Chapter 2 of A Young Mutineer is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of A Young Mutineer is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE PEOPLE WHO GET MARRIED. Thou wert mine--all mine!... --Where has summer fled? Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part. Hurrying moments, stay, Leave us yet alone!-- All the world grows gray, Love, when thou art flown.
Chapter 2 of A Young Mutineer is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/33 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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make a strident sound
From this reading “Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.”
provoking fear terror
From this reading “Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.”
inflected form of “fly” — travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading “Hurrying moments, stay, Leave us yet alone!-- All the world grows gray, Love, when thou art flown.”
third-person singular of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.”
third-person singular of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading “Hurrying moments, stay, Leave us yet alone!-- All the world grows gray, Love, when thou art flown.”
moving with great haste
From this reading “Hurrying moments, stay, Leave us yet alone!-- All the world grows gray, Love, when thou art flown.”
above your head; in the sky
From this reading “Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.”
an old form of “were”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Thou wert mine--all mine!...”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Thou wert mine--all mine!...
Having no one else present.
From this reading Hurrying moments, stay, Leave us yet alone!-- All the world grows gray, Love, when thou art flown.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Hurrying moments, stay, Leave us yet alone!-- All the world grows gray, Love, when thou art flown.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.
make a strident sound
From this reading Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.
plural of “blow” — a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon
From this reading Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.
provoking fear terror
From this reading Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.
plural of “cloud” — any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
From this reading Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.
inflected form of “flee” — run away quickly
From this reading --Where has summer fled?
inflected form of “fly” — travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading Hurrying moments, stay, Leave us yet alone!-- All the world grows gray, Love, when thou art flown.
third-person singular of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.
made afraid
From this reading Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading THE PEOPLE WHO GET MARRIED.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading Hurrying moments, stay, Leave us yet alone!-- All the world grows gray, Love, when thou art flown.
third-person singular of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading Hurrying moments, stay, Leave us yet alone!-- All the world grows gray, Love, when thou art flown.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading --Where has summer fled?
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.
moving with great haste
From this reading Hurrying moments, stay, Leave us yet alone!-- All the world grows gray, Love, when thou art flown.
immediately past
From this reading Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.
go away from a place
From this reading Hurrying moments, stay, Leave us yet alone!-- All the world grows gray, Love, when thou art flown.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Hurrying moments, stay, Leave us yet alone!-- All the world grows gray, Love, when thou art flown.
joined in matrimony
From this reading THE PEOPLE WHO GET MARRIED.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Thou wert mine--all mine!...
plural of “moment” — a particular point in time
From this reading Hurrying moments, stay, Leave us yet alone!-- All the world grows gray, Love, when thou art flown.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.
above your head; in the sky
From this reading Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading THE PEOPLE WHO GET MARRIED.
be bright by reflecting or casting light
From this reading Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading Hurrying moments, stay, Leave us yet alone!-- All the world grows gray, Love, when thou art flown.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading --Where has summer fled?
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.
plural of “tell” — a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer
From this reading Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PEOPLE WHO GET MARRIED.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Thou wert mine--all mine!...
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Hurrying moments, stay, Leave us yet alone!-- All the world grows gray, Love, when thou art flown.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.
an old form of “were”, used with “thou”
From this reading Thou wert mine--all mine!...
at the time that
From this reading Sun forgets to shine, Clouds are overhead; Blows a chilling blast, Tells my frightened heart That the hour at last Comes when we must part.
in or at the place that
From this reading --Where has summer fled?
which person or people
From this reading THE PEOPLE WHO GET MARRIED.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Hurrying moments, stay, Leave us yet alone!-- All the world grows gray, Love, when thou art flown.
but in spite of that
From this reading Hurrying moments, stay, Leave us yet alone!-- All the world grows gray, Love, when thou art flown.
Chapter 2 of A Young Mutineer by L. T. Meade holds 167 sentences, grouped into 34 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.
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