Chapter 2 of The Escape is here in full — 472 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Escape is here in full — 472 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Enter MR. PINCHEN, R._ Why, how do you do, Mr. Pinchen? What in the name of Jehu brings you down here to Muddy Creek? Any camp-meetins, revival meetins, death-bed scenes, or any thing else in your line going on down here? How is religion prosperin’ now, Mr. Pinchen?
Chapter 2 of The Escape is here in full — 472 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
third-person singular of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “What in the name of Jehu brings you down here to Muddy Creek?”
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading “What in the name of Jehu brings you down here to Muddy Creek?”
to come or go into
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading “Any camp-meetins, revival meetins, death-bed scenes, or any thing else in your line going on down here?”
(of soil) soft and watery
From this reading “What in the name of Jehu brings you down here to Muddy Creek?”
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
From this reading “How is religion prosperin’ now, Mr. Pinchen?”
bringing again into activity and prominence
From this reading “Any camp-meetins, revival meetins, death-bed scenes, or any thing else in your line going on down here?”
plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs
From this reading “Any camp-meetins, revival meetins, death-bed scenes, or any thing else in your line going on down here?”
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 “Any camp-meetins, revival meetins, death-bed scenes, or any thing else in your line going on down here?”
In this reading “What in the name of Jehu brings you down here to Muddy Creek?”
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.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Any camp-meetins, revival meetins, death-bed scenes, or any thing else in your line going on down here?
third-person singular of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading What in the name of Jehu brings you down here to Muddy Creek?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Any camp-meetins, revival meetins, death-bed scenes, or any thing else in your line going on down here?
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading What in the name of Jehu brings you down here to Muddy Creek?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Any camp-meetins, revival meetins, death-bed scenes, or any thing else in your line going on down here?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading PINCHEN, R._ Why, how do you do, Mr. Pinchen?
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading What in the name of Jehu brings you down here to Muddy Creek?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Any camp-meetins, revival meetins, death-bed scenes, or any thing else in your line going on down here?
to come or go into
From this reading _Enter MR.
the act of departing
From this reading Any camp-meetins, revival meetins, death-bed scenes, or any thing else in your line going on down here?
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading What in the name of Jehu brings you down here to Muddy Creek?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PINCHEN, R._ Why, how do you do, Mr. Pinchen?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading What in the name of Jehu brings you down here to Muddy Creek?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading How is religion prosperin’ now, Mr. Pinchen?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What in the name of Jehu brings you down here to Muddy Creek?
a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading Any camp-meetins, revival meetins, death-bed scenes, or any thing else in your line going on down here?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Any camp-meetins, revival meetins, death-bed scenes, or any thing else in your line going on down here?
a form of address for a man
From this reading _Enter MR.
(of soil) soft and watery
From this reading What in the name of Jehu brings you down here to Muddy Creek?
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading What in the name of Jehu brings you down here to Muddy Creek?
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading How is religion prosperin’ now, Mr. Pinchen?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What in the name of Jehu brings you down here to Muddy Creek?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Any camp-meetins, revival meetins, death-bed scenes, or any thing else in your line going on down here?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Any camp-meetins, revival meetins, death-bed scenes, or any thing else in your line going on down here?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PINCHEN, R._ Why, how do you do, Mr. Pinchen?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How is religion prosperin’ now, Mr. Pinchen?
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading PINCHEN, R._ Why, how do you do, Mr. Pinchen?
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
From this reading How is religion prosperin’ now, Mr. Pinchen?
bringing again into activity and prominence
From this reading Any camp-meetins, revival meetins, death-bed scenes, or any thing else in your line going on down here?
plural of “scene” — the place where some action occurs
From this reading Any camp-meetins, revival meetins, death-bed scenes, or any thing else in your line going on down here?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What in the name of Jehu brings you down here to Muddy Creek?
a special situation
From this reading Any camp-meetins, revival meetins, death-bed scenes, or any thing else in your line going on down here?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What in the name of Jehu brings you down here to Muddy Creek?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What in the name of Jehu brings you down here to Muddy Creek?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading PINCHEN, R._ Why, how do you do, Mr. Pinchen?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading PINCHEN, R._ Why, how do you do, Mr. Pinchen?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Any camp-meetins, revival meetins, death-bed scenes, or any thing else in your line going on down here?
Chapter 2 of The Escape by William Wells Brown holds 472 sentences, grouped into 95 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 472 sentences of The Escape, unabridged, divided into 95 reading sections.
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