Chapter 2 of Robert Coverdale's Struggle is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Robert Coverdale's Struggle is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ROBERT AND MRS. JONES “Are you willing to go to the village for me, Robert?” asked his aunt. “To be sure I am, aunt,” answered the boy promptly. “I hope you don’t doubt it?” “I thought you might be tired, as you were out all the forenoon in the boat.”
Chapter 2 of Robert Coverdale's Struggle is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading “JONES “Are you willing to go to the village for me, Robert?” asked his aunt.”
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading ““I thought you might be tired, as you were out all the forenoon in the boat.””
United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
From this reading “JONES “Are you willing to go to the village for me, Robert?” asked his aunt.”
with little or no delay
From this reading ““To be sure I am, aunt,” answered the boy promptly.”
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading “ROBERT AND MRS.”
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading ““I thought you might be tired, as you were out all the forenoon in the boat.””
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading “JONES “Are you willing to go to the village for me, Robert?” asked his aunt.”
disposed or inclined toward
From this reading “JONES “Are you willing to go to the village for me, Robert?” asked his aunt.”
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 ““I thought you might be tired, as you were out all the forenoon in the boat.””
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “I thought you might be tired, as you were out all the forenoon in the boat.”
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “To be sure I am, aunt,” answered the boy promptly.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ROBERT AND MRS.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading “To be sure I am, aunt,” answered the boy promptly.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading JONES “Are you willing to go to the village for me, Robert?” asked his aunt.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “I thought you might be tired, as you were out all the forenoon in the boat.”
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading JONES “Are you willing to go to the village for me, Robert?” asked his aunt.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading JONES “Are you willing to go to the village for me, Robert?” asked his aunt.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “To be sure I am, aunt,” answered the boy promptly.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading “I thought you might be tired, as you were out all the forenoon in the boat.”
a youthful male person
From this reading “To be sure I am, aunt,” answered the boy promptly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I hope you don’t doubt it?”
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading “I hope you don’t doubt it?”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading JONES “Are you willing to go to the village for me, Robert?” asked his aunt.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading “I thought you might be tired, as you were out all the forenoon in the boat.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading JONES “Are you willing to go to the village for me, Robert?” asked his aunt.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading JONES “Are you willing to go to the village for me, Robert?” asked his aunt.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading “I hope you don’t doubt it?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “To be sure I am, aunt,” answered the boy promptly.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I thought you might be tired, as you were out all the forenoon in the boat.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I hope you don’t doubt it?”
United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
From this reading JONES “Are you willing to go to the village for me, Robert?” asked his aunt.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading JONES “Are you willing to go to the village for me, Robert?” asked his aunt.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “I thought you might be tired, as you were out all the forenoon in the boat.”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading ROBERT AND MRS.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “I thought you might be tired, as you were out all the forenoon in the boat.”
with little or no delay
From this reading “To be sure I am, aunt,” answered the boy promptly.
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading ROBERT AND MRS.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “To be sure I am, aunt,” answered the boy promptly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading JONES “Are you willing to go to the village for me, Robert?” asked his aunt.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “I thought you might be tired, as you were out all the forenoon in the boat.”
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading “I thought you might be tired, as you were out all the forenoon in the boat.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading JONES “Are you willing to go to the village for me, Robert?” asked his aunt.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading JONES “Are you willing to go to the village for me, Robert?” asked his aunt.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “I thought you might be tired, as you were out all the forenoon in the boat.”
disposed or inclined toward
From this reading JONES “Are you willing to go to the village for me, Robert?” asked his aunt.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading JONES “Are you willing to go to the village for me, Robert?” asked his aunt.
Chapter 2 of Robert Coverdale's Struggle by Horatio, Jr. Alger holds 104 sentences, grouped into 21 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 104 sentences of Robert Coverdale's Struggle, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
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