Chapter 2 of Stories Pictures Tell. Book 4 is here in full — 501 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Stories Pictures Tell. Book 4 is here in full — 501 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
=To the Teacher:= Short stories of the bravery and faithfulness of dogs may take the place of other talks on kindness to animals. SUBJECTS FOR COMPOSITIONS A Description of a Newfoundland Dog. How a Dog Saved a Child from Drowning. The Smartest Dog I Ever Saw. The Bravest Dog I Ever Heard of.
Chapter 2 of Stories Pictures Tell. Book 4 is here in full — 501 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/100 · 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 quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
From this reading “=To the Teacher:= Short stories of the bravery and faithfulness of dogs may take the place of other talks on kindness to animals.”
superlative of “brave” — possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
From this reading “The Bravest Dog I Ever Heard of.”
plural of “composition” — the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole
From this reading “SUBJECTS FOR COMPOSITIONS A Description of a Newfoundland Dog.”
-ing form of “drown” — cover completely or make imperceptible
From this reading “How a Dog Saved a Child from Drowning.”
the quality of being faithful
From this reading “=To the Teacher:= Short stories of the bravery and faithfulness of dogs may take the place of other talks on kindness to animals.”
a breed of very large heavy dogs with a thick coarse usually black coat; highly intelligent dogs and vigorous swimmers; developed in Newfoundland
From this reading “SUBJECTS FOR COMPOSITIONS A Description of a Newfoundland Dog.”
superlative of “smart” — showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
From this reading “The Smartest Dog I Ever Saw.”
a discussion intended to produce an agreement
From this reading “=To the Teacher:= Short stories of the bravery and faithfulness of dogs may take the place of other talks on kindness to animals.”
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.
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a prose narrative shorter than a novel
In this reading “=To the Teacher:= Short stories of the bravery and faithfulness of dogs may take the place of other talks on kindness to animals.”
In this reading “The Bravest Dog I Ever Heard of.”
In this reading “=To the Teacher:= Short stories of the bravery and faithfulness of dogs may take the place of other talks on kindness to animals.”
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 SUBJECTS FOR COMPOSITIONS A Description of a Newfoundland Dog.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading =To the Teacher:= Short stories of the bravery and faithfulness of dogs may take the place of other talks on kindness to animals.
plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading =To the Teacher:= Short stories of the bravery and faithfulness of dogs may take the place of other talks on kindness to animals.
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
From this reading =To the Teacher:= Short stories of the bravery and faithfulness of dogs may take the place of other talks on kindness to animals.
superlative of “brave” — possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
From this reading The Bravest Dog I Ever Heard of.
a young person of either sex
From this reading How a Dog Saved a Child from Drowning.
plural of “composition” — the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole
From this reading SUBJECTS FOR COMPOSITIONS A Description of a Newfoundland Dog.
a statement that represents something in words
From this reading SUBJECTS FOR COMPOSITIONS A Description of a Newfoundland Dog.
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading SUBJECTS FOR COMPOSITIONS A Description of a Newfoundland Dog.
plural of “dog” — a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading =To the Teacher:= Short stories of the bravery and faithfulness of dogs may take the place of other talks on kindness to animals.
-ing form of “drown” — cover completely or make imperceptible
From this reading How a Dog Saved a Child from Drowning.
at any time
From this reading The Smartest Dog I Ever Saw.
the quality of being faithful
From this reading =To the Teacher:= Short stories of the bravery and faithfulness of dogs may take the place of other talks on kindness to animals.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading SUBJECTS FOR COMPOSITIONS A Description of a Newfoundland Dog.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading How a Dog Saved a Child from Drowning.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading The Bravest Dog I Ever Heard of.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How a Dog Saved a Child from Drowning.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The Smartest Dog I Ever Saw.
the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic
From this reading =To the Teacher:= Short stories of the bravery and faithfulness of dogs may take the place of other talks on kindness to animals.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading =To the Teacher:= Short stories of the bravery and faithfulness of dogs may take the place of other talks on kindness to animals.
a breed of very large heavy dogs with a thick coarse usually black coat; highly intelligent dogs and vigorous swimmers; developed in Newfoundland
From this reading SUBJECTS FOR COMPOSITIONS A Description of a Newfoundland Dog.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading =To the Teacher:= Short stories of the bravery and faithfulness of dogs may take the place of other talks on kindness to animals.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading =To the Teacher:= Short stories of the bravery and faithfulness of dogs may take the place of other talks on kindness to animals.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading =To the Teacher:= Short stories of the bravery and faithfulness of dogs may take the place of other talks on kindness to animals.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading =To the Teacher:= Short stories of the bravery and faithfulness of dogs may take the place of other talks on kindness to animals.
rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin
From this reading How a Dog Saved a Child from Drowning.
cut with a saw
From this reading The Smartest Dog I Ever Saw.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading =To the Teacher:= Short stories of the bravery and faithfulness of dogs may take the place of other talks on kindness to animals.
superlative of “smart” — showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
From this reading The Smartest Dog I Ever Saw.
plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading =To the Teacher:= Short stories of the bravery and faithfulness of dogs may take the place of other talks on kindness to animals.
plural of “subject” — the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
From this reading SUBJECTS FOR COMPOSITIONS A Description of a Newfoundland Dog.
carry out
From this reading =To the Teacher:= Short stories of the bravery and faithfulness of dogs may take the place of other talks on kindness to animals.
a discussion intended to produce an agreement
From this reading =To the Teacher:= Short stories of the bravery and faithfulness of dogs may take the place of other talks on kindness to animals.
a person whose occupation is teaching
From this reading =To the Teacher:= Short stories of the bravery and faithfulness of dogs may take the place of other talks on kindness to animals.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading =To the Teacher:= Short stories of the bravery and faithfulness of dogs may take the place of other talks on kindness to animals.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading =To the Teacher:= Short stories of the bravery and faithfulness of dogs may take the place of other talks on kindness to animals.
Chapter 2 of Stories Pictures Tell. Book 4 by Flora L. (Flora Leona) Carpenter holds 501 sentences, grouped into 101 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 501 sentences of Stories Pictures Tell. Book 4, unabridged, divided into 101 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Stories Pictures Tell. Book 4 by Flora L. (Flora Leona) Carpenter exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 501 sentences, grouped into 101 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 101 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 101 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.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 87 minutes of reading across 209 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Stories Pictures Tell. Book 4 section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 2 chapters of Stories Pictures Tell. Book 4 to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Stories Pictures Tell. Book 4, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
