Chapter 2 of Here and Now Story Book is here in full — 90 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Here and Now Story Book is here in full — 90 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
One morning when Boris was eating his breakfast, he suddenly thought of the wide green country around his old home in Russia. I don't know what made him think of it. He just did! "Mother," he said, "I want to see some grass." His mother smiled.
Chapter 2 of Here and Now Story Book is here in full — 90 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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eat an early morning meal
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the act of consuming food
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shoot down, of birds
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green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading “One morning when Boris was eating his breakfast, he suddenly thought of the wide green country around his old home in Russia.”
a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991
From this reading “One morning when Boris was eating his breakfast, he suddenly thought of the wide green country around his old home in Russia.”
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading “His mother smiled.”
happening unexpectedly
From this reading “One morning when Boris was eating his breakfast, he suddenly thought of the wide green country around his old home in Russia.”
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading “One morning when Boris was eating his breakfast, he suddenly thought of the wide green country around his old home in Russia.”
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keep in mind for attention or consideration
In this reading “I don't know what made him think of it.”
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
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From this reading One morning when Boris was eating his breakfast, he suddenly thought of the wide green country around his old home in Russia.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading One morning when Boris was eating his breakfast, he suddenly thought of the wide green country around his old home in Russia.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading One morning when Boris was eating his breakfast, he suddenly thought of the wide green country around his old home in Russia.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He just did!
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From this reading I don't know what made him think of it.
the act of consuming food
From this reading One morning when Boris was eating his breakfast, he suddenly thought of the wide green country around his old home in Russia.
shoot down, of birds
From this reading "Mother," he said, "I want to see some grass."
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading One morning when Boris was eating his breakfast, he suddenly thought of the wide green country around his old home in Russia.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading One morning when Boris was eating his breakfast, he suddenly thought of the wide green country around his old home in Russia.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I don't know what made him think of it.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading One morning when Boris was eating his breakfast, he suddenly thought of the wide green country around his old home in Russia.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading One morning when Boris was eating his breakfast, he suddenly thought of the wide green country around his old home in Russia.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I don't know what made him think of it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading One morning when Boris was eating his breakfast, he suddenly thought of the wide green country around his old home in Russia.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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and nothing more
From this reading He just did!
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I don't know what made him think of it.
produced by a manufacturing process
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the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading One morning when Boris was eating his breakfast, he suddenly thought of the wide green country around his old home in Russia.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading "Mother," he said, "I want to see some grass."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One morning when Boris was eating his breakfast, he suddenly thought of the wide green country around his old home in Russia.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading One morning when Boris was eating his breakfast, he suddenly thought of the wide green country around his old home in Russia.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One morning when Boris was eating his breakfast, he suddenly thought of the wide green country around his old home in Russia.
a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991
From this reading One morning when Boris was eating his breakfast, he suddenly thought of the wide green country around his old home in Russia.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Mother," he said, "I want to see some grass."
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Mother," he said, "I want to see some grass."
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading His mother smiled.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Mother," he said, "I want to see some grass."
happening unexpectedly
From this reading One morning when Boris was eating his breakfast, he suddenly thought of the wide green country around his old home in Russia.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading One morning when Boris was eating his breakfast, he suddenly thought of the wide green country around his old home in Russia.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I don't know what made him think of it.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading One morning when Boris was eating his breakfast, he suddenly thought of the wide green country around his old home in Russia.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Mother," he said, "I want to see some grass."
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "Mother," he said, "I want to see some grass."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One morning when Boris was eating his breakfast, he suddenly thought of the wide green country around his old home in Russia.
used to ask for information about something
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at the time that
From this reading One morning when Boris was eating his breakfast, he suddenly thought of the wide green country around his old home in Russia.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading One morning when Boris was eating his breakfast, he suddenly thought of the wide green country around his old home in Russia.
Chapter 2 of Here and Now Story Book by Lucy Sprague Mitchell holds 90 sentences, grouped into 18 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 90 sentences of Here and Now Story Book, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
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