Chapter 2 of Homeburg Memories is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Homeburg Memories is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
You see all this parade every day, but I don't, and I want to drink it all in. See that feminine explosion in salmon plush! That would paralyze business back home. Watch that hat crossing the street--it ought to be arrested for being without visible means of support--Oh, I see! There's a girl under it with one of those rifle-barrel skirts.
Chapter 2 of Homeburg Memories is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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past form of “arrest” — take into custody
From this reading “Watch that hat crossing the street--it ought to be arrested for being without visible means of support--Oh, I see!”
a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
From this reading “See that feminine explosion in salmon plush!”
associated with women and not with men
From this reading “See that feminine explosion in salmon plush!”
a ceremonial procession including people marching
From this reading “You see all this parade every day, but I don't, and I want to drink it all in.”
make powerless and unable to function
From this reading “That would paralyze business back home.”
characterized by extravagance and profusion
From this reading “See that feminine explosion in salmon plush!”
any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
From this reading “See that feminine explosion in salmon plush!”
plural of “skirt” — cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
From this reading “There's a girl under it with one of those rifle-barrel skirts.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading There's a girl under it with one of those rifle-barrel skirts.
(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 You see all this parade every day, but I don't, and I want to drink it all in.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You see all this parade every day, but I don't, and I want to drink it all in.
past form of “arrest” — take into custody
From this reading Watch that hat crossing the street--it ought to be arrested for being without visible means of support--Oh, I see!
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading That would paralyze business back home.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Watch that hat crossing the street--it ought to be arrested for being without visible means of support--Oh, I see!
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Watch that hat crossing the street--it ought to be arrested for being without visible means of support--Oh, I see!
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading That would paralyze business back home.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading You see all this parade every day, but I don't, and I want to drink it all in.
traveling across
From this reading Watch that hat crossing the street--it ought to be arrested for being without visible means of support--Oh, I see!
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading You see all this parade every day, but I don't, and I want to drink it all in.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You see all this parade every day, but I don't, and I want to drink it all in.
take in liquids
From this reading You see all this parade every day, but I don't, and I want to drink it all in.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading You see all this parade every day, but I don't, and I want to drink it all in.
a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
From this reading See that feminine explosion in salmon plush!
associated with women and not with men
From this reading See that feminine explosion in salmon plush!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Watch that hat crossing the street--it ought to be arrested for being without visible means of support--Oh, I see!
a young female
From this reading There's a girl under it with one of those rifle-barrel skirts.
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading Watch that hat crossing the street--it ought to be arrested for being without visible means of support--Oh, I see!
where you live at a particular time
From this reading That would paralyze business back home.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading You see all this parade every day, but I don't, and I want to drink it all in.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You see all this parade every day, but I don't, and I want to drink it all in.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading You see all this parade every day, but I don't, and I want to drink it all in.
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading Watch that hat crossing the street--it ought to be arrested for being without visible means of support--Oh, I see!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Watch that hat crossing the street--it ought to be arrested for being without visible means of support--Oh, I see!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Watch that hat crossing the street--it ought to be arrested for being without visible means of support--Oh, I see!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There's a girl under it with one of those rifle-barrel skirts.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading Watch that hat crossing the street--it ought to be arrested for being without visible means of support--Oh, I see!
a ceremonial procession including people marching
From this reading You see all this parade every day, but I don't, and I want to drink it all in.
make powerless and unable to function
From this reading That would paralyze business back home.
characterized by extravagance and profusion
From this reading See that feminine explosion in salmon plush!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's a girl under it with one of those rifle-barrel skirts.
any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
From this reading See that feminine explosion in salmon plush!
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading You see all this parade every day, but I don't, and I want to drink it all in.
plural of “skirt” — cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
From this reading There's a girl under it with one of those rifle-barrel skirts.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading Watch that hat crossing the street--it ought to be arrested for being without visible means of support--Oh, I see!
the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
From this reading Watch that hat crossing the street--it ought to be arrested for being without visible means of support--Oh, I see!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading See that feminine explosion in salmon plush!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Watch that hat crossing the street--it ought to be arrested for being without visible means of support--Oh, I see!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There's a girl under it with one of those rifle-barrel skirts.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading You see all this parade every day, but I don't, and I want to drink it all in.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading There's a girl under it with one of those rifle-barrel skirts.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You see all this parade every day, but I don't, and I want to drink it all in.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading There's a girl under it with one of those rifle-barrel skirts.
capable of being seen; or open to easy view
From this reading Watch that hat crossing the street--it ought to be arrested for being without visible means of support--Oh, I see!
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading You see all this parade every day, but I don't, and I want to drink it all in.
look attentively
From this reading Watch that hat crossing the street--it ought to be arrested for being without visible means of support--Oh, I see!
in the company of; together with
From this reading There's a girl under it with one of those rifle-barrel skirts.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Watch that hat crossing the street--it ought to be arrested for being without visible means of support--Oh, I see!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading That would paralyze business back home.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You see all this parade every day, but I don't, and I want to drink it all in.
Chapter 2 of Homeburg Memories by George Fitch holds 425 sentences, grouped into 85 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 425 sentences of Homeburg Memories, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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