Chapter 2 of The Angel of Pain is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Angel of Pain is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Lady Ellington felt that Mrs. Home was collecting her eye, and rose. "What a fascinating theory," she said. "Just what I have always thought. Ah, I have caught my dress under my chair. You should have castors, Mr. Home, on your dining-room chairs."
Chapter 2 of The Angel of Pain is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading “Ah, I have caught my dress under my chair.”
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading “Ah, I have caught my dress under my chair.”
plural of “chair” — a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading “You should have castors, Mr. Home, on your dining-room chairs."”
the act of gathering something together
From this reading “Lady Ellington felt that Mrs. Home was collecting her eye, and rose.”
put on clothes
From this reading “Ah, I have caught my dress under my chair.”
United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974)
From this reading “Lady Ellington felt that Mrs. Home was collecting her eye, and rose.”
capable of arousing and holding the attention
From this reading “"What a fascinating theory," she said.”
a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
From this reading “"What a fascinating theory," she said.”
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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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "What a fascinating theory," she said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ah, I have caught my dress under my chair.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading "Just what I have always thought.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lady Ellington felt that Mrs. Home was collecting her eye, and rose.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You should have castors, Mr. Home, on your dining-room chairs."
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading Ah, I have caught my dress under my chair.
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading Ah, I have caught my dress under my chair.
plural of “chair” — a seat for one person, with a support for the back
From this reading You should have castors, Mr. Home, on your dining-room chairs."
the act of gathering something together
From this reading Lady Ellington felt that Mrs. Home was collecting her eye, and rose.
a room used for dining
From this reading You should have castors, Mr. Home, on your dining-room chairs."
put on clothes
From this reading Ah, I have caught my dress under my chair.
United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974)
From this reading Lady Ellington felt that Mrs. Home was collecting her eye, and rose.
the organ of sight
From this reading Lady Ellington felt that Mrs. Home was collecting her eye, and rose.
capable of arousing and holding the attention
From this reading "What a fascinating theory," she said.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Lady Ellington felt that Mrs. Home was collecting her eye, and rose.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Just what I have always thought.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Lady Ellington felt that Mrs. Home was collecting her eye, and rose.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Lady Ellington felt that Mrs. Home was collecting her eye, and rose.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Just what I have always thought.
and nothing more
From this reading "Just what I have always thought.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading Lady Ellington felt that Mrs. Home was collecting her eye, and rose.
a form of address for a man
From this reading You should have castors, Mr. Home, on your dining-room chairs."
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Lady Ellington felt that Mrs. Home was collecting her eye, and rose.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Ah, I have caught my dress under my chair.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading You should have castors, Mr. Home, on your dining-room chairs."
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading Lady Ellington felt that Mrs. Home was collecting her eye, and rose.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "What a fascinating theory," she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "What a fascinating theory," she said.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading You should have castors, Mr. Home, on your dining-room chairs."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Lady Ellington felt that Mrs. Home was collecting her eye, and rose.
a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
From this reading "What a fascinating theory," she said.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "Just what I have always thought.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Ah, I have caught my dress under my chair.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lady Ellington felt that Mrs. Home was collecting her eye, and rose.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What a fascinating theory," she said.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You should have castors, Mr. Home, on your dining-room chairs."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You should have castors, Mr. Home, on your dining-room chairs."
Chapter 2 of The Angel of Pain by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson holds 394 sentences, grouped into 79 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 394 sentences of The Angel of Pain, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
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