Chapter 2 of Stories of New York is here in full — 460 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Stories of New York is here in full — 460 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ESTHER _turns her head a little away and slowly twists both letters into lamp-lighters_. _H._ (_aside_). I shall let all my hopes burn in the flame with my letter. If she uses that, I give her up. I shall know she is not mine to give up.
Chapter 2 of Stories of New York is here in full — 460 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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on or to one side
To consume or be consumed by fire.
From this reading “I shall let all my hopes burn in the flame with my letter.”
(Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)
From this reading “ESTHER _turns her head a little away and slowly twists both letters into lamp-lighters_.”
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading “I shall let all my hopes burn in the flame with my letter.”
plural of “hope” — a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading “I shall let all my hopes burn in the flame with my letter.”
plural of “turn” — a circular segment of a curve
plural of “twist” — an unforeseen development
From this reading “ESTHER _turns her head a little away and slowly twists both letters into lamp-lighters_.”
plural of “use” — the act of using
From this reading “If she uses that, I give her up.”
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.
lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
In this reading “I shall know she is not mine to give up.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading ESTHER _turns her head a little away and slowly twists both letters into lamp-lighters_.
(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 shall let all my hopes burn in the flame with my letter.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ESTHER _turns her head a little away and slowly twists both letters into lamp-lighters_.
on or to one side
From this reading _H._ (_aside_).
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading ESTHER _turns her head a little away and slowly twists both letters into lamp-lighters_.
the two together, not just one
From this reading ESTHER _turns her head a little away and slowly twists both letters into lamp-lighters_.
To consume or be consumed by fire.
From this reading I shall let all my hopes burn in the flame with my letter.
(Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)
From this reading ESTHER _turns her head a little away and slowly twists both letters into lamp-lighters_.
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading I shall let all my hopes burn in the flame with my letter.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading If she uses that, I give her up.
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading _H._ (_aside_).
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading ESTHER _turns her head a little away and slowly twists both letters into lamp-lighters_.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading ESTHER _turns her head a little away and slowly twists both letters into lamp-lighters_.
plural of “hope” — a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading I shall let all my hopes burn in the flame with my letter.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I shall let all my hopes burn in the flame with my letter.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If she uses that, I give her up.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I shall let all my hopes burn in the flame with my letter.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading ESTHER _turns her head a little away and slowly twists both letters into lamp-lighters_.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I shall know she is not mine to give up.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I shall know she is not mine to give up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ESTHER _turns her head a little away and slowly twists both letters into lamp-lighters_.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading I shall let all my hopes burn in the flame with my letter.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading I shall let all my hopes burn in the flame with my letter.
the literary culture
From this reading ESTHER _turns her head a little away and slowly twists both letters into lamp-lighters_.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading ESTHER _turns her head a little away and slowly twists both letters into lamp-lighters_.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I shall know she is not mine to give up.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I shall let all my hopes burn in the flame with my letter.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I shall know she is not mine to give up.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I shall let all my hopes burn in the flame with my letter.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If she uses that, I give her up.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading ESTHER _turns her head a little away and slowly twists both letters into lamp-lighters_.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading If she uses that, I give her up.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I shall let all my hopes burn in the flame with my letter.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I shall know she is not mine to give up.
plural of “turn” — a circular segment of a curve
From this reading ESTHER _turns her head a little away and slowly twists both letters into lamp-lighters_.
plural of “twist” — an unforeseen development
From this reading ESTHER _turns her head a little away and slowly twists both letters into lamp-lighters_.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading If she uses that, I give her up.
plural of “use” — the act of using
From this reading If she uses that, I give her up.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I shall let all my hopes burn in the flame with my letter.
Chapter 2 of Stories of New York by Annie Eliot Trumbull holds 460 sentences, grouped into 92 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 460 sentences of Stories of New York, unabridged, divided into 92 reading sections.
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