Chapter 2 of Helpfully Yours is here in full — 573 sentences across 115 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Helpfully Yours is here in full — 573 sentences across 115 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"You do, indeed," Tarb said. How could she ever have thought he was charming and handsome? Well, perhaps he still was handsome, but fine feathers do not make fine deeds. And, if it came to that, it wasn't his paper. "We have the same thing on Terra," Miss Snow murmured sympathetically to Stet.
Chapter 2 of Helpfully Yours is here in full — 573 sentences across 115 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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pleasing or delighting
From this reading “How could she ever have thought he was charming and handsome?”
performance of moral or religious acts
From this reading “Well, perhaps he still was handsome, but fine feathers do not make fine deeds.”
plural of “feather” — the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
From this reading “Well, perhaps he still was handsome, but fine feathers do not make fine deeds.”
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
From this reading “How could she ever have thought he was charming and handsome?”
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading “"We have the same thing on Terra," Miss Snow murmured sympathetically to Stet.”
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading “"We have the same thing on Terra," Miss Snow murmured sympathetically to Stet.”
printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
From this reading “"We have the same thing on Terra," Miss Snow murmured sympathetically to Stet.”
with respect to the sympathetic nervous system
From this reading “"We have the same thing on Terra," Miss Snow murmured sympathetically to Stet.”
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 “"We have the same thing on Terra," Miss Snow murmured sympathetically to Stet.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading How could she ever have thought he was charming and handsome?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Well, perhaps he still was handsome, but fine feathers do not make fine deeds.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading And, if it came to that, it wasn't his paper.
pleasing or delighting
From this reading How could she ever have thought he was charming and handsome?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading How could she ever have thought he was charming and handsome?
performance of moral or religious acts
From this reading Well, perhaps he still was handsome, but fine feathers do not make fine deeds.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "You do, indeed," Tarb said.
at any time
From this reading How could she ever have thought he was charming and handsome?
plural of “feather” — the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
From this reading Well, perhaps he still was handsome, but fine feathers do not make fine deeds.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading Well, perhaps he still was handsome, but fine feathers do not make fine deeds.
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
From this reading How could she ever have thought he was charming and handsome?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading How could she ever have thought he was charming and handsome?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How could she ever have thought he was charming and handsome?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And, if it came to that, it wasn't his paper.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How could she ever have thought he was charming and handsome?
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading And, if it came to that, it wasn't his paper.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading "You do, indeed," Tarb said.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And, if it came to that, it wasn't his paper.
engage in
From this reading Well, perhaps he still was handsome, but fine feathers do not make fine deeds.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "We have the same thing on Terra," Miss Snow murmured sympathetically to Stet.
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading "We have the same thing on Terra," Miss Snow murmured sympathetically to Stet.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Well, perhaps he still was handsome, but fine feathers do not make fine deeds.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "We have the same thing on Terra," Miss Snow murmured sympathetically to Stet.
a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
From this reading And, if it came to that, it wasn't his paper.
by chance
From this reading Well, perhaps he still was handsome, but fine feathers do not make fine deeds.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "You do, indeed," Tarb said.
Identical; not different.
From this reading "We have the same thing on Terra," Miss Snow murmured sympathetically to Stet.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How could she ever have thought he was charming and handsome?
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading "We have the same thing on Terra," Miss Snow murmured sympathetically to Stet.
printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
From this reading "We have the same thing on Terra," Miss Snow murmured sympathetically to Stet.
not in physical motion
From this reading Well, perhaps he still was handsome, but fine feathers do not make fine deeds.
with respect to the sympathetic nervous system
From this reading "We have the same thing on Terra," Miss Snow murmured sympathetically to Stet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You do, indeed," Tarb said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We have the same thing on Terra," Miss Snow murmured sympathetically to Stet.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And, if it came to that, it wasn't his paper.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "We have the same thing on Terra," Miss Snow murmured sympathetically to Stet.
a special situation
From this reading "We have the same thing on Terra," Miss Snow murmured sympathetically to Stet.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading How could she ever have thought he was charming and handsome?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And, if it came to that, it wasn't his paper.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading How could she ever have thought he was charming and handsome?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And, if it came to that, it wasn't his paper.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We have the same thing on Terra," Miss Snow murmured sympathetically to Stet.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, perhaps he still was handsome, but fine feathers do not make fine deeds.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You do, indeed," Tarb said.
Chapter 2 of Helpfully Yours by Evelyn E. Smith holds 573 sentences, grouped into 115 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 573 sentences of Helpfully Yours, unabridged, divided into 115 reading sections.
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