Chapter 2 of Lena Graham is here in full — 482 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Lena Graham is here in full — 482 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I will go back and see. I wish we had brought her on with us." "She couldn’t have managed to scramble along these rocks. She is all right, I am sure." "I won’t be long going back to look.
Chapter 2 of Lena Graham is here in full — 482 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “"She couldn’t have managed to scramble along these rocks.”
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “I wish we had brought her on with us."”
the act of departing
From this reading “"I won’t be long going back to look.”
past form of “manage” — be successful; achieve a goal
From this reading “"She couldn’t have managed to scramble along these rocks.”
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “"She couldn’t have managed to scramble along these rocks.”
to move hurriedly
From this reading “"She couldn’t have managed to scramble along these rocks.”
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “She is all right, I am sure."”
hope for; have a wish
From this reading “I wish we had brought her on with us."”
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.
belong to an earlier time
In this reading “"I will go back and see.”
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.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading She is all right, I am sure."
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading "She couldn’t have managed to scramble along these rocks.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading She is all right, I am sure."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "I will go back and see.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "I will go back and see.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "I won’t be long going back to look.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading I wish we had brought her on with us."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "She couldn’t have managed to scramble along these rocks.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "I will go back and see.
the act of departing
From this reading "I won’t be long going back to look.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I wish we had brought her on with us."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "She couldn’t have managed to scramble along these rocks.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I wish we had brought her on with us."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I will go back and see.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She is all right, I am sure."
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading "I won’t be long going back to look.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading "I won’t be long going back to look.
past form of “manage” — be successful; achieve a goal
From this reading "She couldn’t have managed to scramble along these rocks.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I wish we had brought her on with us."
precisely, exactly
From this reading She is all right, I am sure."
plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading "She couldn’t have managed to scramble along these rocks.
to move hurriedly
From this reading "She couldn’t have managed to scramble along these rocks.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "I will go back and see.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She couldn’t have managed to scramble along these rocks.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading She is all right, I am sure."
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "She couldn’t have managed to scramble along these rocks.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "She couldn’t have managed to scramble along these rocks.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I wish we had brought her on with us."
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I wish we had brought her on with us."
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "I will go back and see.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading I wish we had brought her on with us."
in the company of; together with
From this reading I wish we had brought her on with us."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I won’t be long going back to look.
Chapter 2 of Lena Graham by Cecilia Selby Lowndes holds 482 sentences, grouped into 97 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 482 sentences of Lena Graham, unabridged, divided into 97 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Lena Graham by Cecilia Selby Lowndes exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 482 sentences, grouped into 97 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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