Chapter 2 of The Driver is here in full — 549 sentences across 110 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Driver is here in full — 549 sentences across 110 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE FUNK IDOL i “Where is one-hundred-and-thirty Broadway?” I asked the hotel porter the next morning. “One-hundred-and-thirty Broadway? That’s in Wall Street,” he said. “Take the elevated down town and get off at Rector Street.”
Chapter 2 of The Driver is here in full — 549 sentences across 110 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters
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raised above the ground
From this reading ““Take the elevated down town and get off at Rector Street.””
a state of nervous depression
From this reading “THE FUNK IDOL i “Where is one-hundred-and-thirty Broadway?””
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading “I asked the hotel porter the next morning.”
a material effigy that is worshipped
From this reading “THE FUNK IDOL i “Where is one-hundred-and-thirty Broadway?””
a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
From this reading “I asked the hotel porter the next morning.”
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading ““Take the elevated down town and get off at Rector Street.””
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading “That’s in Wall Street,” he said.”
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 “I asked the hotel porter the next morning.”
leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
In this reading ““Take the elevated down town and get off at Rector Street.””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Take the elevated down town and get off at Rector Street.”
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading I asked the hotel porter the next morning.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Take the elevated down town and get off at Rector Street.”
a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters
From this reading THE FUNK IDOL i “Where is one-hundred-and-thirty Broadway?”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “Take the elevated down town and get off at Rector Street.”
raised above the ground
From this reading “Take the elevated down town and get off at Rector Street.”
a state of nervous depression
From this reading THE FUNK IDOL i “Where is one-hundred-and-thirty Broadway?”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Take the elevated down town and get off at Rector Street.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That’s in Wall Street,” he said.
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading I asked the hotel porter the next morning.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE FUNK IDOL i “Where is one-hundred-and-thirty Broadway?”
a material effigy that is worshipped
From this reading THE FUNK IDOL i “Where is one-hundred-and-thirty Broadway?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That’s in Wall Street,” he said.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE FUNK IDOL i “Where is one-hundred-and-thirty Broadway?”
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading I asked the hotel porter the next morning.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading I asked the hotel porter the next morning.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “Take the elevated down town and get off at Rector Street.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FUNK IDOL i “Where is one-hundred-and-thirty Broadway?”
a person employed to carry luggage and supplies
From this reading I asked the hotel porter the next morning.
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading “Take the elevated down town and get off at Rector Street.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading That’s in Wall Street,” he said.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading That’s in Wall Street,” he said.
carry out
From this reading “Take the elevated down town and get off at Rector Street.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That’s in Wall Street,” he said.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FUNK IDOL i “Where is one-hundred-and-thirty Broadway?”
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading “Take the elevated down town and get off at Rector Street.”
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading That’s in Wall Street,” he said.
in or at the place that
From this reading THE FUNK IDOL i “Where is one-hundred-and-thirty Broadway?”
Chapter 2 of The Driver by Garet Garrett holds 549 sentences, grouped into 110 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 549 sentences of The Driver, unabridged, divided into 110 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Driver by Garet Garrett exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 549 sentences, grouped into 110 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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