Chapter 2 of Gettysburg is here in full — 512 sentences across 103 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Gettysburg is here in full — 512 sentences across 103 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
His terror drove him finally to the window overlooking the garden. It was here that he most vividly remembered her, bending over her flower-beds, training the tender vines, pulling weeds. She must be here. In spite of the snarl of guns, she must be here. But the garden was a waste, the fence was down.
Chapter 2 of Gettysburg is here in full — 512 sentences across 103 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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movement that causes the formation of a curve
From this reading “It was here that he most vividly remembered her, bending over her flower-beds, training the tender vines, pulling weeds.”
used of a height or viewpoint
From this reading “His terror drove him finally to the window overlooking the garden.”
the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you
From this reading “It was here that he most vividly remembered her, bending over her flower-beds, training the tender vines, pulling weeds.”
utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading “In spite of the snarl of guns, she must be here.”
activity leading to skilled behavior
From this reading “It was here that he most vividly remembered her, bending over her flower-beds, training the tender vines, pulling weeds.”
plural of “vine” — a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
From this reading “It was here that he most vividly remembered her, bending over her flower-beds, training the tender vines, pulling weeds.”
in a vivid manner
From this reading “It was here that he most vividly remembered her, bending over her flower-beds, training the tender vines, pulling weeds.”
a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning
From this reading “It was here that he most vividly remembered her, bending over her flower-beds, training the tender vines, pulling weeds.”
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In this reading “In spite of the snarl of guns, she must be here.”
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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 But the garden was a waste, the fence was down.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She must be here.
movement that causes the formation of a curve
From this reading It was here that he most vividly remembered her, bending over her flower-beds, training the tender vines, pulling weeds.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the garden was a waste, the fence was down.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading But the garden was a waste, the fence was down.
a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
From this reading His terror drove him finally to the window overlooking the garden.
enclose with a fence
From this reading But the garden was a waste, the fence was down.
after an unspecified period of time or an especially long delay
From this reading His terror drove him finally to the window overlooking the garden.
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From this reading It was here that he most vividly remembered her, bending over her flower-beds, training the tender vines, pulling weeds.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading His terror drove him finally to the window overlooking the garden.
plural of “gun” — a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading In spite of the snarl of guns, she must be here.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was here that he most vividly remembered her, bending over her flower-beds, training the tender vines, pulling weeds.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It was here that he most vividly remembered her, bending over her flower-beds, training the tender vines, pulling weeds.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading It was here that he most vividly remembered her, bending over her flower-beds, training the tender vines, pulling weeds.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading His terror drove him finally to the window overlooking the garden.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His terror drove him finally to the window overlooking the garden.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In spite of the snarl of guns, she must be here.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was here that he most vividly remembered her, bending over her flower-beds, training the tender vines, pulling weeds.
used to form the superlative
From this reading It was here that he most vividly remembered her, bending over her flower-beds, training the tender vines, pulling weeds.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading She must be here.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In spite of the snarl of guns, she must be here.
above and across; more than
From this reading It was here that he most vividly remembered her, bending over her flower-beds, training the tender vines, pulling weeds.
used of a height or viewpoint
From this reading His terror drove him finally to the window overlooking the garden.
the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you
From this reading It was here that he most vividly remembered her, bending over her flower-beds, training the tender vines, pulling weeds.
past form of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading It was here that he most vividly remembered her, bending over her flower-beds, training the tender vines, pulling weeds.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She must be here.
utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
From this reading In spite of the snarl of guns, she must be here.
feeling a need to see others suffer
From this reading In spite of the snarl of guns, she must be here.
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
From this reading It was here that he most vividly remembered her, bending over her flower-beds, training the tender vines, pulling weeds.
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading His terror drove him finally to the window overlooking the garden.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was here that he most vividly remembered her, bending over her flower-beds, training the tender vines, pulling weeds.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading His terror drove him finally to the window overlooking the garden.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His terror drove him finally to the window overlooking the garden.
activity leading to skilled behavior
From this reading It was here that he most vividly remembered her, bending over her flower-beds, training the tender vines, pulling weeds.
plural of “vine” — a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
From this reading It was here that he most vividly remembered her, bending over her flower-beds, training the tender vines, pulling weeds.
in a vivid manner
From this reading It was here that he most vividly remembered her, bending over her flower-beds, training the tender vines, pulling weeds.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was here that he most vividly remembered her, bending over her flower-beds, training the tender vines, pulling weeds.
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
From this reading But the garden was a waste, the fence was down.
a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning
From this reading It was here that he most vividly remembered her, bending over her flower-beds, training the tender vines, pulling weeds.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading His terror drove him finally to the window overlooking the garden.
Chapter 2 of Gettysburg by Elsie Singmaster holds 512 sentences, grouped into 103 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 512 sentences of Gettysburg, unabridged, divided into 103 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Gettysburg by Elsie Singmaster exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 512 sentences, grouped into 103 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 103 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 103 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.
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