Chapter 2 of 'Charge It': Keeping Up With Harry is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of 'Charge It': Keeping Up With Harry is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"'Hello!' I said. "'A voice answered. "I am Mrs. So-and-So's butler," it said. "She wishes to see you as soon as you can get here.
Chapter 2 of 'Charge It': Keeping Up With Harry is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 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.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading “"'A voice answered.”
a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
From this reading “"I am Mrs. So-and-So's butler," it said.”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “"She wishes to see you as soon as you can get here.”
an expression of greeting
From this reading “"'Hello!'”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “"I am Mrs. So-and-So's butler," it said.”
in the near future
From this reading “"She wishes to see you as soon as you can get here.”
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “"'A voice answered.”
plural of “wish” — a specific feeling of desire
From this reading “"She wishes to see you as soon as you can get here.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "'A voice answered.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I am Mrs. So-and-So's butler," it said.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading "'A voice answered.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "She wishes to see you as soon as you can get here.
a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table
From this reading "I am Mrs. So-and-So's butler," it said.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "She wishes to see you as soon as you can get here.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "She wishes to see you as soon as you can get here.
an expression of greeting
From this reading "'Hello!'
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "She wishes to see you as soon as you can get here.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I said.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I am Mrs. So-and-So's butler," it said.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading "I am Mrs. So-and-So's butler," it said.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading I said.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "She wishes to see you as soon as you can get here.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She wishes to see you as soon as you can get here.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I am Mrs. So-and-So's butler," it said.
in the near future
From this reading "She wishes to see you as soon as you can get here.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "She wishes to see you as soon as you can get here.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading "'A voice answered.
plural of “wish” — a specific feeling of desire
From this reading "She wishes to see you as soon as you can get here.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "She wishes to see you as soon as you can get here.
Chapter 2 of 'Charge It': Keeping Up With Harry by Irving Bacheller holds 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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 422 sentences of 'Charge It': Keeping Up With Harry, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of 'Charge It': Keeping Up With Harry by Irving Bacheller exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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