Chapter 2 of More Jataka Tales is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of More Jataka Tales is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Then the Turtle went to the island where the Hawks lived. He dived into the water, collected some mud, and put out the fire with it. Then he lay still. The hunters cried: "Why should we bother to get the young Hawks? Let us kill this Turtle.
Chapter 2 of More Jataka Tales is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 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.
take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
From this reading “The hunters cried: "Why should we bother to get the young Hawks?”
brought together in one place
From this reading “He dived into the water, collected some mud, and put out the fire with it.”
past form of “dive” — drop steeply
From this reading “He dived into the water, collected some mud, and put out the fire with it.”
plural of “hawk” — diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
From this reading “Then the Turtle went to the island where the Hawks lived.”
plural of “hunter” — someone who hunts game
From this reading “The hunters cried: "Why should we bother to get the young Hawks?”
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading “Then the Turtle went to the island where the Hawks lived.”
water soaked soil; soft wet earth
From this reading “He dived into the water, collected some mud, and put out the fire with it.”
a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
From this reading “Then the Turtle went to the island where the Hawks lived.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He dived into the water, collected some mud, and put out the fire with it.
take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
From this reading The hunters cried: "Why should we bother to get the young Hawks?
brought together in one place
From this reading He dived into the water, collected some mud, and put out the fire with it.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading The hunters cried: "Why should we bother to get the young Hawks?
past form of “dive” — drop steeply
From this reading He dived into the water, collected some mud, and put out the fire with it.
start firing a weapon
From this reading He dived into the water, collected some mud, and put out the fire with it.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading The hunters cried: "Why should we bother to get the young Hawks?
plural of “hawk” — diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
From this reading Then the Turtle went to the island where the Hawks lived.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He dived into the water, collected some mud, and put out the fire with it.
plural of “hunter” — someone who hunts game
From this reading The hunters cried: "Why should we bother to get the young Hawks?
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He dived into the water, collected some mud, and put out the fire with it.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading Then the Turtle went to the island where the Hawks lived.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He dived into the water, collected some mud, and put out the fire with it.
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading Let us kill this Turtle.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Then he lay still.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let us kill this Turtle.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Then the Turtle went to the island where the Hawks lived.
water soaked soil; soft wet earth
From this reading He dived into the water, collected some mud, and put out the fire with it.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading He dived into the water, collected some mud, and put out the fire with it.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading He dived into the water, collected some mud, and put out the fire with it.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading The hunters cried: "Why should we bother to get the young Hawks?
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading He dived into the water, collected some mud, and put out the fire with it.
not in physical motion
From this reading Then he lay still.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then the Turtle went to the island where the Hawks lived.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then the Turtle went to the island where the Hawks lived.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Let us kill this Turtle.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then the Turtle went to the island where the Hawks lived.
a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
From this reading Then the Turtle went to the island where the Hawks lived.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let us kill this Turtle.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading He dived into the water, collected some mud, and put out the fire with it.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The hunters cried: "Why should we bother to get the young Hawks?
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Then the Turtle went to the island where the Hawks lived.
in or at the place that
From this reading Then the Turtle went to the island where the Hawks lived.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading The hunters cried: "Why should we bother to get the young Hawks?
in the company of; together with
From this reading He dived into the water, collected some mud, and put out the fire with it.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading The hunters cried: "Why should we bother to get the young Hawks?
Chapter 2 of More Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 412 sentences of More Jataka Tales, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of More Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 69 minutes of reading across 166 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in More Jataka Tales, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
