Chapter 2 of Insidekick is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Insidekick is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Where did you get that tobacco?" Albert asked. "From a farm," Shifaz said. That was the truth. The Earthman probably knew about tobacco and there was no need to lie, yet.
Chapter 2 of Insidekick is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861)
From this reading “Albert asked.”
be a farmer; work as a farmer
From this reading “"From a farm," Shifaz said.”
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading “The Earthman probably knew about tobacco and there was no need to lie, yet.”
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading “The Earthman probably knew about tobacco and there was no need to lie, yet.”
a condition requiring relief
From this reading “The Earthman probably knew about tobacco and there was no need to lie, yet.”
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
From this reading “The Earthman probably knew about tobacco and there was no need to lie, yet.”
leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
From this reading “"Where did you get that tobacco?"”
a fact that has been verified
From this reading “That was the truth.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “The Earthman probably knew about tobacco and there was no need to lie, yet.”
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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 "From a farm," Shifaz said.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The Earthman probably knew about tobacco and there was no need to lie, yet.
prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861)
From this reading Albert asked.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Earthman probably knew about tobacco and there was no need to lie, yet.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Albert asked.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Where did you get that tobacco?"
an inhabitant of the earth
From this reading The Earthman probably knew about tobacco and there was no need to lie, yet.
be a farmer; work as a farmer
From this reading "From a farm," Shifaz said.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "From a farm," Shifaz said.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Where did you get that tobacco?"
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading The Earthman probably knew about tobacco and there was no need to lie, yet.
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading The Earthman probably knew about tobacco and there was no need to lie, yet.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading The Earthman probably knew about tobacco and there was no need to lie, yet.
not any; not one
From this reading The Earthman probably knew about tobacco and there was no need to lie, yet.
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
From this reading The Earthman probably knew about tobacco and there was no need to lie, yet.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "From a farm," Shifaz said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "From a farm," Shifaz said.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Where did you get that tobacco?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That was the truth.
in or at that place or location
From this reading The Earthman probably knew about tobacco and there was no need to lie, yet.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Earthman probably knew about tobacco and there was no need to lie, yet.
leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
From this reading "Where did you get that tobacco?"
a fact that has been verified
From this reading That was the truth.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was the truth.
in or at the place that
From this reading "Where did you get that tobacco?"
but in spite of that
From this reading The Earthman probably knew about tobacco and there was no need to lie, yet.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Where did you get that tobacco?"
Chapter 2 of Insidekick by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 413 sentences of Insidekick, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Insidekick by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
Work through the 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 70 minutes of reading across 169 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Insidekick, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
