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Jean of the Lazy A

Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of Jean of the Lazy A is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By B. M. Bower • Curated US English Learning Edition

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CONCERNING LITE AND A FEW FOOTPRINTS "Lucky you was with me all day, up to four o'clock, Lite," Jim said.

"That lets you out slick and clean, seeing the doctor claims he'd been dead six hours when he seen him last night.

Crofty--why, Crofty was laying in there dead when I was talking about him to you!

Kinda gives a man the creeps to think of it.

Who do you reckon done it, Lite?"

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Chapter II Reading 1/37

Jean of the Lazy A

Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of Jean of the Lazy A is here in full — 189 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/37 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

CONCERNING LITE AND A FEW FOOTPRINTS "Lucky you was with me all day, up to four o'clock, Lite," Jim said.

Line 2

"That lets you out slick and clean, seeing the doctor claims he'd been dead six hours when he seen him last night.

Line 3

Crofty--why, Crofty was laying in there dead when I was talking about him to you!

Line 4

Kinda gives a man the creeps to think of it.

Line 5

Who do you reckon done it, Lite?"

All words in this reading · 58

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A

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From this reading CONCERNING LITE AND A FEW FOOTPRINTS "Lucky you was with me all day, up to four o'clock, Lite," Jim said.

about

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From this reading Crofty--why, Crofty was laying in there dead when I was talking about him to you!

all

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From this reading CONCERNING LITE AND A FEW FOOTPRINTS "Lucky you was with me all day, up to four o'clock, Lite," Jim said.

AND

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From this reading CONCERNING LITE AND A FEW FOOTPRINTS "Lucky you was with me all day, up to four o'clock, Lite," Jim said.

been

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From this reading "That lets you out slick and clean, seeing the doctor claims he'd been dead six hours when he seen him last night.

claims

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From this reading "That lets you out slick and clean, seeing the doctor claims he'd been dead six hours when he seen him last night.

clean

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From this reading "That lets you out slick and clean, seeing the doctor claims he'd been dead six hours when he seen him last night.

CONCERNING

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From this reading CONCERNING LITE AND A FEW FOOTPRINTS "Lucky you was with me all day, up to four o'clock, Lite," Jim said.

creeps

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From this reading Kinda gives a man the creeps to think of it.

Crofty

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From this reading Crofty--why, Crofty was laying in there dead when I was talking about him to you!

day

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From this reading CONCERNING LITE AND A FEW FOOTPRINTS "Lucky you was with me all day, up to four o'clock, Lite," Jim said.

dead

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From this reading "That lets you out slick and clean, seeing the doctor claims he'd been dead six hours when he seen him last night.

do

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From this reading Who do you reckon done it, Lite?"

doctor

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From this reading "That lets you out slick and clean, seeing the doctor claims he'd been dead six hours when he seen him last night.

done

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From this reading Who do you reckon done it, Lite?"

FEW

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From this reading CONCERNING LITE AND A FEW FOOTPRINTS "Lucky you was with me all day, up to four o'clock, Lite," Jim said.

FOOTPRINTS

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From this reading CONCERNING LITE AND A FEW FOOTPRINTS "Lucky you was with me all day, up to four o'clock, Lite," Jim said.

four

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From this reading CONCERNING LITE AND A FEW FOOTPRINTS "Lucky you was with me all day, up to four o'clock, Lite," Jim said.

gives

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From this reading Kinda gives a man the creeps to think of it.

he

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From this reading "That lets you out slick and clean, seeing the doctor claims he'd been dead six hours when he seen him last night.

he'd

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From this reading "That lets you out slick and clean, seeing the doctor claims he'd been dead six hours when he seen him last night.

him

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From this reading "That lets you out slick and clean, seeing the doctor claims he'd been dead six hours when he seen him last night.

hours

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From this reading "That lets you out slick and clean, seeing the doctor claims he'd been dead six hours when he seen him last night.

I

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From this reading Crofty--why, Crofty was laying in there dead when I was talking about him to you!

in

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From this reading Crofty--why, Crofty was laying in there dead when I was talking about him to you!

it

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From this reading Kinda gives a man the creeps to think of it.

Jim

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From this reading CONCERNING LITE AND A FEW FOOTPRINTS "Lucky you was with me all day, up to four o'clock, Lite," Jim said.

Kinda

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From this reading Kinda gives a man the creeps to think of it.

last

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From this reading "That lets you out slick and clean, seeing the doctor claims he'd been dead six hours when he seen him last night.

laying

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From this reading Crofty--why, Crofty was laying in there dead when I was talking about him to you!

lets

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From this reading "That lets you out slick and clean, seeing the doctor claims he'd been dead six hours when he seen him last night.

LITE

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From this reading CONCERNING LITE AND A FEW FOOTPRINTS "Lucky you was with me all day, up to four o'clock, Lite," Jim said.

Lucky

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From this reading CONCERNING LITE AND A FEW FOOTPRINTS "Lucky you was with me all day, up to four o'clock, Lite," Jim said.

man

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From this reading Kinda gives a man the creeps to think of it.

me

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From this reading CONCERNING LITE AND A FEW FOOTPRINTS "Lucky you was with me all day, up to four o'clock, Lite," Jim said.

night

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From this reading "That lets you out slick and clean, seeing the doctor claims he'd been dead six hours when he seen him last night.

o'clock

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From this reading CONCERNING LITE AND A FEW FOOTPRINTS "Lucky you was with me all day, up to four o'clock, Lite," Jim said.

of

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From this reading Kinda gives a man the creeps to think of it.

out

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From this reading "That lets you out slick and clean, seeing the doctor claims he'd been dead six hours when he seen him last night.

reckon

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From this reading Who do you reckon done it, Lite?"

said

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From this reading CONCERNING LITE AND A FEW FOOTPRINTS "Lucky you was with me all day, up to four o'clock, Lite," Jim said.

seeing

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From this reading "That lets you out slick and clean, seeing the doctor claims he'd been dead six hours when he seen him last night.

seen

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From this reading "That lets you out slick and clean, seeing the doctor claims he'd been dead six hours when he seen him last night.

six

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From this reading "That lets you out slick and clean, seeing the doctor claims he'd been dead six hours when he seen him last night.

slick

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From this reading "That lets you out slick and clean, seeing the doctor claims he'd been dead six hours when he seen him last night.

talking

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From this reading Crofty--why, Crofty was laying in there dead when I was talking about him to you!

That

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From this reading "That lets you out slick and clean, seeing the doctor claims he'd been dead six hours when he seen him last night.

the

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From this reading "That lets you out slick and clean, seeing the doctor claims he'd been dead six hours when he seen him last night.

there

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From this reading Crofty--why, Crofty was laying in there dead when I was talking about him to you!

think

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From this reading Kinda gives a man the creeps to think of it.

to

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From this reading CONCERNING LITE AND A FEW FOOTPRINTS "Lucky you was with me all day, up to four o'clock, Lite," Jim said.

up

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From this reading CONCERNING LITE AND A FEW FOOTPRINTS "Lucky you was with me all day, up to four o'clock, Lite," Jim said.

was

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From this reading CONCERNING LITE AND A FEW FOOTPRINTS "Lucky you was with me all day, up to four o'clock, Lite," Jim said.

when

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From this reading "That lets you out slick and clean, seeing the doctor claims he'd been dead six hours when he seen him last night.

Who

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From this reading Who do you reckon done it, Lite?"

why

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From this reading Crofty--why, Crofty was laying in there dead when I was talking about him to you!

with

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From this reading CONCERNING LITE AND A FEW FOOTPRINTS "Lucky you was with me all day, up to four o'clock, Lite," Jim said.

you

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From this reading CONCERNING LITE AND A FEW FOOTPRINTS "Lucky you was with me all day, up to four o'clock, Lite," Jim said.

Chapter 2 of Jean of the Lazy A by B. M. Bower holds 189 sentences, grouped into 38 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.

What does chapter 2 of Jean of the Lazy A contain?

Chapter 2 holds 189 sentences of Jean of the Lazy A, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 2 of Jean of the Lazy A by B. M. Bower exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 189 sentences, grouped into 38 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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