Chapter 2 of Nine Little Goslings is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Nine Little Goslings is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"What makes the wall pink?" he said. "It never is 'cept just at bedtime." "It's the sun." "Why doesn't the sun make it that color always?" "The sun is setting now.
Chapter 2 of Nine Little Goslings is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 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.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading “"Why doesn't the sun make it that color always?"”
the time you go to bed
From this reading “"It never is 'cept just at bedtime."”
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading “"Why doesn't the sun make it that color always?"”
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading “"What makes the wall pink?" he said.”
a light shade of red
From this reading “"What makes the wall pink?" he said.”
the context and environment in which something is set
From this reading “"The sun is setting now.”
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading “"It's the sun."”
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading “"What makes the wall pink?" he said.”
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at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading "Why doesn't the sun make it that color always?"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "It never is 'cept just at bedtime."
the time you go to bed
From this reading "It never is 'cept just at bedtime."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It never is 'cept just at bedtime."
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
From this reading "Why doesn't the sun make it that color always?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why doesn't the sun make it that color always?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "What makes the wall pink?" he said.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It never is 'cept just at bedtime."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It never is 'cept just at bedtime."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's the sun."
and nothing more
From this reading "It never is 'cept just at bedtime."
engage in
From this reading "Why doesn't the sun make it that color always?"
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading "What makes the wall pink?" he said.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "It never is 'cept just at bedtime."
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "The sun is setting now.
a light shade of red
From this reading "What makes the wall pink?" he said.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "What makes the wall pink?" he said.
the context and environment in which something is set
From this reading "The sun is setting now.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading "It's the sun."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Why doesn't the sun make it that color always?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "What makes the wall pink?" he said.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading "What makes the wall pink?" he said.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What makes the wall pink?" he said.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why doesn't the sun make it that color always?"
Chapter 2 of Nine Little Goslings by Susan Coolidge holds 432 sentences, grouped into 87 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 432 sentences of Nine Little Goslings, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Nine Little Goslings by Susan Coolidge exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 432 sentences, grouped into 87 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 87 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 87 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 281 minutes of reading across 675 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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