Chapter 2 of Oranges and lemons is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Oranges and lemons is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Dear child, do go, who is taking you home?” “Six people. Pillar is taking care of them downstairs—Well, if you insist, I suppose I must. I shall love to stay with you. You don’t mind my coming like this—do you?
Chapter 2 of Oranges and lemons is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading “Pillar is taking care of them downstairs—Well, if you insist, I suppose I must.”
on a floor below
From this reading “Pillar is taking care of them downstairs—Well, if you insist, I suppose I must.”
be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading “Pillar is taking care of them downstairs—Well, if you insist, I suppose I must.”
a fundamental principle or practice
From this reading “Pillar is taking care of them downstairs—Well, if you insist, I suppose I must.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading ““Six people.”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “I shall love to stay with you.”
express a supposition
From this reading “Pillar is taking care of them downstairs—Well, if you insist, I suppose I must.”
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading ““Dear child, do go, who is taking you home?””
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 “Pillar is taking care of them downstairs—Well, if you insist, I suppose I must.”
In this reading ““Dear child, do go, who is taking you home?””
In this reading “I shall love to stay with you.”
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.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading Pillar is taking care of them downstairs—Well, if you insist, I suppose I must.
a young person of either sex
From this reading “Dear child, do go, who is taking you home?”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading You don’t mind my coming like this—do you?
dearly loved
From this reading “Dear child, do go, who is taking you home?”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Dear child, do go, who is taking you home?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You don’t mind my coming like this—do you?
on a floor below
From this reading Pillar is taking care of them downstairs—Well, if you insist, I suppose I must.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Dear child, do go, who is taking you home?”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “Dear child, do go, who is taking you home?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Pillar is taking care of them downstairs—Well, if you insist, I suppose I must.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Pillar is taking care of them downstairs—Well, if you insist, I suppose I must.
be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading Pillar is taking care of them downstairs—Well, if you insist, I suppose I must.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Dear child, do go, who is taking you home?”
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading You don’t mind my coming like this—do you?
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading I shall love to stay with you.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading You don’t mind my coming like this—do you?
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Pillar is taking care of them downstairs—Well, if you insist, I suppose I must.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading You don’t mind my coming like this—do you?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Pillar is taking care of them downstairs—Well, if you insist, I suppose I must.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading “Six people.
a fundamental principle or practice
From this reading Pillar is taking care of them downstairs—Well, if you insist, I suppose I must.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I shall love to stay with you.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading “Six people.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading I shall love to stay with you.
express a supposition
From this reading Pillar is taking care of them downstairs—Well, if you insist, I suppose I must.
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
From this reading “Dear child, do go, who is taking you home?”
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Pillar is taking care of them downstairs—Well, if you insist, I suppose I must.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading You don’t mind my coming like this—do you?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I shall love to stay with you.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Pillar is taking care of them downstairs—Well, if you insist, I suppose I must.
which person or people
From this reading “Dear child, do go, who is taking you home?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading I shall love to stay with you.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Dear child, do go, who is taking you home?”
Chapter 2 of Oranges and lemons by Mary C. E. Wemyss holds 438 sentences, grouped into 88 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 438 sentences of Oranges and lemons, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Oranges and lemons by Mary C. E. Wemyss exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 438 sentences, grouped into 88 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 88 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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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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