Chapter 2 of How to Solve Conundrums 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 How to Solve Conundrums is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Why should battle-fields be very gay places? Because balls and routs are common there. When do we make a meal of a musical instrument? When we have a piano for-te(a). Why is a rheumatic person like a glass window?
Chapter 2 of How to Solve Conundrums is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “ball” — round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
From this reading “Because balls and routs are common there.”
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading “Why should battle-fields be very gay places?”
a device that requires skill for proper use
From this reading “When do we make a meal of a musical instrument?”
the food served and eaten at one time
From this reading “When do we make a meal of a musical instrument?”
characterized by or capable of producing music
From this reading “When do we make a meal of a musical instrument?”
a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
From this reading “When we have a piano for-te(a).”
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “Why should battle-fields be very gay places?”
a person suffering with rheumatism
From this reading “Why is a rheumatic person like a glass window?”
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.
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any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
In this reading “When do we make a meal of a musical instrument?”
In this reading “Why is a rheumatic person like a glass window?”
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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 When do we make a meal of a musical instrument?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Because balls and routs are common there.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Because balls and routs are common there.
plural of “ball” — round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
From this reading Because balls and routs are common there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why should battle-fields be very gay places?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Why should battle-fields be very gay places?
for the reason that
From this reading Because balls and routs are common there.
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading Because balls and routs are common there.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading When do we make a meal of a musical instrument?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When we have a piano for-te(a).
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading Why should battle-fields be very gay places?
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading Why is a rheumatic person like a glass window?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading When we have a piano for-te(a).
a device that requires skill for proper use
From this reading When do we make a meal of a musical instrument?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Why is a rheumatic person like a glass window?
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Why is a rheumatic person like a glass window?
engage in
From this reading When do we make a meal of a musical instrument?
the food served and eaten at one time
From this reading When do we make a meal of a musical instrument?
characterized by or capable of producing music
From this reading When do we make a meal of a musical instrument?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When do we make a meal of a musical instrument?
a human being
From this reading Why is a rheumatic person like a glass window?
a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
From this reading When we have a piano for-te(a).
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Why should battle-fields be very gay places?
a person suffering with rheumatism
From this reading Why is a rheumatic person like a glass window?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Because balls and routs are common there.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Why should battle-fields be very gay places?
in or at that place or location
From this reading Because balls and routs are common there.
precisely as stated
From this reading Why should battle-fields be very gay places?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading When do we make a meal of a musical instrument?
at the time that
From this reading When do we make a meal of a musical instrument?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why should battle-fields be very gay places?
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading Why is a rheumatic person like a glass window?
Chapter 2 of How to Solve Conundrums by Anonymous 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 How to Solve Conundrums, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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