Chapter 2 of Collected Poems: Volume Two is here in full — 353 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Collected Poems: Volume Two is here in full — 353 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Tick, tack, tick, tack_, and faster yet she clattered! Ay, she'd almost gained a yard! I left her once again. Feeling very warm inside and sort of 'ighly flattered, On I plodded, all alone, with hay-stacks in my brain. Suddenly, with _chink--chink--chink_, the old sweet jingle Startled me!
Chapter 2 of Collected Poems: Volume Two is here in full — 353 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
From this reading “Suddenly, with _chink--chink--chink_, the old sweet jingle Startled me!”
more quickly
From this reading “_Tick, tack, tick, tack_, and faster yet she clattered!”
past form of “flatter” — praise somewhat dishonestly
From this reading “Feeling very warm inside and sort of 'ighly flattered, On I plodded, all alone, with hay-stacks in my brain.”
past form of “gain” — obtain
From this reading “Ay, she'd almost gained a yard!”
make a sound typical of metallic objects
From this reading “Suddenly, with _chink--chink--chink_, the old sweet jingle Startled me!”
inflected form of “plod” — walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
From this reading “Feeling very warm inside and sort of 'ighly flattered, On I plodded, all alone, with hay-stacks in my brain.”
fasten with tacks
From this reading “_Tick, tack, tick, tack_, and faster yet she clattered!”
a metallic tapping sound
From this reading “_Tick, tack, tick, tack_, and faster yet she clattered!”
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.
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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 Ay, she'd almost gained a yard!
anew
From this reading I left her once again.
(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 Feeling very warm inside and sort of 'ighly flattered, On I plodded, all alone, with hay-stacks in my brain.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Ay, she'd almost gained a yard!
Having no one else present.
From this reading Feeling very warm inside and sort of 'ighly flattered, On I plodded, all alone, with hay-stacks in my brain.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Tick, tack, tick, tack_, and faster yet she clattered!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ay, she'd almost gained a yard!
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading Feeling very warm inside and sort of 'ighly flattered, On I plodded, all alone, with hay-stacks in my brain.
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent
From this reading Suddenly, with _chink--chink--chink_, the old sweet jingle Startled me!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Tick, tack, tick, tack_, and faster yet she clattered!
more quickly
From this reading _Tick, tack, tick, tack_, and faster yet she clattered!
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading Feeling very warm inside and sort of 'ighly flattered, On I plodded, all alone, with hay-stacks in my brain.
past form of “flatter” — praise somewhat dishonestly
From this reading Feeling very warm inside and sort of 'ighly flattered, On I plodded, all alone, with hay-stacks in my brain.
past form of “gain” — obtain
From this reading Ay, she'd almost gained a yard!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Feeling very warm inside and sort of 'ighly flattered, On I plodded, all alone, with hay-stacks in my brain.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I left her once again.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I left her once again.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Feeling very warm inside and sort of 'ighly flattered, On I plodded, all alone, with hay-stacks in my brain.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Feeling very warm inside and sort of 'ighly flattered, On I plodded, all alone, with hay-stacks in my brain.
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
From this reading Feeling very warm inside and sort of 'ighly flattered, On I plodded, all alone, with hay-stacks in my brain.
make a sound typical of metallic objects
From this reading Suddenly, with _chink--chink--chink_, the old sweet jingle Startled me!
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading I left her once again.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Suddenly, with _chink--chink--chink_, the old sweet jingle Startled me!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Feeling very warm inside and sort of 'ighly flattered, On I plodded, all alone, with hay-stacks in my brain.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Feeling very warm inside and sort of 'ighly flattered, On I plodded, all alone, with hay-stacks in my brain.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Suddenly, with _chink--chink--chink_, the old sweet jingle Startled me!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Feeling very warm inside and sort of 'ighly flattered, On I plodded, all alone, with hay-stacks in my brain.
on one occasion
From this reading I left her once again.
inflected form of “plod” — walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
From this reading Feeling very warm inside and sort of 'ighly flattered, On I plodded, all alone, with hay-stacks in my brain.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Tick, tack, tick, tack_, and faster yet she clattered!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ay, she'd almost gained a yard!
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading Feeling very warm inside and sort of 'ighly flattered, On I plodded, all alone, with hay-stacks in my brain.
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
From this reading Suddenly, with _chink--chink--chink_, the old sweet jingle Startled me!
happening unexpectedly
From this reading Suddenly, with _chink--chink--chink_, the old sweet jingle Startled me!
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading Suddenly, with _chink--chink--chink_, the old sweet jingle Startled me!
fasten with tacks
From this reading _Tick, tack, tick, tack_, and faster yet she clattered!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Suddenly, with _chink--chink--chink_, the old sweet jingle Startled me!
a metallic tapping sound
From this reading _Tick, tack, tick, tack_, and faster yet she clattered!
precisely as stated
From this reading Feeling very warm inside and sort of 'ighly flattered, On I plodded, all alone, with hay-stacks in my brain.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading Feeling very warm inside and sort of 'ighly flattered, On I plodded, all alone, with hay-stacks in my brain.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Feeling very warm inside and sort of 'ighly flattered, On I plodded, all alone, with hay-stacks in my brain.
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading Ay, she'd almost gained a yard!
but in spite of that
From this reading _Tick, tack, tick, tack_, and faster yet she clattered!
Chapter 2 of Collected Poems: Volume Two by Alfred Noyes holds 353 sentences, grouped into 71 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 353 sentences of Collected Poems: Volume Two, unabridged, divided into 71 reading sections.
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