I’ve got a good one for you this time.
the southeastern part of Papua New Guinea
From this reading I’m sending you to Papua.”
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “That’s fine, Doctor,” I said, “perfectly fine.”
United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937)
From this reading Dr. Victor G. Heiser, the Rockefeller Foundation’s famous Director of the East, made this announcement as if Papua were across the street.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “That’s fine, Doctor,” I said, “perfectly fine.”
the act of causing something to go (especially messages)
From this reading I’m sending you to Papua.”
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading SHORT NOTICE FOR A LONG CHORE “Lambert, I’ve got a good one for you this time.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading Dr. Victor G. Heiser, the Rockefeller Foundation’s famous Director of the East, made this announcement as if Papua were across the street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That’s fine, Doctor,” I said, “perfectly fine.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dr. Victor G. Heiser, the Rockefeller Foundation’s famous Director of the East, made this announcement as if Papua were across the street.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading SHORT NOTICE FOR A LONG CHORE “Lambert, I’ve got a good one for you this time.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading SHORT NOTICE FOR A LONG CHORE “Lambert, I’ve got a good one for you this time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I’m sending you to Papua.”
a combatant who is able to defeat rivals
From this reading Dr. Victor G. Heiser, the Rockefeller Foundation’s famous Director of the East, made this announcement as if Papua were across the street.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Dr. Victor G. Heiser, the Rockefeller Foundation’s famous Director of the East, made this announcement as if Papua were across the street.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading SHORT NOTICE FOR A LONG CHORE “Lambert, I’ve got a good one for you this time.
Chapter 2 of A Yankee doctor in paradise by S. M. (Sylvester Maxwell) Lambert holds 154 sentences, grouped into 31 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 154 sentences of A Yankee doctor in paradise, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
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