Chapter 2 of Brooks's Readers, Third Year is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Brooks's Readers, Third Year is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
There are leaves shaped like hearts and leaves shaped like arrowheads. And there are many other wonderful leaves which we may see if we keep our eyes open. Green leaves, what are you doing Up there on the tree so high? "We are shaking hands with the breezes, As they go singing by." What, green leaves! have you fingers?
Chapter 2 of Brooks's Readers, Third Year is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “arrowhead” — the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow
From this reading “There are leaves shaped like hearts and leaves shaped like arrowheads.”
plural of “breeze” — a slight wind (usually refreshing)
From this reading “"We are shaking hands with the breezes, As they go singing by."”
plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
From this reading “What, green leaves! have you fingers?”
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading “There are leaves shaped like hearts and leaves shaped like arrowheads.”
plural of “leaf” — the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
From this reading “There are leaves shaped like hearts and leaves shaped like arrowheads.”
the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements
From this reading “"We are shaking hands with the breezes, As they go singing by."”
shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
From this reading “There are leaves shaped like hearts and leaves shaped like arrowheads.”
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading “"We are shaking hands with the breezes, As they go singing by."”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “"We are shaking hands with the breezes, As they go singing by."”
In this reading “Green leaves, what are you doing Up there on the tree so high?”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There are leaves shaped like hearts and leaves shaped like arrowheads.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are leaves shaped like hearts and leaves shaped like arrowheads.
plural of “arrowhead” — the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow
From this reading There are leaves shaped like hearts and leaves shaped like arrowheads.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "We are shaking hands with the breezes, As they go singing by."
plural of “breeze” — a slight wind (usually refreshing)
From this reading "We are shaking hands with the breezes, As they go singing by."
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "We are shaking hands with the breezes, As they go singing by."
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading Green leaves, what are you doing Up there on the tree so high?
opinion or judgment
From this reading And there are many other wonderful leaves which we may see if we keep our eyes open.
plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
From this reading What, green leaves! have you fingers?
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "We are shaking hands with the breezes, As they go singing by."
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading Green leaves, what are you doing Up there on the tree so high?
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading "We are shaking hands with the breezes, As they go singing by."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What, green leaves! have you fingers?
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading There are leaves shaped like hearts and leaves shaped like arrowheads.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Green leaves, what are you doing Up there on the tree so high?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading And there are many other wonderful leaves which we may see if we keep our eyes open.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading And there are many other wonderful leaves which we may see if we keep our eyes open.
plural of “leaf” — the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
From this reading There are leaves shaped like hearts and leaves shaped like arrowheads.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading There are leaves shaped like hearts and leaves shaped like arrowheads.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading And there are many other wonderful leaves which we may see if we keep our eyes open.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading And there are many other wonderful leaves which we may see if we keep our eyes open.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Green leaves, what are you doing Up there on the tree so high?
To move from a closed position.
From this reading And there are many other wonderful leaves which we may see if we keep our eyes open.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading And there are many other wonderful leaves which we may see if we keep our eyes open.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading And there are many other wonderful leaves which we may see if we keep our eyes open.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading And there are many other wonderful leaves which we may see if we keep our eyes open.
the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements
From this reading "We are shaking hands with the breezes, As they go singing by."
shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
From this reading There are leaves shaped like hearts and leaves shaped like arrowheads.
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading "We are shaking hands with the breezes, As they go singing by."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Green leaves, what are you doing Up there on the tree so high?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Green leaves, what are you doing Up there on the tree so high?
in or at that place or location
From this reading There are leaves shaped like hearts and leaves shaped like arrowheads.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "We are shaking hands with the breezes, As they go singing by."
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading Green leaves, what are you doing Up there on the tree so high?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Green leaves, what are you doing Up there on the tree so high?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading And there are many other wonderful leaves which we may see if we keep our eyes open.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Green leaves, what are you doing Up there on the tree so high?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And there are many other wonderful leaves which we may see if we keep our eyes open.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "We are shaking hands with the breezes, As they go singing by."
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading And there are many other wonderful leaves which we may see if we keep our eyes open.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Green leaves, what are you doing Up there on the tree so high?
Chapter 2 of Brooks's Readers, Third Year by Stratton D. (Stratton Duluth) Brooks holds 443 sentences, grouped into 89 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 443 sentences of Brooks's Readers, Third Year, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Brooks's Readers, Third Year by Stratton D. (Stratton Duluth) Brooks exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 443 sentences, grouped into 89 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 89 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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