Chapter 2 of Don't Look Now is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Don't Look Now is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Disgusting. And they call him the Father of the Mushroom. Big shot." "Why?" he asked. "After all, he _is_ a bureaucrat.
Chapter 2 of Don't Look Now is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “"Why?" he asked.”
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Big shot."”
an official of a bureaucracy
From this reading “"After all, he _is_ a bureaucrat.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “And they call him the Father of the Mushroom.”
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
From this reading “"Disgusting.”
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “And they call him the Father of the Mushroom.”
common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)
From this reading “And they call him the Father of the Mushroom.”
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading “Big shot."”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "After all, he _is_ a bureaucrat.
later than; following
From this reading "After all, he _is_ a bureaucrat.
(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 "After all, he _is_ a bureaucrat.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And they call him the Father of the Mushroom.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Why?" he asked.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Big shot."
an official of a bureaucracy
From this reading "After all, he _is_ a bureaucrat.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading And they call him the Father of the Mushroom.
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
From this reading "Disgusting.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading And they call him the Father of the Mushroom.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Why?" he asked.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And they call him the Father of the Mushroom.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "After all, he _is_ a bureaucrat.
common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)
From this reading And they call him the Father of the Mushroom.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And they call him the Father of the Mushroom.
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading Big shot."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And they call him the Father of the Mushroom.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And they call him the Father of the Mushroom.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why?" he asked.
Chapter 2 of Don't Look Now by Leonard Rubin 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 Don't Look Now, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Don't Look Now by Leonard Rubin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Don't Look Now, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
