Chapter 2 of Changing Winds: A Novel is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Changing Winds: A Novel is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Lemme go!" Henry squeaked, struggling to throw them off his back. "When you've promised!..." "Oh, all right, then!" They released him and he stood up and straightened his clothes and searched his mind for something of a devastating character to say.
Chapter 2 of Changing Winds: A Novel is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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making light of
From this reading “They released him and he stood up and straightened his clothes and searched his mind for something of a devastating character to say.”
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading “Henry squeaked, struggling to throw them off his back.”
past form of “release” — release, as from one's grip
From this reading “They released him and he stood up and straightened his clothes and searched his mind for something of a devastating character to say.”
past form of “search” — try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading “They released him and he stood up and straightened his clothes and searched his mind for something of a devastating character to say.”
past form of “squeak” — make a high-pitched, screeching noise
From this reading “Henry squeaked, struggling to throw them off his back.”
past form of “straighten” — straighten up or out; make straight
From this reading “They released him and he stood up and straightened his clothes and searched his mind for something of a devastating character to say.”
engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity
From this reading “Henry squeaked, struggling to throw them off his back.”
propel through the air
From this reading “Henry squeaked, struggling to throw them off his back.”
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In this reading “They released him and he stood up and straightened his clothes and searched his mind for something of a devastating character to say.”
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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 They released him and he stood up and straightened his clothes and searched his mind for something of a devastating character to say.
(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 "Oh, all right, then!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They released him and he stood up and straightened his clothes and searched his mind for something of a devastating character to say.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Henry squeaked, struggling to throw them off his back.
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading They released him and he stood up and straightened his clothes and searched his mind for something of a devastating character to say.
clothing in general
From this reading They released him and he stood up and straightened his clothes and searched his mind for something of a devastating character to say.
making light of
From this reading They released him and he stood up and straightened his clothes and searched his mind for something of a devastating character to say.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They released him and he stood up and straightened his clothes and searched his mind for something of a devastating character to say.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Lemme go!"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They released him and he stood up and straightened his clothes and searched his mind for something of a devastating character to say.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading Henry squeaked, struggling to throw them off his back.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They released him and he stood up and straightened his clothes and searched his mind for something of a devastating character to say.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Henry squeaked, struggling to throw them off his back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Lemme go!"
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading They released him and he stood up and straightened his clothes and searched his mind for something of a devastating character to say.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They released him and he stood up and straightened his clothes and searched his mind for something of a devastating character to say.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Henry squeaked, struggling to throw them off his back.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, all right, then!"
past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment
From this reading "When you've promised!..."
past form of “release” — release, as from one's grip
From this reading They released him and he stood up and straightened his clothes and searched his mind for something of a devastating character to say.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "Oh, all right, then!"
express in words
From this reading They released him and he stood up and straightened his clothes and searched his mind for something of a devastating character to say.
past form of “search” — try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading They released him and he stood up and straightened his clothes and searched his mind for something of a devastating character to say.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading They released him and he stood up and straightened his clothes and searched his mind for something of a devastating character to say.
past form of “squeak” — make a high-pitched, screeching noise
From this reading Henry squeaked, struggling to throw them off his back.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading They released him and he stood up and straightened his clothes and searched his mind for something of a devastating character to say.
past form of “straighten” — straighten up or out; make straight
From this reading They released him and he stood up and straightened his clothes and searched his mind for something of a devastating character to say.
engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity
From this reading Henry squeaked, struggling to throw them off his back.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Henry squeaked, struggling to throw them off his back.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Oh, all right, then!"
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They released him and he stood up and straightened his clothes and searched his mind for something of a devastating character to say.
propel through the air
From this reading Henry squeaked, struggling to throw them off his back.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Henry squeaked, struggling to throw them off his back.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading They released him and he stood up and straightened his clothes and searched his mind for something of a devastating character to say.
at the time that
From this reading "When you've promised!..."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "When you've promised!..."
Chapter 2 of Changing Winds: A Novel by St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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 409 sentences of Changing Winds: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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