Chapter 2 of Spawn of the Desert is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Spawn of the Desert is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Luck nodded. “I saw you there. Preacher Bill was my friend. What is his name?” She motioned toward the Saint.
Chapter 2 of Spawn of the Desert is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading “Preacher Bill was my friend.”
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “Preacher Bill was my friend.”
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading “Luck nodded.”
past form of “motion” — show, express or direct through movement
From this reading “She motioned toward the Saint.”
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading “Luck nodded.”
someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel
From this reading “Preacher Bill was my friend.”
a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
From this reading “She motioned toward the Saint.”
in the direction of
From this reading “She motioned toward the Saint.”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading Preacher Bill was my friend.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Preacher Bill was my friend.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading What is his name?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I saw you there.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What is his name?”
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading Luck nodded.
past form of “motion” — show, express or direct through movement
From this reading She motioned toward the Saint.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Preacher Bill was my friend.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading What is his name?”
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading Luck nodded.
someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel
From this reading Preacher Bill was my friend.
a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
From this reading She motioned toward the Saint.
cut with a saw
From this reading “I saw you there.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She motioned toward the Saint.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She motioned toward the Saint.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “I saw you there.
in the direction of
From this reading She motioned toward the Saint.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Preacher Bill was my friend.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What is his name?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I saw you there.
Chapter 2 of Spawn of the Desert by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle holds 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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 437 sentences of Spawn of the Desert, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Spawn of the Desert by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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.
Work through the 88 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 88 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 can be played aloud in United States English.
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About 108 minutes of reading across 260 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Spawn of the Desert, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
