Chapter 2 of Harper's Young People, 1882 Index is here in full — 503 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Harper's Young People, 1882 Index is here in full — 503 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Base-Ball, 523. Bassorah, Tom Fairweather goes to, 602. Battle in the Dark, 835. Battle of Lake Borgne, The, 807. BEARS:--My Bear Hunt, 291; Mark Outrigger meets with an Adventure, 839.
Chapter 2 of Harper's Young People, 1882 Index is here in full — 503 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
From this reading “BEARS:--My Bear Hunt, 291; Mark Outrigger meets with an Adventure, 839.”
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading “Battle in the Dark, 835.”
plural of “bear” — massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
From this reading “BEARS:--My Bear Hunt, 291; Mark Outrigger meets with an Adventure, 839.”
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
From this reading “BEARS:--My Bear Hunt, 291; Mark Outrigger meets with an Adventure, 839.”
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading “Battle of Lake Borgne, The, 807.”
attach a tag or label to
From this reading “BEARS:--My Bear Hunt, 291; Mark Outrigger meets with an Adventure, 839.”
plural of “meet” — a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
From this reading “BEARS:--My Bear Hunt, 291; Mark Outrigger meets with an Adventure, 839.”
a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or float parallel to the hull
From this reading “BEARS:--My Bear Hunt, 291; Mark Outrigger meets with an Adventure, 839.”
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 “BEARS:--My Bear Hunt, 291; Mark Outrigger meets with an Adventure, 839.”
In this reading “Battle in the Dark, 835.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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From this reading BEARS:--My Bear Hunt, 291; Mark Outrigger meets with an Adventure, 839.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Base-Ball, 523.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bassorah, Tom Fairweather goes to, 602.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Battle of Lake Borgne, The, 807.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Battle in the Dark, 835.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BEARS:--My Bear Hunt, 291; Mark Outrigger meets with an Adventure, 839.
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
From this reading BEARS:--My Bear Hunt, 291; Mark Outrigger meets with an Adventure, 839.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading BEARS:--My Bear Hunt, 291; Mark Outrigger meets with an Adventure, 839.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Base-Ball, 523.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bassorah, Tom Fairweather goes to, 602.
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading Battle in the Dark, 835.
have
From this reading BEARS:--My Bear Hunt, 291; Mark Outrigger meets with an Adventure, 839.
plural of “bear” — massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
From this reading BEARS:--My Bear Hunt, 291; Mark Outrigger meets with an Adventure, 839.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Battle of Lake Borgne, The, 807.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Battle in the Dark, 835.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bassorah, Tom Fairweather goes to, 602.
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading Bassorah, Tom Fairweather goes to, 602.
pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)
From this reading BEARS:--My Bear Hunt, 291; Mark Outrigger meets with an Adventure, 839.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Battle in the Dark, 835.
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading Battle of Lake Borgne, The, 807.
attach a tag or label to
From this reading BEARS:--My Bear Hunt, 291; Mark Outrigger meets with an Adventure, 839.
plural of “meet” — a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
From this reading BEARS:--My Bear Hunt, 291; Mark Outrigger meets with an Adventure, 839.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading BEARS:--My Bear Hunt, 291; Mark Outrigger meets with an Adventure, 839.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Battle of Lake Borgne, The, 807.
a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or float parallel to the hull
From this reading BEARS:--My Bear Hunt, 291; Mark Outrigger meets with an Adventure, 839.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Battle in the Dark, 835.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Bassorah, Tom Fairweather goes to, 602.
male cat
From this reading Bassorah, Tom Fairweather goes to, 602.
in the company of; together with
From this reading BEARS:--My Bear Hunt, 291; Mark Outrigger meets with an Adventure, 839.
Chapter 2 of Harper's Young People, 1882 Index by Various holds 503 sentences, grouped into 101 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 503 sentences of Harper's Young People, 1882 Index, unabridged, divided into 101 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Harper's Young People, 1882 Index by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 503 sentences, grouped into 101 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.
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