Chapter 2 of Grim Tales is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Grim Tales is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Drive to the church!" I said, as some one shut the door. "Mr. Charrington hasn't come by this train." Anxiety now replaced anger. What had become of the man?
Chapter 2 of Grim Tales is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 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.
a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
From this reading “Anxiety now replaced anger.”
(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
From this reading “Anxiety now replaced anger.”
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading “What had become of the man?”
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading “"Drive to the church!"”
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading “"Drive to the church!"”
past form of “replace” — substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
From this reading “Anxiety now replaced anger.”
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading “I said, as some one shut the door.”
create by training and teaching
From this reading “"Mr. Charrington hasn't come by this train."”
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.
In this reading “I said, as some one shut the door.”
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.
a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
From this reading Anxiety now replaced anger.
(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
From this reading Anxiety now replaced anger.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I said, as some one shut the door.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading What had become of the man?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "Mr. Charrington hasn't come by this train."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Mr. Charrington hasn't come by this train."
one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
From this reading "Drive to the church!"
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Mr. Charrington hasn't come by this train."
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading I said, as some one shut the door.
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading "Drive to the church!"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What had become of the man?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Mr. Charrington hasn't come by this train."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I said, as some one shut the door.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading What had become of the man?
a form of address for a man
From this reading "Mr. Charrington hasn't come by this train."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Anxiety now replaced anger.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What had become of the man?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I said, as some one shut the door.
past form of “replace” — substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
From this reading Anxiety now replaced anger.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading I said, as some one shut the door.
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading I said, as some one shut the door.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I said, as some one shut the door.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Drive to the church!"
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Mr. Charrington hasn't come by this train."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Drive to the church!"
create by training and teaching
From this reading "Mr. Charrington hasn't come by this train."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What had become of the man?
Chapter 2 of Grim Tales by E. (Edith) Nesbit holds 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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 402 sentences of Grim Tales, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Grim Tales by E. (Edith) Nesbit exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 402 sentences, grouped into 81 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 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 81 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 137 minutes of reading across 330 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Grim Tales section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 4 chapters of Grim Tales to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Grim Tales, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
