Chapter 2 of The Broken Gate: A Novel is here in full — 241 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Broken Gate: A Novel is here in full — 241 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE HOMECOMING OF DIEUDONNE LANE "Eejit! My son John! Whip ary man in Jackson County! Whoop! Come along!
Chapter 2 of The Broken Gate: A Novel is here in full — 241 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
From this reading “Whip ary man in Jackson County!”
an annual school or university reunion for graduates
From this reading “THE HOMECOMING OF DIEUDONNE LANE "Eejit!”
English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936)
From this reading “Whip ary man in Jackson County!”
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading “My son John!”
a narrow way or road
From this reading “THE HOMECOMING OF DIEUDONNE LANE "Eejit!”
a male human offspring
From this reading “My son John!”
beat severely with a whip or rod
From this reading “Whip ary man in Jackson County!”
shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm
From this reading “Whoop!”
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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come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
In this reading “Come along!”
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.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Come along!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Whip ary man in Jackson County!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come along!
(United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
From this reading Whip ary man in Jackson County!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE HOMECOMING OF DIEUDONNE LANE "Eejit!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE HOMECOMING OF DIEUDONNE LANE "Eejit!
an annual school or university reunion for graduates
From this reading THE HOMECOMING OF DIEUDONNE LANE "Eejit!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Whip ary man in Jackson County!
English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936)
From this reading Whip ary man in Jackson County!
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading My son John!
a narrow way or road
From this reading THE HOMECOMING OF DIEUDONNE LANE "Eejit!
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Whip ary man in Jackson County!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My son John!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE HOMECOMING OF DIEUDONNE LANE "Eejit!
a male human offspring
From this reading My son John!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HOMECOMING OF DIEUDONNE LANE "Eejit!
beat severely with a whip or rod
From this reading Whip ary man in Jackson County!
shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm
From this reading Whoop!
Chapter 2 of The Broken Gate: A Novel by Emerson Hough holds 241 sentences, grouped into 49 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 241 sentences of The Broken Gate: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 49 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Broken Gate: A Novel by Emerson Hough exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 241 sentences, grouped into 49 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.
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