Chapter 2 of Kincaid's Battery is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Kincaid's Battery is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Don't you believe her! I don't. I can't. I tell you, Fred, I could never trust a girl that forever looks so trustworthy! S'pose I should fall in love with her!
Chapter 2 of Kincaid's Battery is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “"Don't you believe her!”
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading “S'pose I should fall in love with her!”
for a limitless time
From this reading “I tell you, Fred, I could never trust a girl that forever looks so trustworthy!”
a young female
From this reading “I tell you, Fred, I could never trust a girl that forever looks so trustworthy!”
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading “I tell you, Fred, I could never trust a girl that forever looks so trustworthy!”
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “S'pose I should fall in love with her!”
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading “I tell you, Fred, I could never trust a girl that forever looks so trustworthy!”
worthy of trust or belief
From this reading “I tell you, Fred, I could never trust a girl that forever looks so trustworthy!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 I tell you, Fred, I could never trust a girl that forever looks so trustworthy!
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading "Don't you believe her!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can't.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I tell you, Fred, I could never trust a girl that forever looks so trustworthy!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Don't you believe her!
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading S'pose I should fall in love with her!
for a limitless time
From this reading I tell you, Fred, I could never trust a girl that forever looks so trustworthy!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I tell you, Fred, I could never trust a girl that forever looks so trustworthy!
a young female
From this reading I tell you, Fred, I could never trust a girl that forever looks so trustworthy!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Don't you believe her!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I don't.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading S'pose I should fall in love with her!
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading I tell you, Fred, I could never trust a girl that forever looks so trustworthy!
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading S'pose I should fall in love with her!
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I tell you, Fred, I could never trust a girl that forever looks so trustworthy!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading S'pose I should fall in love with her!
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading S'pose I should fall in love with her!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I tell you, Fred, I could never trust a girl that forever looks so trustworthy!
express in words
From this reading I tell you, Fred, I could never trust a girl that forever looks so trustworthy!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I tell you, Fred, I could never trust a girl that forever looks so trustworthy!
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading I tell you, Fred, I could never trust a girl that forever looks so trustworthy!
worthy of trust or belief
From this reading I tell you, Fred, I could never trust a girl that forever looks so trustworthy!
in the company of; together with
From this reading S'pose I should fall in love with her!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Don't you believe her!
Chapter 2 of Kincaid's Battery by George Washington Cable holds 405 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 405 sentences of Kincaid's Battery, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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