Chapter 2 of Land and Sea Tales for Boys and Girls is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Land and Sea Tales for Boys and Girls is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
They saw and approved, and said so. “Good. There are many men here who want to go home to their wives. I shall let thirty of them away for a week. Men who wish to do this will speak to me to-night.”
Chapter 2 of Land and Sea Tales for Boys and Girls is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
established by authority; given authoritative approval
From this reading “They saw and approved, and said so.”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “There are many men here who want to go home to their wives.”
express in speech
From this reading “Men who wish to do this will speak to me to-night.””
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
From this reading “I shall let thirty of them away for a week.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “There are many men here who want to go home to their wives.”
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “I shall let thirty of them away for a week.”
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “Men who wish to do this will speak to me to-night.””
plural of “wife” — a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading “There are many men here who want to go home to their wives.”
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.
return home
In this reading “There are many men here who want to go home to their wives.”
In this reading “There are many men here who want to go home to their wives.”
In this reading “I shall let thirty of them away for a week.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I shall let thirty of them away for a week.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They saw and approved, and said so.
established by authority; given authoritative approval
From this reading They saw and approved, and said so.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are many men here who want to go home to their wives.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I shall let thirty of them away for a week.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Men who wish to do this will speak to me to-night.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I shall let thirty of them away for a week.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading There are many men here who want to go home to their wives.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “Good.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading There are many men here who want to go home to their wives.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading There are many men here who want to go home to their wives.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I shall let thirty of them away for a week.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading I shall let thirty of them away for a week.
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 There are many men here who want to go home to their wives.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Men who wish to do this will speak to me to-night.”
the force of workers available
From this reading There are many men here who want to go home to their wives.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I shall let thirty of them away for a week.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading They saw and approved, and said so.
cut with a saw
From this reading They saw and approved, and said so.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I shall let thirty of them away for a week.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading They saw and approved, and said so.
express in speech
From this reading Men who wish to do this will speak to me to-night.”
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There are many men here who want to go home to their wives.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I shall let thirty of them away for a week.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There are many men here who want to go home to their wives.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They saw and approved, and said so.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
From this reading I shall let thirty of them away for a week.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Men who wish to do this will speak to me to-night.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There are many men here who want to go home to their wives.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Men who wish to do this will speak to me to-night.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading There are many men here who want to go home to their wives.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading I shall let thirty of them away for a week.
which person or people
From this reading There are many men here who want to go home to their wives.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Men who wish to do this will speak to me to-night.”
hope for; have a wish
From this reading Men who wish to do this will speak to me to-night.”
plural of “wife” — a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading There are many men here who want to go home to their wives.
Chapter 2 of Land and Sea Tales for Boys and Girls by Rudyard Kipling holds 446 sentences, grouped into 90 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 446 sentences of Land and Sea Tales for Boys and Girls, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Land and Sea Tales for Boys and Girls by Rudyard Kipling exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 446 sentences, grouped into 90 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 90 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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