Chapter 2 of Awakening is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Awakening is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I'm beautiful," she said. "Yes, yes," he said thickly. "Yes--" "As beautiful as Gloria." "Whoever she is, yes, yes--" "He will love me." "I love you, my dear, I love you," he whispered again and again.
Chapter 2 of Awakening is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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anew
From this reading “"I love you, my dear, I love you," he whispered again and again.”
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “"I'm beautiful," she said.”
dearly loved
From this reading “"I love you, my dear, I love you," he whispered again and again.”
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “"Whoever she is, yes, yes--" "He will love me."”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “"I'm beautiful," she said.”
spoken with poor articulation as if with a thick tongue
From this reading “"Yes, yes," he said thickly.”
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading “"I love you, my dear, I love you," he whispered again and again.”
an affirmative
From this reading “"Yes, yes," he said thickly.”
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anew
From this reading "I love you, my dear, I love you," he whispered again and again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I love you, my dear, I love you," he whispered again and again.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Yes--" "As beautiful as Gloria."
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading "I'm beautiful," she said.
dearly loved
From this reading "I love you, my dear, I love you," he whispered again and again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes--" "As beautiful as Gloria."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Yes, yes," he said thickly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I love you, my dear, I love you," he whispered again and again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'm beautiful," she said.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Whoever she is, yes, yes--" "He will love me."
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading "Whoever she is, yes, yes--" "He will love me."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Whoever she is, yes, yes--" "He will love me."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I love you, my dear, I love you," he whispered again and again.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I'm beautiful," she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I'm beautiful," she said.
spoken with poor articulation as if with a thick tongue
From this reading "Yes, yes," he said thickly.
spoken in soft hushed tones without vibrations of the vocal cords
From this reading "I love you, my dear, I love you," he whispered again and again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Whoever she is, yes, yes--" "He will love me."
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Whoever she is, yes, yes--" "He will love me."
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, yes," he said thickly.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I love you, my dear, I love you," he whispered again and again.
Chapter 2 of Awakening by Bryce Walton holds 426 sentences, grouped into 86 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 426 sentences of Awakening, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Awakening by Bryce Walton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 426 sentences, grouped into 86 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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