Chapter 2 of Our Little Eskimo Cousin is here in full — 87 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Our Little Eskimo Cousin is here in full — 87 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MOTHER AND CHILD. THE mother was proud that this first baby was a boy. She liked to dream of what a great hunter he would become. In a few years he would do his part to keep the wolf from the door, in more senses than one. He would bring home the seal, the walrus, now growing so scarce, the grim white bear, and make many a feast for his people.
Chapter 2 of Our Little Eskimo Cousin is here in full — 87 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a ceremonial dinner party for many people
From this reading “He would bring home the seal, the walrus, now growing so scarce, the grim white bear, and make many a feast for his people.”
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
From this reading “He would bring home the seal, the walrus, now growing so scarce, the grim white bear, and make many a feast for his people.”
someone who hunts game
From this reading “She liked to dream of what a great hunter he would become.”
only a very short time before
From this reading “He would bring home the seal, the walrus, now growing so scarce, the grim white bear, and make many a feast for his people.”
make tight; secure against leakage
From this reading “He would bring home the seal, the walrus, now growing so scarce, the grim white bear, and make many a feast for his people.”
plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana
From this reading “In a few years he would do his part to keep the wolf from the door, in more senses than one.”
either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber
From this reading “He would bring home the seal, the walrus, now growing so scarce, the grim white bear, and make many a feast for his people.”
any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading “In a few years he would do his part to keep the wolf from the door, in more senses than one.”
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.
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In this reading “In a few years he would do his part to keep the wolf from the door, in more senses than one.”
make understandable and clear
In this reading “He would bring home the seal, the walrus, now growing so scarce, the grim white bear, and make many a feast for his people.”
In this reading “In a few years he would do his part to keep the wolf from the door, in more senses than one.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 THE mother was proud that this first baby was a boy.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MOTHER AND CHILD.
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading THE mother was proud that this first baby was a boy.
have
From this reading He would bring home the seal, the walrus, now growing so scarce, the grim white bear, and make many a feast for his people.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading She liked to dream of what a great hunter he would become.
a youthful male person
From this reading THE mother was proud that this first baby was a boy.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading He would bring home the seal, the walrus, now growing so scarce, the grim white bear, and make many a feast for his people.
a young person of either sex
From this reading MOTHER AND CHILD.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading In a few years he would do his part to keep the wolf from the door, in more senses than one.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading In a few years he would do his part to keep the wolf from the door, in more senses than one.
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading She liked to dream of what a great hunter he would become.
a ceremonial dinner party for many people
From this reading He would bring home the seal, the walrus, now growing so scarce, the grim white bear, and make many a feast for his people.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading In a few years he would do his part to keep the wolf from the door, in more senses than one.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading THE mother was proud that this first baby was a boy.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He would bring home the seal, the walrus, now growing so scarce, the grim white bear, and make many a feast for his people.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In a few years he would do his part to keep the wolf from the door, in more senses than one.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading She liked to dream of what a great hunter he would become.
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
From this reading He would bring home the seal, the walrus, now growing so scarce, the grim white bear, and make many a feast for his people.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading He would bring home the seal, the walrus, now growing so scarce, the grim white bear, and make many a feast for his people.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She liked to dream of what a great hunter he would become.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In a few years he would do his part to keep the wolf from the door, in more senses than one.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading He would bring home the seal, the walrus, now growing so scarce, the grim white bear, and make many a feast for his people.
someone who hunts game
From this reading She liked to dream of what a great hunter he would become.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In a few years he would do his part to keep the wolf from the door, in more senses than one.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading In a few years he would do his part to keep the wolf from the door, in more senses than one.
found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form
From this reading She liked to dream of what a great hunter he would become.
engage in
From this reading He would bring home the seal, the walrus, now growing so scarce, the grim white bear, and make many a feast for his people.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading He would bring home the seal, the walrus, now growing so scarce, the grim white bear, and make many a feast for his people.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading In a few years he would do his part to keep the wolf from the door, in more senses than one.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading MOTHER AND CHILD.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading He would bring home the seal, the walrus, now growing so scarce, the grim white bear, and make many a feast for his people.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She liked to dream of what a great hunter he would become.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In a few years he would do his part to keep the wolf from the door, in more senses than one.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading In a few years he would do his part to keep the wolf from the door, in more senses than one.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading He would bring home the seal, the walrus, now growing so scarce, the grim white bear, and make many a feast for his people.
feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
From this reading THE mother was proud that this first baby was a boy.
only a very short time before
From this reading He would bring home the seal, the walrus, now growing so scarce, the grim white bear, and make many a feast for his people.
make tight; secure against leakage
From this reading He would bring home the seal, the walrus, now growing so scarce, the grim white bear, and make many a feast for his people.
plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana
From this reading In a few years he would do his part to keep the wolf from the door, in more senses than one.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She liked to dream of what a great hunter he would become.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He would bring home the seal, the walrus, now growing so scarce, the grim white bear, and make many a feast for his people.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading In a few years he would do his part to keep the wolf from the door, in more senses than one.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE mother was proud that this first baby was a boy.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE mother was proud that this first baby was a boy.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THE mother was proud that this first baby was a boy.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She liked to dream of what a great hunter he would become.
either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber
From this reading He would bring home the seal, the walrus, now growing so scarce, the grim white bear, and make many a feast for his people.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE mother was proud that this first baby was a boy.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading She liked to dream of what a great hunter he would become.
a Caucasian
From this reading He would bring home the seal, the walrus, now growing so scarce, the grim white bear, and make many a feast for his people.
any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading In a few years he would do his part to keep the wolf from the door, in more senses than one.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She liked to dream of what a great hunter he would become.
a late time of life
From this reading In a few years he would do his part to keep the wolf from the door, in more senses than one.
Chapter 2 of Our Little Eskimo Cousin by Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade holds 87 sentences, grouped into 18 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.
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