Chapter 2 of Monica: A Novel, Volume 2 (of 3) is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Monica: A Novel, Volume 2 (of 3) is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
But after a long silence she rallied herself and asked: “But is he not going to take you back? Do you not want to see your father and brother again?” “Yes, if Randolph is willing to take me; but it must be as he likes.” “He will like what will please you best.”
Chapter 2 of Monica: A Novel, Volume 2 (of 3) is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the supreme effort one can make
From this reading ““He will like what will please you best.””
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “Do you not want to see your father and brother again?””
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “But after a long silence she rallied herself and asked:”
plural of “like” — a similar kind
From this reading ““Yes, if Randolph is willing to take me; but it must be as he likes.””
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading ““He will like what will please you best.””
inflected form of “rally” — gather
From this reading “But after a long silence she rallied herself and asked:”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “But after a long silence she rallied herself and asked:”
disposed or inclined toward
From this reading ““Yes, if Randolph is willing to take me; but it must be as he likes.””
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 “But after a long silence she rallied herself and asked:”
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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 But after a long silence she rallied herself and asked:
later than; following
From this reading But after a long silence she rallied herself and asked:
anew
From this reading Do you not want to see your father and brother again?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But after a long silence she rallied herself and asked:
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Yes, if Randolph is willing to take me; but it must be as he likes.”
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading But after a long silence she rallied herself and asked:
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “But is he not going to take you back?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Yes, if Randolph is willing to take me; but it must be as he likes.”
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading “He will like what will please you best.”
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading Do you not want to see your father and brother again?”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But after a long silence she rallied herself and asked:
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you not want to see your father and brother again?”
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Do you not want to see your father and brother again?”
the act of departing
From this reading “But is he not going to take you back?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “But is he not going to take you back?
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading But after a long silence she rallied herself and asked:
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “Yes, if Randolph is willing to take me; but it must be as he likes.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “But is he not going to take you back?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Yes, if Randolph is willing to take me; but it must be as he likes.”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading “He will like what will please you best.”
plural of “like” — a similar kind
From this reading “Yes, if Randolph is willing to take me; but it must be as he likes.”
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 But after a long silence she rallied herself and asked:
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Yes, if Randolph is willing to take me; but it must be as he likes.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Yes, if Randolph is willing to take me; but it must be as he likes.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “But is he not going to take you back?
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “He will like what will please you best.”
inflected form of “rally” — gather
From this reading But after a long silence she rallied herself and asked:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes, if Randolph is willing to take me; but it must be as he likes.”
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Do you not want to see your father and brother again?”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But after a long silence she rallied herself and asked:
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading But after a long silence she rallied herself and asked:
carry out
From this reading “But is he not going to take you back?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “But is he not going to take you back?
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading Do you not want to see your father and brother again?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “He will like what will please you best.”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “He will like what will please you best.”
disposed or inclined toward
From this reading “Yes, if Randolph is willing to take me; but it must be as he likes.”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, if Randolph is willing to take me; but it must be as he likes.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “But is he not going to take you back?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you not want to see your father and brother again?”
Chapter 2 of Monica: A Novel, Volume 2 (of 3) by Evelyn Everett-Green holds 451 sentences, grouped into 91 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 451 sentences of Monica: A Novel, Volume 2 (of 3), unabridged, divided into 91 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Monica: A Novel, Volume 2 (of 3) by Evelyn Everett-Green exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 451 sentences, grouped into 91 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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Words and structures a reader meets early in Monica: A Novel, Volume 2 (of 3), each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
