Chapter 2 of From the Easy Chair, Volume 2 is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of From the Easy Chair, Volume 2 is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Yes, they were. It was public money that he stole. And what is public money? It is the taxes. And who pay the taxes--the rich?
Chapter 2 of From the Easy Chair, Volume 2 is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading “It was public money that he stole.”
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading “And who pay the taxes--the rich?”
people in general considered as a whole
From this reading “It was public money that he stole.”
possessing material wealth
From this reading “And who pay the taxes--the rich?”
a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
From this reading “It was public money that he stole.”
plural of “tax” — charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
From this reading “It is the taxes.”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, they were.”
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.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And what is public money?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was public money that he stole.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And what is public money?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was public money that he stole.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading It was public money that he stole.
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading And who pay the taxes--the rich?
people in general considered as a whole
From this reading It was public money that he stole.
possessing material wealth
From this reading And who pay the taxes--the rich?
a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
From this reading It was public money that he stole.
plural of “tax” — charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
From this reading It is the taxes.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was public money that he stole.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It is the taxes.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yes, they were.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was public money that he stole.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Yes, they were.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And what is public money?
which person or people
From this reading And who pay the taxes--the rich?
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, they were.
Chapter 2 of From the Easy Chair, Volume 2 by George William Curtis holds 442 sentences, grouped into 89 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 442 sentences of From the Easy Chair, Volume 2, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of From the Easy Chair, Volume 2 by George William Curtis exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 442 sentences, grouped into 89 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 89 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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