Chapter 2 of San Isidro is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of San Isidro is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He stooped his great height, and took some of the earth in his fingers. "It is the caliche so the Señor says." He rubbed the disintegrated gravelly mass between his fingers. Some of it powdered away. The fine bits of stone that it contained dropped in a faint patter upon his feet.
Chapter 2 of San Isidro is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bit” — a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading “The fine bits of stone that it contained dropped in a faint patter upon his feet.”
gotten under control
From this reading “The fine bits of stone that it contained dropped in a faint patter upon his feet.”
past form of “disintegrate” — break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
From this reading “He rubbed the disintegrated gravelly mass between his fingers.”
abounding in small stones
From this reading “He rubbed the disintegrated gravelly mass between his fingers.”
plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
From this reading “The fine bits of stone that it contained dropped in a faint patter upon his feet.”
consisting of fine particles
From this reading “Some of it powdered away.”
inflected form of “rub” — move over something with pressure
From this reading “He rubbed the disintegrated gravelly mass between his fingers.”
having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
From this reading “He stooped his great height, and took some of the earth in his fingers.”
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In this reading “He stooped his great height, and took some of the earth in his fingers.”
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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 fine bits of stone that it contained dropped in a faint patter upon his feet.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He stooped his great height, and took some of the earth in his fingers.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Some of it powdered away.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading He rubbed the disintegrated gravelly mass between his fingers.
plural of “bit” — a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading The fine bits of stone that it contained dropped in a faint patter upon his feet.
crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions
From this reading "It is the caliche so the Señor says."
gotten under control
From this reading The fine bits of stone that it contained dropped in a faint patter upon his feet.
past form of “disintegrate” — break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
From this reading He rubbed the disintegrated gravelly mass between his fingers.
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading The fine bits of stone that it contained dropped in a faint patter upon his feet.
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading He stooped his great height, and took some of the earth in his fingers.
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading The fine bits of stone that it contained dropped in a faint patter upon his feet.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading The fine bits of stone that it contained dropped in a faint patter upon his feet.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading The fine bits of stone that it contained dropped in a faint patter upon his feet.
plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
From this reading He stooped his great height, and took some of the earth in his fingers.
abounding in small stones
From this reading He rubbed the disintegrated gravelly mass between his fingers.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading He stooped his great height, and took some of the earth in his fingers.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He stooped his great height, and took some of the earth in his fingers.
the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top
From this reading He stooped his great height, and took some of the earth in his fingers.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He stooped his great height, and took some of the earth in his fingers.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He stooped his great height, and took some of the earth in his fingers.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It is the caliche so the Señor says."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It is the caliche so the Señor says."
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading He rubbed the disintegrated gravelly mass between his fingers.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He stooped his great height, and took some of the earth in his fingers.
plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
From this reading The fine bits of stone that it contained dropped in a faint patter upon his feet.
consisting of fine particles
From this reading Some of it powdered away.
inflected form of “rub” — move over something with pressure
From this reading He rubbed the disintegrated gravelly mass between his fingers.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading "It is the caliche so the Señor says."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It is the caliche so the Señor says."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "It is the caliche so the Señor says."
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading He stooped his great height, and took some of the earth in his fingers.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading The fine bits of stone that it contained dropped in a faint patter upon his feet.
having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
From this reading He stooped his great height, and took some of the earth in his fingers.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The fine bits of stone that it contained dropped in a faint patter upon his feet.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He stooped his great height, and took some of the earth in his fingers.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading He stooped his great height, and took some of the earth in his fingers.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The fine bits of stone that it contained dropped in a faint patter upon his feet.
Chapter 2 of San Isidro by Schuyler, Mrs., -1913 Crowninshield holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 413 sentences of San Isidro, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of San Isidro by Schuyler, Mrs., -1913 Crowninshield exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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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