Chapter 2 of Big People and Little People of Other Lands is here in full — 524 sentences across 105 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Big People and Little People of Other Lands is here in full — 524 sentences across 105 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
They have no knives or forks. They eat with spoons, and they use chopsticks, as the Chinamen do. They have no water-pipes in their houses. In the towns men carry water in pails. They have no gas.
Chapter 2 of Big People and Little People of Other Lands is here in full — 524 sentences across 105 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “chopstick” — one of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with
From this reading “They eat with spoons, and they use chopsticks, as the Chinamen do.”
plural of “fork” — cutlery used for serving and eating food
From this reading “They have no knives or forks.”
the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity
From this reading “They have no gas.”
plural of “house” — a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading “They have no water-pipes in their houses.”
plural of “knife” — edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
From this reading “They have no knives or forks.”
plural of “pail” — a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
From this reading “In the towns men carry water in pails.”
plural of “spoon” — a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
From this reading “They eat with spoons, and they use chopsticks, as the Chinamen do.”
plural of “town” — an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading “In the towns men carry water in pails.”
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 They eat with spoons, and they use chopsticks, as the Chinamen do.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They eat with spoons, and they use chopsticks, as the Chinamen do.
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading In the towns men carry water in pails.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They eat with spoons, and they use chopsticks, as the Chinamen do.
plural of “chopstick” — one of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with
From this reading They eat with spoons, and they use chopsticks, as the Chinamen do.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading They eat with spoons, and they use chopsticks, as the Chinamen do.
take in solid food
From this reading They eat with spoons, and they use chopsticks, as the Chinamen do.
plural of “fork” — cutlery used for serving and eating food
From this reading They have no knives or forks.
the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity
From this reading They have no gas.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They have no knives or forks.
plural of “house” — a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading They have no water-pipes in their houses.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They have no water-pipes in their houses.
plural of “knife” — edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
From this reading They have no knives or forks.
the force of workers available
From this reading In the towns men carry water in pails.
not any; not one
From this reading They have no knives or forks.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading They have no knives or forks.
plural of “pail” — a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
From this reading In the towns men carry water in pails.
plural of “spoon” — a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
From this reading They eat with spoons, and they use chopsticks, as the Chinamen do.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They eat with spoons, and they use chopsticks, as the Chinamen do.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They have no water-pipes in their houses.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They have no knives or forks.
plural of “town” — an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading In the towns men carry water in pails.
the act of using
From this reading They eat with spoons, and they use chopsticks, as the Chinamen do.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading In the towns men carry water in pails.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They have no water-pipes in their houses.
in the company of; together with
From this reading They eat with spoons, and they use chopsticks, as the Chinamen do.
Chapter 2 of Big People and Little People of Other Lands by Edward R. (Edward Richard) Shaw holds 524 sentences, grouped into 105 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 524 sentences of Big People and Little People of Other Lands, unabridged, divided into 105 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Big People and Little People of Other Lands by Edward R. (Edward Richard) Shaw exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 524 sentences, grouped into 105 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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