Chapter 2 of In the Wilderness is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of In the Wilderness is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Cries of “Gammon!” “Don't believe it!” “Where's the bear?” “If you want to see the bear, you must go up into the woods. I couldn't bring him down alone.”
Chapter 2 of In the Wilderness is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Having no one else present.
From this reading “I couldn't bring him down alone.””
have
From this reading ““Where's the bear?””
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading ““Don't believe it!””
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “I couldn't bring him down alone.””
plural of “cry” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading “Cries of “Gammon!””
meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
From this reading “Cries of “Gammon!””
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading ““If you want to see the bear, you must go up into the woods.”
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading ““If you want to see the bear, you must go up into the woods.”
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Having no one else present.
From this reading I couldn't bring him down alone.”
have
From this reading “Where's the bear?”
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “Don't believe it!”
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading I couldn't bring him down alone.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I couldn't bring him down alone.”
plural of “cry” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading Cries of “Gammon!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Don't believe it!”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading I couldn't bring him down alone.”
meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
From this reading Cries of “Gammon!”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “If you want to see the bear, you must go up into the woods.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I couldn't bring him down alone.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I couldn't bring him down alone.”
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If you want to see the bear, you must go up into the woods.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “If you want to see the bear, you must go up into the woods.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Don't believe it!”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “If you want to see the bear, you must go up into the woods.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Cries of “Gammon!”
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “If you want to see the bear, you must go up into the woods.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Where's the bear?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “If you want to see the bear, you must go up into the woods.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “If you want to see the bear, you must go up into the woods.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “If you want to see the bear, you must go up into the woods.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Where's the bear?”
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading “If you want to see the bear, you must go up into the woods.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “If you want to see the bear, you must go up into the woods.
Chapter 2 of In the Wilderness by Charles Dudley Warner holds 166 sentences, grouped into 34 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 166 sentences of In the Wilderness, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of In the Wilderness by Charles Dudley Warner exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 166 sentences, grouped into 34 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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