Chapter 2 of Invisible Links is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Invisible Links is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
They walked abreast, all three. Just in front of the old woman they began to reel. They staggered against her table. And the old woman began to scold. “Neither of wood nor of clay,” they said,—“venom, only venom.”
Chapter 2 of Invisible Links is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge
From this reading “They walked abreast, all three.”
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
From this reading ““Neither of wood nor of clay,” they said,—“venom, only venom.””
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading “Just in front of the old woman they began to reel.”
walk as if unable to control one's movements
From this reading “Just in front of the old woman they began to reel.”
censure severely or angrily
From this reading “And the old woman began to scold.”
past form of “stagger” — walk as if unable to control one's movements
From this reading “They staggered against her table.”
toxin secreted by animals; secreted by certain snakes and poisonous insects (e.g., spiders and scorpions)
From this reading ““Neither of wood nor of clay,” they said,—“venom, only venom.””
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading ““Neither of wood nor of clay,” they said,—“venom, only venom.””
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.
being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge
From this reading They walked abreast, all three.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading They staggered against her table.
(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 They walked abreast, all three.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the old woman began to scold.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Just in front of the old woman they began to reel.
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
From this reading “Neither of wood nor of clay,” they said,—“venom, only venom.”
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading Just in front of the old woman they began to reel.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading They staggered against her table.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Just in front of the old woman they began to reel.
and nothing more
From this reading Just in front of the old woman they began to reel.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “Neither of wood nor of clay,” they said,—“venom, only venom.”
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading “Neither of wood nor of clay,” they said,—“venom, only venom.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Just in front of the old woman they began to reel.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Just in front of the old woman they began to reel.
and nothing more
From this reading “Neither of wood nor of clay,” they said,—“venom, only venom.”
walk as if unable to control one's movements
From this reading Just in front of the old woman they began to reel.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Neither of wood nor of clay,” they said,—“venom, only venom.”
censure severely or angrily
From this reading And the old woman began to scold.
past form of “stagger” — walk as if unable to control one's movements
From this reading They staggered against her table.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading They staggered against her table.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Just in front of the old woman they began to reel.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They walked abreast, all three.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading They walked abreast, all three.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Just in front of the old woman they began to reel.
toxin secreted by animals; secreted by certain snakes and poisonous insects (e.g., spiders and scorpions)
From this reading “Neither of wood nor of clay,” they said,—“venom, only venom.”
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading They walked abreast, all three.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Just in front of the old woman they began to reel.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading “Neither of wood nor of clay,” they said,—“venom, only venom.”
Chapter 2 of Invisible Links by Selma Lagerlöf holds 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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 437 sentences of Invisible Links, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Invisible Links by Selma Lagerlöf exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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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