Chapter 2 of Cottage on the Curve is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Cottage on the Curve is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“M’m’m, most interesting flavor. What seasoning did you use?” Daddy looked puzzled and took a second bite. “There’s something different about this cake, Janie. I can’t quite place it.”
Chapter 2 of Cottage on the Curve is here in full — 433 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
From this reading “Daddy looked puzzled and took a second bite.”
a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
From this reading ““There’s something different about this cake, Janie.”
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading “Daddy looked puzzled and took a second bite.”
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading ““There’s something different about this cake, Janie.”
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
From this reading ““M’m’m, most interesting flavor.”
arousing or holding the attention
From this reading ““M’m’m, most interesting flavor.”
filled with bewilderment
From this reading “Daddy looked puzzled and took a second bite.”
something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
From this reading “What seasoning did you use?””
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In this reading ““M’m’m, most interesting flavor.”
In this reading “Daddy looked puzzled and took a second bite.”
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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 Daddy looked puzzled and took a second bite.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “There’s something different about this cake, Janie.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Daddy looked puzzled and took a second bite.
to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
From this reading Daddy looked puzzled and took a second bite.
a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
From this reading “There’s something different about this cake, Janie.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can’t quite place it.”
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading Daddy looked puzzled and took a second bite.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading What seasoning did you use?”
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading “There’s something different about this cake, Janie.
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
From this reading “M’m’m, most interesting flavor.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I can’t quite place it.”
arousing or holding the attention
From this reading “M’m’m, most interesting flavor.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I can’t quite place it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s something different about this cake, Janie.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Daddy looked puzzled and took a second bite.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “M’m’m, most interesting flavor.
used to form the superlative
From this reading “M’m’m, most interesting flavor.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading I can’t quite place it.”
filled with bewilderment
From this reading Daddy looked puzzled and took a second bite.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading I can’t quite place it.”
something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
From this reading What seasoning did you use?”
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Daddy looked puzzled and took a second bite.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “There’s something different about this cake, Janie.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s something different about this cake, Janie.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “There’s something different about this cake, Janie.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading Daddy looked puzzled and took a second bite.
the act of using
From this reading What seasoning did you use?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What seasoning did you use?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What seasoning did you use?”
Chapter 2 of Cottage on the Curve by Mary Lamers holds 433 sentences, grouped into 87 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 433 sentences of Cottage on the Curve, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Cottage on the Curve by Mary Lamers exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 433 sentences, grouped into 87 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 87 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 317 minutes of reading across 761 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Cottage on the Curve, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
