Chapter 2 of She Would Be a Soldier is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of She Would Be a Soldier is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JASPER. She is nowhere to be found--she has gone off and left her poor old father. In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her. Was her happiness not worth consulting?" What's to be done?
Chapter 2 of She Would Be a Soldier is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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-ing form of “consult” — get or ask advice from
From this reading “Was her happiness not worth consulting?"”
evoking or deserving hatred
From this reading “In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her.”
an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone
From this reading “JASPER.”
be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
From this reading “In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her.”
an insignificant place
From this reading “She is nowhere to be found--she has gone off and left her poor old father.”
a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
From this reading “In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her.”
past form of “scrawl” — write carelessly
From this reading “In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her.”
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
From this reading “In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her.”
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 In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She is nowhere to be found--she has gone off and left her poor old father.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She is nowhere to be found--she has gone off and left her poor old father.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her.
-ing form of “consult” — get or ask advice from
From this reading Was her happiness not worth consulting?"
a female human offspring
From this reading In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading What's to be done?
compelled forcibly by an outside agency
From this reading In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading She is nowhere to be found--she has gone off and left her poor old father.
set up or found
From this reading She is nowhere to be found--she has gone off and left her poor old father.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her.
destroyed or killed
From this reading She is nowhere to be found--she has gone off and left her poor old father.
state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
From this reading Was her happiness not worth consulting?"
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She is nowhere to be found--she has gone off and left her poor old father.
evoking or deserving hatred
From this reading In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She is nowhere to be found--she has gone off and left her poor old father.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She is nowhere to be found--she has gone off and left her poor old father.
an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone
From this reading JASPER.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading She is nowhere to be found--she has gone off and left her poor old father.
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her.
be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
From this reading In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Was her happiness not worth consulting?"
an insignificant place
From this reading She is nowhere to be found--she has gone off and left her poor old father.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading She is nowhere to be found--she has gone off and left her poor old father.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading She is nowhere to be found--she has gone off and left her poor old father.
a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood
From this reading In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading She is nowhere to be found--she has gone off and left her poor old father.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her.
past form of “scrawl” — write carelessly
From this reading In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She is nowhere to be found--she has gone off and left her poor old father.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She is nowhere to be found--she has gone off and left her poor old father.
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
From this reading In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What's to be done?
in the company of; together with
From this reading In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her.
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading Was her happiness not worth consulting?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading In her room, I found these lines scrawled with a pencil: "You have driven your daughter from you, by urging a match that was hateful to her.
Chapter 2 of She Would Be a Soldier by M. M. (Mordecai Manuel) Noah holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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 421 sentences of She Would Be a Soldier, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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