Chapter 2 of Dr. Breen's Practice is here in full — 205 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Dr. Breen's Practice is here in full — 205 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“No matter. Even as a divorced woman, you oughtn’t to go on in this way.” “Well, I wouldn’t, with _every_ one. But it’s quite different with Mr. Libby. And, besides, I have to keep my mind from preying on itself _some_how.”
Chapter 2 of Dr. Breen's Practice is here in full — 205 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/41 · 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.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading “And, besides, I have to keep my mind from preying on itself _some_how.””
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.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even as a divorced woman, you oughtn’t to go on in this way.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And, besides, I have to keep my mind from preying on itself _some_how.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even as a divorced woman, you oughtn’t to go on in this way.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And, besides, I have to keep my mind from preying on itself _some_how.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But it’s quite different with Mr. Libby.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But it’s quite different with Mr. Libby.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even as a divorced woman, you oughtn’t to go on in this way.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even as a divorced woman, you oughtn’t to go on in this way.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, I wouldn’t, with _every_ one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And, besides, I have to keep my mind from preying on itself _some_how.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even as a divorced woman, you oughtn’t to go on in this way.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And, besides, I have to keep my mind from preying on itself _some_how.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And, besides, I have to keep my mind from preying on itself _some_how.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, I wouldn’t, with _every_ one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even as a divorced woman, you oughtn’t to go on in this way.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But it’s quite different with Mr. Libby.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And, besides, I have to keep my mind from preying on itself _some_how.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And, besides, I have to keep my mind from preying on itself _some_how.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But it’s quite different with Mr. Libby.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No matter.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading And, besides, I have to keep my mind from preying on itself _some_how.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But it’s quite different with Mr. Libby.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And, besides, I have to keep my mind from preying on itself _some_how.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No matter.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even as a divorced woman, you oughtn’t to go on in this way.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, I wouldn’t, with _every_ one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even as a divorced woman, you oughtn’t to go on in this way.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And, besides, I have to keep my mind from preying on itself _some_how.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But it’s quite different with Mr. Libby.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And, besides, I have to keep my mind from preying on itself _some_how.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even as a divorced woman, you oughtn’t to go on in this way.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even as a divorced woman, you oughtn’t to go on in this way.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even as a divorced woman, you oughtn’t to go on in this way.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, I wouldn’t, with _every_ one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, I wouldn’t, with _every_ one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even as a divorced woman, you oughtn’t to go on in this way.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, I wouldn’t, with _every_ one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even as a divorced woman, you oughtn’t to go on in this way.”
Chapter 2 of Dr. Breen's Practice by William Dean Howells holds 205 sentences, grouped into 41 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 205 sentences of Dr. Breen's Practice, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Dr. Breen's Practice by William Dean Howells exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 205 sentences, grouped into 41 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 41 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 41 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 323 minutes of reading across 776 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Dr. Breen's Practice, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
