Chapter 2 of The Carbonels is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Carbonels is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Granny, now never you mind. Tip is all right upstairs. Benny, you bad boy, I'll be at you. Don't go, please, lady. Bet, what be doin' to Jim?
Chapter 2 of The Carbonels is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/84 · 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.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “Benny, you bad boy, I'll be at you.”
East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil
From this reading “Benny, you bad boy, I'll be at you.”
maintain with or as if with a bet
From this reading “Bet, what be doin' to Jim?”
a youthful male person
From this reading “Benny, you bad boy, I'll be at you.”
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading “"Granny, now never you mind.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “Don't go, please, lady.”
the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
From this reading “Tip is all right upstairs.”
on a floor above
From this reading “Tip is all right upstairs.”
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.
(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 Tip is all right upstairs.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Benny, you bad boy, I'll be at you.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading Benny, you bad boy, I'll be at you.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Benny, you bad boy, I'll be at you.
East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil
From this reading Benny, you bad boy, I'll be at you.
maintain with or as if with a bet
From this reading Bet, what be doin' to Jim?
a youthful male person
From this reading Benny, you bad boy, I'll be at you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bet, what be doin' to Jim?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Don't go, please, lady.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Don't go, please, lady.
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading "Granny, now never you mind.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Benny, you bad boy, I'll be at you.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Tip is all right upstairs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bet, what be doin' to Jim?
a polite name for any woman
From this reading Don't go, please, lady.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading "Granny, now never you mind.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "Granny, now never you mind.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Granny, now never you mind.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Don't go, please, lady.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Tip is all right upstairs.
the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
From this reading Tip is all right upstairs.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Bet, what be doin' to Jim?
on a floor above
From this reading Tip is all right upstairs.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Bet, what be doin' to Jim?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Granny, now never you mind.
Chapter 2 of The Carbonels by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge holds 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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 422 sentences of The Carbonels, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Carbonels by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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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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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Carbonels, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
