Chapter 2 of The Devil's Dooryard is here in full — 493 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Devil's Dooryard is here in full — 493 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Holy henhawks!” explodes Windy. “He’s comin’! Hang on until I get there! That sounds like old Mike’s voice. Betcha forty dollars he’s a go-getter.”
Chapter 2 of The Devil's Dooryard is here in full — 493 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/98 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “dollar” — the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
From this reading “Betcha forty dollars he’s a go-getter.””
third-person singular of “explode” — cause to burst with a violent release of energy
From this reading ““Holy henhawks!” explodes Windy.”
being ten more than thirty
From this reading “Betcha forty dollars he’s a go-getter.””
be suspended or hanging
From this reading “Hang on until I get there!”
a sacred place of pilgrimage
From this reading ““Holy henhawks!” explodes Windy.”
possessive form of “mike” — device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
plural of “sound” — the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading “That sounds like old Mike’s voice.”
abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes
From this reading ““Holy henhawks!” explodes Windy.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Betcha forty dollars he’s a go-getter.””
fix to; attach
In this reading “Hang on until I get there!”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Betcha forty dollars he’s a go-getter.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Betcha forty dollars he’s a go-getter.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He’s comin’!
plural of “dollar” — the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
From this reading Betcha forty dollars he’s a go-getter.”
third-person singular of “explode” — cause to burst with a violent release of energy
From this reading “Holy henhawks!” explodes Windy.
being ten more than thirty
From this reading Betcha forty dollars he’s a go-getter.”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Hang on until I get there!
someone whose career progresses rapidly
From this reading Betcha forty dollars he’s a go-getter.”
be suspended or hanging
From this reading Hang on until I get there!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He’s comin’!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Holy henhawks!” explodes Windy.
a sacred place of pilgrimage
From this reading “Holy henhawks!” explodes Windy.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Hang on until I get there!
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading That sounds like old Mike’s voice.
possessive form of “mike” — device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
From this reading That sounds like old Mike’s voice.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading That sounds like old Mike’s voice.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Hang on until I get there!
plural of “sound” — the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading That sounds like old Mike’s voice.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That sounds like old Mike’s voice.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Hang on until I get there!
up to a particular time
From this reading Hang on until I get there!
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading That sounds like old Mike’s voice.
abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes
From this reading “Holy henhawks!” explodes Windy.
Chapter 2 of The Devil's Dooryard by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle holds 493 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 493 sentences of The Devil's Dooryard, unabridged, divided into 99 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Devil's Dooryard by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 493 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 can be played aloud in United States English.
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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About 122 minutes of reading across 295 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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