Chapter 2 of Lummox is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Lummox is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Just time, fluted into days and nights. Rollo had not come again. That was part of the preciousness. The once. The beauty of that hurt more than the pain.
Chapter 2 of Lummox is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading “The beauty of that hurt more than the pain.”
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading “Just time, fluted into days and nights.”
be the source of pain
From this reading “The beauty of that hurt more than the pain.”
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading “Just time, fluted into days and nights.”
on one occasion
From this reading “The once.”
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading “The beauty of that hurt more than the pain.”
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading “That was part of the preciousness.”
Norse chieftain who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931)
From this reading “Rollo had not come again.”
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 “Rollo had not come again.”
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anew
From this reading Rollo had not come again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Just time, fluted into days and nights.
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading The beauty of that hurt more than the pain.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Rollo had not come again.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading Just time, fluted into days and nights.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Just time, fluted into days and nights.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Rollo had not come again.
be the source of pain
From this reading The beauty of that hurt more than the pain.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Just time, fluted into days and nights.
and nothing more
From this reading Just time, fluted into days and nights.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading The beauty of that hurt more than the pain.
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading Just time, fluted into days and nights.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Rollo had not come again.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That was part of the preciousness.
on one occasion
From this reading The once.
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading The beauty of that hurt more than the pain.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading That was part of the preciousness.
the quality possessed by something with a great price or value
From this reading That was part of the preciousness.
Norse chieftain who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931)
From this reading Rollo had not come again.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The beauty of that hurt more than the pain.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was part of the preciousness.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That was part of the preciousness.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Just time, fluted into days and nights.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was part of the preciousness.
Chapter 2 of Lummox by Fannie Hurst holds 404 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 404 sentences of Lummox, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Lummox by Fannie Hurst exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Lummox, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
