Chapter 2 of Newshound is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Newshound is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Hey, Darius. A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day." McLeod smiled. "Won't Cripp be along soon?" "Search me."
Chapter 2 of Newshound is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/72 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “"Won't Cripp be along soon?"”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."”
plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
From this reading “A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."”
a young female
From this reading “A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."”
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading “A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."”
take the midday meal
From this reading “A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."”
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading “"Search me."”
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading “McLeod smiled.”
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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 A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading "Won't Cripp be along soon?"
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Won't Cripp be along soon?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Won't Cripp be along soon?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hey, Darius.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."
plural of “get” — a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
From this reading A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."
a young female
From this reading A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Hey, Darius.
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."
take the midday meal
From this reading A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading McLeod smiled.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Search me."
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading "Search me."
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading McLeod smiled.
in the near future
From this reading "Won't Cripp be along soon?"
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading A girl gets hungry for lunch around this time every day."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Won't Cripp be along soon?"
Chapter 2 of Newshound by Stephen Marlowe holds 362 sentences, grouped into 73 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 362 sentences of Newshound, unabridged, divided into 73 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Newshound by Stephen Marlowe exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 362 sentences, grouped into 73 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 73 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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