Chapter 2 of The Adventures of Bobby Coon is here in full — 502 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Adventures of Bobby Coon is here in full — 502 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Haven't yo' made a mistake, Brer Coon?” said the voice. “This isn't your house.” Bobby stopped and looked up. Unc' Billy Possum was grinning down at him from his doorway. Bobby grinned back.
Chapter 2 of The Adventures of Bobby Coon is here in full — 502 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading “Unc' Billy Possum was grinning down at him from his doorway.”
an informal term for a British policeman
From this reading “Bobby stopped and looked up.”
an eccentric or undignified rustic
From this reading ““Haven't yo' made a mistake, Brer Coon?” said the voice.”
the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
From this reading “Unc' Billy Possum was grinning down at him from his doorway.”
inflected form of “grin” — to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
From this reading “Bobby grinned back.”
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading “Unc' Billy Possum was grinning down at him from his doorway.”
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading ““Haven't yo' made a mistake, Brer Coon?” said the voice.”
nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America
From this reading “Unc' Billy Possum was grinning down at him from his doorway.”
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.
seek information from
In this reading “Bobby stopped and looked up.”
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 “Haven't yo' made a mistake, Brer Coon?” said the voice.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Bobby stopped and looked up.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Unc' Billy Possum was grinning down at him from his doorway.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Bobby grinned back.
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading Unc' Billy Possum was grinning down at him from his doorway.
an informal term for a British policeman
From this reading Bobby stopped and looked up.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Haven't yo' made a mistake, Brer Coon?” said the voice.
an eccentric or undignified rustic
From this reading “Haven't yo' made a mistake, Brer Coon?” said the voice.
the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
From this reading Unc' Billy Possum was grinning down at him from his doorway.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Unc' Billy Possum was grinning down at him from his doorway.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Unc' Billy Possum was grinning down at him from his doorway.
inflected form of “grin” — to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
From this reading Bobby grinned back.
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading Unc' Billy Possum was grinning down at him from his doorway.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Haven't yo' made a mistake, Brer Coon?” said the voice.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Unc' Billy Possum was grinning down at him from his doorway.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Unc' Billy Possum was grinning down at him from his doorway.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading “This isn't your house.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “This isn't your house.”
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Bobby stopped and looked up.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading “Haven't yo' made a mistake, Brer Coon?” said the voice.
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “Haven't yo' made a mistake, Brer Coon?” said the voice.
nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America
From this reading Unc' Billy Possum was grinning down at him from his doorway.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Haven't yo' made a mistake, Brer Coon?” said the voice.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading Bobby stopped and looked up.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Haven't yo' made a mistake, Brer Coon?” said the voice.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This isn't your house.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Unc' Billy Possum was grinning down at him from his doorway.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Bobby stopped and looked up.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “Haven't yo' made a mistake, Brer Coon?” said the voice.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Unc' Billy Possum was grinning down at him from his doorway.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Haven't yo' made a mistake, Brer Coon?” said the voice.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “This isn't your house.”
Chapter 2 of The Adventures of Bobby Coon by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess holds 502 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 502 sentences of The Adventures of Bobby Coon, unabridged, divided into 101 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Adventures of Bobby Coon by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 502 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.
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