Chapter 2 of The Catspaw is here in full — 494 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Catspaw is here in full — 494 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"You wouldn't be using your feminine jealousy to stall me while the Solar Lab develops the interstellar drive, would you?" "You--!" "Nah," he warned her blithely. "Mustn't swear!" "Oh damn!"
Chapter 2 of The Catspaw is here in full — 494 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a joyous manner
From this reading “"Nah," he warned her blithely.”
used as expletives
From this reading “"Oh damn!"”
third-person singular of “develop” — make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
From this reading “"You wouldn't be using your feminine jealousy to stall me while the Solar Lab develops the interstellar drive, would you?"”
associated with women and not with men
From this reading “"You wouldn't be using your feminine jealousy to stall me while the Solar Lab develops the interstellar drive, would you?"”
between or among stars
From this reading “"You wouldn't be using your feminine jealousy to stall me while the Solar Lab develops the interstellar drive, would you?"”
a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
From this reading “"You wouldn't be using your feminine jealousy to stall me while the Solar Lab develops the interstellar drive, would you?"”
relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun
From this reading “"You wouldn't be using your feminine jealousy to stall me while the Solar Lab develops the interstellar drive, would you?"”
a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "You wouldn't be using your feminine jealousy to stall me while the Solar Lab develops the interstellar drive, would you?"
in a joyous manner
From this reading "Nah," he warned her blithely.
used as expletives
From this reading "Oh damn!"
third-person singular of “develop” — make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
From this reading "You wouldn't be using your feminine jealousy to stall me while the Solar Lab develops the interstellar drive, would you?"
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading "You wouldn't be using your feminine jealousy to stall me while the Solar Lab develops the interstellar drive, would you?"
associated with women and not with men
From this reading "You wouldn't be using your feminine jealousy to stall me while the Solar Lab develops the interstellar drive, would you?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Nah," he warned her blithely.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Nah," he warned her blithely.
between or among stars
From this reading "You wouldn't be using your feminine jealousy to stall me while the Solar Lab develops the interstellar drive, would you?"
a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)
From this reading "You wouldn't be using your feminine jealousy to stall me while the Solar Lab develops the interstellar drive, would you?"
a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
From this reading "You wouldn't be using your feminine jealousy to stall me while the Solar Lab develops the interstellar drive, would you?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You wouldn't be using your feminine jealousy to stall me while the Solar Lab develops the interstellar drive, would you?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Mustn't swear!"
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From this reading "Nah," he warned her blithely.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh damn!"
relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun
From this reading "You wouldn't be using your feminine jealousy to stall me while the Solar Lab develops the interstellar drive, would you?"
a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
From this reading "You wouldn't be using your feminine jealousy to stall me while the Solar Lab develops the interstellar drive, would you?"
utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading "Mustn't swear!"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "You wouldn't be using your feminine jealousy to stall me while the Solar Lab develops the interstellar drive, would you?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "You wouldn't be using your feminine jealousy to stall me while the Solar Lab develops the interstellar drive, would you?"
an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)
From this reading "You wouldn't be using your feminine jealousy to stall me while the Solar Lab develops the interstellar drive, would you?"
past form of “warn” — notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
From this reading "Nah," he warned her blithely.
during the time that
From this reading "You wouldn't be using your feminine jealousy to stall me while the Solar Lab develops the interstellar drive, would you?"
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "You wouldn't be using your feminine jealousy to stall me while the Solar Lab develops the interstellar drive, would you?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You wouldn't be using your feminine jealousy to stall me while the Solar Lab develops the interstellar drive, would you?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You wouldn't be using your feminine jealousy to stall me while the Solar Lab develops the interstellar drive, would you?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You wouldn't be using your feminine jealousy to stall me while the Solar Lab develops the interstellar drive, would you?"
Chapter 2 of The Catspaw by George O. (George Oliver) Smith holds 494 sentences, grouped into 99 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 494 sentences of The Catspaw, unabridged, divided into 99 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Catspaw by George O. (George Oliver) Smith exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 494 sentences, grouped into 99 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 99 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 99 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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