Chapter 2 of Sard Harker: A novel is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Sard Harker: A novel is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“At six this evening! Why not this morning?” “She’s blown some of her god-dam guts out.” “Where is she?” “Having her guts done at Ytá-Ytá.”
Chapter 2 of Sard Harker: A novel is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor
From this reading ““She’s blown some of her god-dam guts out.””
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading ““Having her guts done at Ytá-Ytá.””
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading ““At six this evening!”
fortitude and determination
From this reading ““She’s blown some of her god-dam guts out.””
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading ““Having her guts done at Ytá-Ytá.””
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading “Why not this morning?””
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading ““At six this evening!”
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 ““At six this evening!”
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in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “At six this evening!
being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor
From this reading “She’s blown some of her god-dam guts out.”
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading “Having her guts done at Ytá-Ytá.”
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading “At six this evening!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “She’s blown some of her god-dam guts out.”
fortitude and determination
From this reading “She’s blown some of her god-dam guts out.”
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading “Having her guts done at Ytá-Ytá.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “She’s blown some of her god-dam guts out.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Where is she?”
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Why not this morning?”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Why not this morning?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “She’s blown some of her god-dam guts out.”
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “She’s blown some of her god-dam guts out.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Where is she?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “She’s blown some of her god-dam guts out.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading “At six this evening!
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “She’s blown some of her god-dam guts out.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “At six this evening!
in or at the place that
From this reading “Where is she?”
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why not this morning?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Having her guts done at Ytá-Ytá.”
Chapter 2 of Sard Harker: A novel by John Masefield holds 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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 420 sentences of Sard Harker: A novel, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Sard Harker: A novel by John Masefield exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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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