Chapter 2 of Personality Plus is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Personality Plus is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Jock McChesney, entering briskly, eyed the array in some surprise. Then he grinned, and glanced wickedly at Sam Hupp's prematurely bald head. "No use, Mr. Hupp. They say if it's once gone it's gone. Get a toupee." "Shut up!" growled Sam Hupp, good-humoredly.
Chapter 2 of Personality Plus is here in full — 428 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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an orderly arrangement
From this reading “Jock McChesney, entering briskly, eyed the array in some surprise.”
with no effort to conceal
From this reading “Then he grinned, and glanced wickedly at Sam Hupp's prematurely bald head.”
in a brisk manner
From this reading “Jock McChesney, entering briskly, eyed the array in some surprise.”
having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified; often used in combination
From this reading “Jock McChesney, entering briskly, eyed the array in some surprise.”
a person trained to compete in sports
From this reading “Jock McChesney, entering briskly, eyed the array in some surprise.”
(of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation
From this reading “Then he grinned, and glanced wickedly at Sam Hupp's prematurely bald head.”
a small hairpiece to cover partial baldness
From this reading “Get a toupee."”
in a wicked evil manner
From this reading “Then he grinned, and glanced wickedly at Sam Hupp's prematurely bald head.”
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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 Get a toupee."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then he grinned, and glanced wickedly at Sam Hupp's prematurely bald head.
an orderly arrangement
From this reading Jock McChesney, entering briskly, eyed the array in some surprise.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Then he grinned, and glanced wickedly at Sam Hupp's prematurely bald head.
with no effort to conceal
From this reading Then he grinned, and glanced wickedly at Sam Hupp's prematurely bald head.
in a brisk manner
From this reading Jock McChesney, entering briskly, eyed the array in some surprise.
a movement into or inward
From this reading Jock McChesney, entering briskly, eyed the array in some surprise.
having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified; often used in combination
From this reading Jock McChesney, entering briskly, eyed the array in some surprise.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Get a toupee."
past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading Then he grinned, and glanced wickedly at Sam Hupp's prematurely bald head.
destroyed or killed
From this reading "No use, Mr. Hupp. They say if it's once gone it's gone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Shut up!" growled Sam Hupp, good-humoredly.
inflected form of “grin” — to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
From this reading Then he grinned, and glanced wickedly at Sam Hupp's prematurely bald head.
past form of “growl” — to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
From this reading "Shut up!" growled Sam Hupp, good-humoredly.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then he grinned, and glanced wickedly at Sam Hupp's prematurely bald head.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Then he grinned, and glanced wickedly at Sam Hupp's prematurely bald head.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No use, Mr. Hupp. They say if it's once gone it's gone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then he grinned, and glanced wickedly at Sam Hupp's prematurely bald head.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "No use, Mr. Hupp. They say if it's once gone it's gone.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Jock McChesney, entering briskly, eyed the array in some surprise.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No use, Mr. Hupp. They say if it's once gone it's gone.
a person trained to compete in sports
From this reading Jock McChesney, entering briskly, eyed the array in some surprise.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jock McChesney, entering briskly, eyed the array in some surprise.
a form of address for a man
From this reading "No use, Mr. Hupp. They say if it's once gone it's gone.
not any; not one
From this reading "No use, Mr. Hupp. They say if it's once gone it's gone.
on one occasion
From this reading "No use, Mr. Hupp. They say if it's once gone it's gone.
(of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation
From this reading Then he grinned, and glanced wickedly at Sam Hupp's prematurely bald head.
a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
From this reading Then he grinned, and glanced wickedly at Sam Hupp's prematurely bald head.
express in words
From this reading "No use, Mr. Hupp. They say if it's once gone it's gone.
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
From this reading "Shut up!" growled Sam Hupp, good-humoredly.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Jock McChesney, entering briskly, eyed the array in some surprise.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading Jock McChesney, entering briskly, eyed the array in some surprise.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Jock McChesney, entering briskly, eyed the array in some surprise.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he grinned, and glanced wickedly at Sam Hupp's prematurely bald head.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "No use, Mr. Hupp. They say if it's once gone it's gone.
a small hairpiece to cover partial baldness
From this reading Get a toupee."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Shut up!" growled Sam Hupp, good-humoredly.
the act of using
From this reading "No use, Mr. Hupp. They say if it's once gone it's gone.
in a wicked evil manner
From this reading Then he grinned, and glanced wickedly at Sam Hupp's prematurely bald head.
Chapter 2 of Personality Plus by Edna Ferber holds 428 sentences, grouped into 86 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 428 sentences of Personality Plus, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Personality Plus by Edna Ferber exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 428 sentences, grouped into 86 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.
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