Chapter 2 of Johnny Ludlow, Second Series is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Johnny Ludlow, Second Series is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Stolen out of it?" "Well--yes; it may be said so." "But why do you call it mysterious?" Mr. Rymer said why. That the bank-note had not, in one sense, been stolen; since another of the same value had been substituted for it.
Chapter 2 of Johnny Ludlow, Second Series is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “"But why do you call it mysterious?"”
of an obscure nature
From this reading “"But why do you call it mysterious?"”
Identical; not different.
From this reading “That the bank-note had not, in one sense, been stolen; since another of the same value had been substituted for it.”
a general conscious awareness
From this reading “That the bank-note had not, in one sense, been stolen; since another of the same value had been substituted for it.”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “That the bank-note had not, in one sense, been stolen; since another of the same value had been substituted for it.”
inflected form of “steal” — take without the owner's consent
From this reading “"Stolen out of it?"”
past form of “substitute” — put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
From this reading “That the bank-note had not, in one sense, been stolen; since another of the same value had been substituted for it.”
a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
From this reading “That the bank-note had not, in one sense, been stolen; since another of the same value had been substituted for it.”
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 “That the bank-note had not, in one sense, been stolen; since another of the same value had been substituted for it.”
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one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading That the bank-note had not, in one sense, been stolen; since another of the same value had been substituted for it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That the bank-note had not, in one sense, been stolen; since another of the same value had been substituted for it.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Well--yes; it may be said so."
the past participle of “be”
From this reading That the bank-note had not, in one sense, been stolen; since another of the same value had been substituted for it.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But why do you call it mysterious?"
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "But why do you call it mysterious?"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "But why do you call it mysterious?"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading That the bank-note had not, in one sense, been stolen; since another of the same value had been substituted for it.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That the bank-note had not, in one sense, been stolen; since another of the same value had been substituted for it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That the bank-note had not, in one sense, been stolen; since another of the same value had been substituted for it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Stolen out of it?"
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "Well--yes; it may be said so."
a form of address for a man
From this reading Mr. Rymer said why.
of an obscure nature
From this reading "But why do you call it mysterious?"
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading That the bank-note had not, in one sense, been stolen; since another of the same value had been substituted for it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Stolen out of it?"
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading That the bank-note had not, in one sense, been stolen; since another of the same value had been substituted for it.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Stolen out of it?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Rymer said why.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Well--yes; it may be said so."
Identical; not different.
From this reading That the bank-note had not, in one sense, been stolen; since another of the same value had been substituted for it.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading That the bank-note had not, in one sense, been stolen; since another of the same value had been substituted for it.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading That the bank-note had not, in one sense, been stolen; since another of the same value had been substituted for it.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Well--yes; it may be said so."
inflected form of “steal” — take without the owner's consent
From this reading "Stolen out of it?"
past form of “substitute” — put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
From this reading That the bank-note had not, in one sense, been stolen; since another of the same value had been substituted for it.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That the bank-note had not, in one sense, been stolen; since another of the same value had been substituted for it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That the bank-note had not, in one sense, been stolen; since another of the same value had been substituted for it.
a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed
From this reading That the bank-note had not, in one sense, been stolen; since another of the same value had been substituted for it.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well--yes; it may be said so."
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "But why do you call it mysterious?"
an affirmative
From this reading "Well--yes; it may be said so."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "But why do you call it mysterious?"
Chapter 2 of Johnny Ludlow, Second Series by Henry, Mrs. Wood holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 401 sentences of Johnny Ludlow, Second Series, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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