Chapter 2 of Between the Dark and the Daylight is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Between the Dark and the Daylight is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Yes." "Then it was _so_! I thought I had dreamed it. I was beginning to remember something, and my father asked me what it was, and then I couldn't remember. Do you believe I shall keep on remembering?"
Chapter 2 of Between the Dark and the Daylight is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/90 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading “I was beginning to remember something, and my father asked me what it was, and then I couldn't remember.”
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “Do you believe I shall keep on remembering?"”
conceived of or imagined or hoped for
From this reading “I thought I had dreamed it.”
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading “Do you believe I shall keep on remembering?"”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “I was beginning to remember something, and my father asked me what it was, and then I couldn't remember.”
the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
From this reading “Do you believe I shall keep on remembering?"”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “I was beginning to remember something, and my father asked me what it was, and then I couldn't remember.”
an affirmative
From this reading “"Yes."”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I was beginning to remember something, and my father asked me what it was, and then I couldn't remember.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading I was beginning to remember something, and my father asked me what it was, and then I couldn't remember.
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading I was beginning to remember something, and my father asked me what it was, and then I couldn't remember.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading Do you believe I shall keep on remembering?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I was beginning to remember something, and my father asked me what it was, and then I couldn't remember.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you believe I shall keep on remembering?"
conceived of or imagined or hoped for
From this reading I thought I had dreamed it.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading I was beginning to remember something, and my father asked me what it was, and then I couldn't remember.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I thought I had dreamed it.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I thought I had dreamed it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Then it was _so_!
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Do you believe I shall keep on remembering?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I was beginning to remember something, and my father asked me what it was, and then I couldn't remember.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I was beginning to remember something, and my father asked me what it was, and then I couldn't remember.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Do you believe I shall keep on remembering?"
To recall to mind.
From this reading I was beginning to remember something, and my father asked me what it was, and then I couldn't remember.
the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
From this reading Do you believe I shall keep on remembering?"
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Do you believe I shall keep on remembering?"
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Then it was _so_!
a thing, without saying which
From this reading I was beginning to remember something, and my father asked me what it was, and then I couldn't remember.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Then it was _so_!
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I thought I had dreamed it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I was beginning to remember something, and my father asked me what it was, and then I couldn't remember.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Then it was _so_!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I was beginning to remember something, and my father asked me what it was, and then I couldn't remember.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you believe I shall keep on remembering?"
Chapter 2 of Between the Dark and the Daylight by William Dean Howells holds 451 sentences, grouped into 91 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 451 sentences of Between the Dark and the Daylight, unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Between the Dark and the Daylight by William Dean Howells exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 451 sentences, grouped into 91 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.
Work through the 91 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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