Chapter 2 of The Coming of Cuculain is here in full — 52 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Coming of Cuculain is here in full — 52 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BOYS OF THE ULTONIANS “And dear the school-boy spot We ne’er forget though there we are forgot.” BYRON. “There were his young barbarians all at play.” BYRON. In the morning Fergus Mac Roy said to the young king, “What shall we do this day, O Concobar?
Chapter 2 of The Coming of Cuculain is here in full — 52 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “barbarian” — a member of an uncivilized people
From this reading ““There were his young barbarians all at play.””
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading “THE BOYS OF THE ULTONIANS “And dear the school-boy spot We ne’er forget though there we are forgot.””
English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824)
From this reading “BYRON.”
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “THE BOYS OF THE ULTONIANS “And dear the school-boy spot We ne’er forget though there we are forgot.””
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “THE BOYS OF THE ULTONIANS “And dear the school-boy spot We ne’er forget though there we are forgot.””
a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
From this reading “In the morning Fergus Mac Roy said to the young king, “What shall we do this day, O Concobar?”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “THE BOYS OF THE ULTONIANS “And dear the school-boy spot We ne’er forget though there we are forgot.””
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(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 “There were his young barbarians all at play.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE BOYS OF THE ULTONIANS “And dear the school-boy spot We ne’er forget though there we are forgot.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE BOYS OF THE ULTONIANS “And dear the school-boy spot We ne’er forget though there we are forgot.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “There were his young barbarians all at play.”
plural of “barbarian” — a member of an uncivilized people
From this reading “There were his young barbarians all at play.”
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading THE BOYS OF THE ULTONIANS “And dear the school-boy spot We ne’er forget though there we are forgot.”
English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824)
From this reading BYRON.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the morning Fergus Mac Roy said to the young king, “What shall we do this day, O Concobar?
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading In the morning Fergus Mac Roy said to the young king, “What shall we do this day, O Concobar?
dearly loved
From this reading THE BOYS OF THE ULTONIANS “And dear the school-boy spot We ne’er forget though there we are forgot.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading In the morning Fergus Mac Roy said to the young king, “What shall we do this day, O Concobar?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the morning Fergus Mac Roy said to the young king, “What shall we do this day, O Concobar?
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading THE BOYS OF THE ULTONIANS “And dear the school-boy spot We ne’er forget though there we are forgot.”
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading THE BOYS OF THE ULTONIANS “And dear the school-boy spot We ne’er forget though there we are forgot.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “There were his young barbarians all at play.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the morning Fergus Mac Roy said to the young king, “What shall we do this day, O Concobar?
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading In the morning Fergus Mac Roy said to the young king, “What shall we do this day, O Concobar?
a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
From this reading In the morning Fergus Mac Roy said to the young king, “What shall we do this day, O Concobar?
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading In the morning Fergus Mac Roy said to the young king, “What shall we do this day, O Concobar?
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading THE BOYS OF THE ULTONIANS “And dear the school-boy spot We ne’er forget though there we are forgot.”
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading In the morning Fergus Mac Roy said to the young king, “What shall we do this day, O Concobar?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BOYS OF THE ULTONIANS “And dear the school-boy spot We ne’er forget though there we are forgot.”
participate in games or sport
From this reading “There were his young barbarians all at play.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In the morning Fergus Mac Roy said to the young king, “What shall we do this day, O Concobar?
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading In the morning Fergus Mac Roy said to the young king, “What shall we do this day, O Concobar?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE BOYS OF THE ULTONIANS “And dear the school-boy spot We ne’er forget though there we are forgot.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading In the morning Fergus Mac Roy said to the young king, “What shall we do this day, O Concobar?
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading THE BOYS OF THE ULTONIANS “And dear the school-boy spot We ne’er forget though there we are forgot.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BOYS OF THE ULTONIANS “And dear the school-boy spot We ne’er forget though there we are forgot.”
in or at that place or location
From this reading THE BOYS OF THE ULTONIANS “And dear the school-boy spot We ne’er forget though there we are forgot.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In the morning Fergus Mac Roy said to the young king, “What shall we do this day, O Concobar?
in spite of the fact that
From this reading THE BOYS OF THE ULTONIANS “And dear the school-boy spot We ne’er forget though there we are forgot.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the morning Fergus Mac Roy said to the young king, “What shall we do this day, O Concobar?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE BOYS OF THE ULTONIANS “And dear the school-boy spot We ne’er forget though there we are forgot.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading THE BOYS OF THE ULTONIANS “And dear the school-boy spot We ne’er forget though there we are forgot.”
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “There were his young barbarians all at play.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading In the morning Fergus Mac Roy said to the young king, “What shall we do this day, O Concobar?
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading “There were his young barbarians all at play.”
Chapter 2 of The Coming of Cuculain by Standish O'Grady holds 52 sentences, grouped into 11 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.
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