Chapter 2 of Masterman and Son is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Masterman and Son is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Well?" he said at last. Arthur laid down the letter and turned a shining face upon his father. "It is a noble letter, father. Forgive me that I misjudged you." "That's all right, then."
Chapter 2 of Masterman and Son is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)
From this reading “Arthur laid down the letter and turned a shining face upon his father.”
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading “Forgive me that I misjudged you."”
set down according to a plan
From this reading “Arthur laid down the letter and turned a shining face upon his father.”
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading “Arthur laid down the letter and turned a shining face upon his father.”
past form of “misjudge” — judge incorrectly
From this reading “Forgive me that I misjudged you."”
impressive in appearance
From this reading “"It is a noble letter, father.”
marked by exceptional merit
From this reading “Arthur laid down the letter and turned a shining face upon his father.”
moved around an axis or center
From this reading “Arthur laid down the letter and turned a shining face upon his father.”
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 “Arthur laid down the letter and turned a shining face upon his father.”
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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 Arthur laid down the letter and turned a shining face upon his father.
(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 "That's all right, then."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Arthur laid down the letter and turned a shining face upon his father.
elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)
From this reading Arthur laid down the letter and turned a shining face upon his father.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Well?" he said at last.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Arthur laid down the letter and turned a shining face upon his father.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Arthur laid down the letter and turned a shining face upon his father.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Arthur laid down the letter and turned a shining face upon his father.
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
From this reading Forgive me that I misjudged you."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Well?" he said at last.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Arthur laid down the letter and turned a shining face upon his father.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Forgive me that I misjudged you."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It is a noble letter, father.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It is a noble letter, father.
set down according to a plan
From this reading Arthur laid down the letter and turned a shining face upon his father.
immediately past
From this reading "Well?" he said at last.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading Arthur laid down the letter and turned a shining face upon his father.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Forgive me that I misjudged you."
past form of “misjudge” — judge incorrectly
From this reading Forgive me that I misjudged you."
impressive in appearance
From this reading "It is a noble letter, father.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "That's all right, then."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Well?" he said at last.
marked by exceptional merit
From this reading Arthur laid down the letter and turned a shining face upon his father.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Forgive me that I misjudged you."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "That's all right, then."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Arthur laid down the letter and turned a shining face upon his father.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "That's all right, then."
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Arthur laid down the letter and turned a shining face upon his father.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Arthur laid down the letter and turned a shining face upon his father.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well?" he said at last.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Forgive me that I misjudged you."
Chapter 2 of Masterman and Son by W. J. (William James) Dawson holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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 407 sentences of Masterman and Son, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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