Chapter 2 of In the Days of My Youth: A Novel is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of In the Days of My Youth: A Novel is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE LITTLE CHEVALIER. A mere anatomy, a mountebank, A threadbare juggler. _Comedy of Errors_. Nay, then, he is a conjuror. _Henry VI_.
Chapter 2 of In the Days of My Youth: A Novel is here in full — 391 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
From this reading “A mere anatomy, a mountebank, A threadbare juggler.”
French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972)
From this reading “THE LITTLE CHEVALIER.”
light and humorous drama with a happy ending
someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
From this reading “Nay, then, he is a conjuror.”
plural of “error” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity
From this reading “A mere anatomy, a mountebank, A threadbare juggler.”
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
From this reading “A mere anatomy, a mountebank, A threadbare juggler.”
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 A mere anatomy, a mountebank, A threadbare juggler.
the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
From this reading A mere anatomy, a mountebank, A threadbare juggler.
French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972)
From this reading THE LITTLE CHEVALIER.
light and humorous drama with a happy ending
From this reading _Comedy of Errors_.
someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience
From this reading Nay, then, he is a conjuror.
plural of “error” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading _Comedy of Errors_.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Nay, then, he is a conjuror.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading _Henry VI_.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Nay, then, he is a conjuror.
a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity
From this reading A mere anatomy, a mountebank, A threadbare juggler.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading THE LITTLE CHEVALIER.
being nothing more than specified
From this reading A mere anatomy, a mountebank, A threadbare juggler.
a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
From this reading A mere anatomy, a mountebank, A threadbare juggler.
an old word for “no”
From this reading Nay, then, he is a conjuror.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Comedy of Errors_.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LITTLE CHEVALIER.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Nay, then, he is a conjuror.
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
From this reading A mere anatomy, a mountebank, A threadbare juggler.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading _Henry VI_.
Chapter 2 of In the Days of My Youth: A Novel by Amelia B. Edwards holds 391 sentences, grouped into 79 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 391 sentences of In the Days of My Youth: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
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