Chapter 2 of Down among men is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Down among men is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“You must have come up hard. Did you, boy?” Fallows asked after a moment. “Perhaps you would say so.” “Farm first?”
Chapter 2 of Down among men is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading “Fallows asked after a moment.”
a youthful male person
From this reading “Did you, boy?””
plural of “fallow” — cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons
From this reading “Fallows asked after a moment.”
be a farmer; work as a farmer
From this reading ““Farm first?””
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading ““You must have come up hard.”
a particular point in time
From this reading “Fallows asked after a moment.”
by chance
From this reading ““Perhaps you would say so.””
express in words
From this reading ““Perhaps you would say so.””
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In this reading “Fallows asked after a moment.”
bring forth, usually something desirable
In this reading ““You must have come up hard.”
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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 Fallows asked after a moment.
later than; following
From this reading Fallows asked after a moment.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Fallows asked after a moment.
a youthful male person
From this reading Did you, boy?”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “You must have come up hard.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did you, boy?”
plural of “fallow” — cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons
From this reading Fallows asked after a moment.
be a farmer; work as a farmer
From this reading “Farm first?”
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading “Farm first?”
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading “You must have come up hard.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You must have come up hard.
a particular point in time
From this reading Fallows asked after a moment.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “You must have come up hard.
by chance
From this reading “Perhaps you would say so.”
express in words
From this reading “Perhaps you would say so.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Perhaps you would say so.”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “You must have come up hard.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Perhaps you would say so.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You must have come up hard.
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