Chapter 2 of Kid Scanlan is here in full — 573 sentences across 115 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Kid Scanlan is here in full — 573 sentences across 115 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
EAST LYNCH Success has ruined more guys than failure ever will. It's like a Santa Cruz rum milk punch on an empty stomach--there's very few people can stand it. Many a guy that's a regular fellow at a hundred a month, becomes a boob at a hundred a week. What beat Napoleon, Caesar and Nero--failure? No, success!
Chapter 2 of Kid Scanlan is here in full — 573 sentences across 115 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an ignorant or foolish person
From this reading “Many a guy that's a regular fellow at a hundred a month, becomes a boob at a hundred a week.”
conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)
From this reading “What beat Napoleon, Caesar and Nero--failure?”
plural of “guy” — an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading “EAST LYNCH Success has ruined more guys than failure ever will.”
kill without legal sanction
From this reading “EAST LYNCH Success has ruined more guys than failure ever will.”
French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
From this reading “What beat Napoleon, Caesar and Nero--failure?”
Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Roman Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68)
From this reading “What beat Napoleon, Caesar and Nero--failure?”
liquor distilled from fermented molasses
From this reading “It's like a Santa Cruz rum milk punch on an empty stomach--there's very few people can stand it.”
the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas
From this reading “It's like a Santa Cruz rum milk punch on an empty stomach--there's very few people can stand 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.
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In this reading “It's like a Santa Cruz rum milk punch on an empty stomach--there's very few people can stand it.”
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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 It's like a Santa Cruz rum milk punch on an empty stomach--there's very few people can stand it.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It's like a Santa Cruz rum milk punch on an empty stomach--there's very few people can stand it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What beat Napoleon, Caesar and Nero--failure?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Many a guy that's a regular fellow at a hundred a month, becomes a boob at a hundred a week.
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
From this reading What beat Napoleon, Caesar and Nero--failure?
third-person singular of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading Many a guy that's a regular fellow at a hundred a month, becomes a boob at a hundred a week.
an ignorant or foolish person
From this reading Many a guy that's a regular fellow at a hundred a month, becomes a boob at a hundred a week.
conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)
From this reading What beat Napoleon, Caesar and Nero--failure?
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading It's like a Santa Cruz rum milk punch on an empty stomach--there's very few people can stand it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's like a Santa Cruz rum milk punch on an empty stomach--there's very few people can stand it.
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
From this reading EAST LYNCH Success has ruined more guys than failure ever will.
make void or empty of contents
From this reading It's like a Santa Cruz rum milk punch on an empty stomach--there's very few people can stand it.
at any time
From this reading EAST LYNCH Success has ruined more guys than failure ever will.
an act that fails
From this reading EAST LYNCH Success has ruined more guys than failure ever will.
a boy or man
From this reading Many a guy that's a regular fellow at a hundred a month, becomes a boob at a hundred a week.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading It's like a Santa Cruz rum milk punch on an empty stomach--there's very few people can stand it.
an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading Many a guy that's a regular fellow at a hundred a month, becomes a boob at a hundred a week.
plural of “guy” — an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading EAST LYNCH Success has ruined more guys than failure ever will.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading EAST LYNCH Success has ruined more guys than failure ever will.
ten 10s
From this reading Many a guy that's a regular fellow at a hundred a month, becomes a boob at a hundred a week.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It's like a Santa Cruz rum milk punch on an empty stomach--there's very few people can stand it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's like a Santa Cruz rum milk punch on an empty stomach--there's very few people can stand it.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It's like a Santa Cruz rum milk punch on an empty stomach--there's very few people can stand it.
kill without legal sanction
From this reading EAST LYNCH Success has ruined more guys than failure ever will.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading Many a guy that's a regular fellow at a hundred a month, becomes a boob at a hundred a week.
a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
From this reading It's like a Santa Cruz rum milk punch on an empty stomach--there's very few people can stand it.
one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading Many a guy that's a regular fellow at a hundred a month, becomes a boob at a hundred a week.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading EAST LYNCH Success has ruined more guys than failure ever will.
French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
From this reading What beat Napoleon, Caesar and Nero--failure?
Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Roman Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68)
From this reading What beat Napoleon, Caesar and Nero--failure?
not any; not one
From this reading No, success!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It's like a Santa Cruz rum milk punch on an empty stomach--there's very few people can stand it.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading It's like a Santa Cruz rum milk punch on an empty stomach--there's very few people can stand it.
deliver a quick blow to
From this reading It's like a Santa Cruz rum milk punch on an empty stomach--there's very few people can stand it.
in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle
From this reading Many a guy that's a regular fellow at a hundred a month, becomes a boob at a hundred a week.
destroyed physically or morally
From this reading EAST LYNCH Success has ruined more guys than failure ever will.
liquor distilled from fermented molasses
From this reading It's like a Santa Cruz rum milk punch on an empty stomach--there's very few people can stand it.
the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas
From this reading It's like a Santa Cruz rum milk punch on an empty stomach--there's very few people can stand it.
be standing; be upright
From this reading It's like a Santa Cruz rum milk punch on an empty stomach--there's very few people can stand it.
an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
From this reading It's like a Santa Cruz rum milk punch on an empty stomach--there's very few people can stand it.
an event that accomplishes its intended purpose
From this reading EAST LYNCH Success has ruined more guys than failure ever will.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading EAST LYNCH Success has ruined more guys than failure ever will.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Many a guy that's a regular fellow at a hundred a month, becomes a boob at a hundred a week.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's like a Santa Cruz rum milk punch on an empty stomach--there's very few people can stand it.
precisely as stated
From this reading It's like a Santa Cruz rum milk punch on an empty stomach--there's very few people can stand it.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading Many a guy that's a regular fellow at a hundred a month, becomes a boob at a hundred a week.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What beat Napoleon, Caesar and Nero--failure?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading EAST LYNCH Success has ruined more guys than failure ever will.
Chapter 2 of Kid Scanlan by H. C. (Harry Charles) Witwer holds 573 sentences, grouped into 115 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 573 sentences of Kid Scanlan, unabridged, divided into 115 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Kid Scanlan by H. C. (Harry Charles) Witwer exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 573 sentences, grouped into 115 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 115 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 115 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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