Chapter 2 of The Faith of Men is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The Faith of Men is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I nodded. "Well?" The light broke in on me, and I bade him continue. "My valley was perhaps five miles around. The mouth was closed.
Chapter 2 of The Faith of Men is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
From this reading “The light broke in on me, and I bade him continue.”
lacking funds
From this reading “The light broke in on me, and I bade him continue.”
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading “The mouth was closed.”
continue a certain state, condition, or activity
From this reading “The light broke in on me, and I bade him continue.”
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading “"My valley was perhaps five miles around.”
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading “The mouth was closed.”
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading “I nodded.”
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading “"My valley was perhaps five miles around.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The light broke in on me, and I bade him continue.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading "My valley was perhaps five miles around.
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
From this reading The light broke in on me, and I bade him continue.
lacking funds
From this reading The light broke in on me, and I bade him continue.
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading The mouth was closed.
continue a certain state, condition, or activity
From this reading The light broke in on me, and I bade him continue.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading "My valley was perhaps five miles around.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The light broke in on me, and I bade him continue.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I nodded.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The light broke in on me, and I bade him continue.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading The light broke in on me, and I bade him continue.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The light broke in on me, and I bade him continue.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading "My valley was perhaps five miles around.
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading The mouth was closed.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My valley was perhaps five miles around.
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading I nodded.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The light broke in on me, and I bade him continue.
by chance
From this reading "My valley was perhaps five miles around.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The light broke in on me, and I bade him continue.
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading "My valley was perhaps five miles around.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "My valley was perhaps five miles around.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well?"
Chapter 2 of The Faith of Men by Jack London holds 190 sentences, grouped into 38 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.
Chapter 2 holds 190 sentences of The Faith of Men, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Faith of Men by Jack London exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 190 sentences, grouped into 38 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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