Chapter 2 of Motor Matt's Mandarin is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Motor Matt's Mandarin is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ON THE MOUNTAINSIDE. "Sufferin' treadmills! Say, pard, here's where I drop down in the shade and catch my breath. How much farther have we got to go?" "Not more than a mile, Joe."
Chapter 2 of Motor Matt's Mandarin is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading “Say, pard, here's where I drop down in the shade and catch my breath.”
discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading “Say, pard, here's where I drop down in the shade and catch my breath.”
let fall to the ground
From this reading “Say, pard, here's where I drop down in the shade and catch my breath.”
more distant in especially space or time
From this reading “How much farther have we got to go?"”
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading “"Not more than a mile, Joe."”
the side or slope of a mountain
From this reading “ON THE MOUNTAINSIDE.”
relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
From this reading “Say, pard, here's where I drop down in the shade and catch my breath.”
plural of “treadmill” — an exercise device consisting of an endless belt on which a person can walk or jog without changing place
From this reading “"Sufferin' treadmills!”
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 “How much farther have we got to go?"”
fall or descend to a lower place or level
In this reading “Say, pard, here's where I drop down in the shade and catch my breath.”
In this reading “Say, pard, here's where I drop down in the shade and catch my breath.”
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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 "Not more than a mile, Joe."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Say, pard, here's where I drop down in the shade and catch my breath.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading Say, pard, here's where I drop down in the shade and catch my breath.
discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading Say, pard, here's where I drop down in the shade and catch my breath.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Say, pard, here's where I drop down in the shade and catch my breath.
let fall to the ground
From this reading Say, pard, here's where I drop down in the shade and catch my breath.
more distant in especially space or time
From this reading How much farther have we got to go?"
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading How much farther have we got to go?"
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading How much farther have we got to go?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading How much farther have we got to go?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Say, pard, here's where I drop down in the shade and catch my breath.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How much farther have we got to go?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Say, pard, here's where I drop down in the shade and catch my breath.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Say, pard, here's where I drop down in the shade and catch my breath.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Not more than a mile, Joe."
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading "Not more than a mile, Joe."
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "Not more than a mile, Joe."
the side or slope of a mountain
From this reading ON THE MOUNTAINSIDE.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading How much farther have we got to go?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Say, pard, here's where I drop down in the shade and catch my breath.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Not more than a mile, Joe."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON THE MOUNTAINSIDE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Say, pard, here's where I drop down in the shade and catch my breath.
express in words
From this reading Say, pard, here's where I drop down in the shade and catch my breath.
relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
From this reading Say, pard, here's where I drop down in the shade and catch my breath.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Sufferin' treadmills!
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "Not more than a mile, Joe."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON THE MOUNTAINSIDE.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading How much farther have we got to go?"
plural of “treadmill” — an exercise device consisting of an endless belt on which a person can walk or jog without changing place
From this reading "Sufferin' treadmills!
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading How much farther have we got to go?"
in or at the place that
From this reading Say, pard, here's where I drop down in the shade and catch my breath.
Chapter 2 of Motor Matt's Mandarin by Stanley R. Matthews holds 120 sentences, grouped into 24 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 120 sentences of Motor Matt's Mandarin, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
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