Chapter 2 of Harper's Young People, October 26, 1880 is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Harper's Young People, October 26, 1880 is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"And a nose." "And a cheek." "Oh, Deacon Merritt, eyes too." There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear. The left sticks.
Chapter 2 of Harper's Young People, October 26, 1880 is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading “"And a cheek."”
a soft partly suppressed laugh
From this reading “There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.”
a Protestant layman who assists the minister
From this reading “"Oh, Deacon Merritt, eyes too."”
the act of hearing attentively
From this reading “There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.”
plural of “stick” — an implement consisting of a length of wood
From this reading “The left sticks.”
in a softened tone
From this reading “There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.”
speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading “There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "And a nose."
from one side of something to the other
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And a nose."
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading "And a cheek."
a soft partly suppressed laugh
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
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From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
a Protestant layman who assists the minister
From this reading "Oh, Deacon Merritt, eyes too."
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
opinion or judgment
From this reading "Oh, Deacon Merritt, eyes too."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading The left sticks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
the act of hearing attentively
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, Deacon Merritt, eyes too."
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
From this reading "And a nose."
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, Deacon Merritt, eyes too."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
precisely, exactly
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
a person, without saying who
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
plural of “stick” — an implement consisting of a length of wood
From this reading The left sticks.
in a softened tone
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading "Oh, Deacon Merritt, eyes too."
the act of traveling by foot
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
From this reading There was a subdued chuckle down there among the lilac-bushes, as if somebody were listening to all that was said by the growing crowd on the front-door step, and another whisper went across the walk: "Clint, give him his right ear.
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