Chapter 2 of The Flirt is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Flirt is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Hedrick raised himself to the attitude of the "Dying Gaul." "And with `hair slightly silvered at the temples!' _Ain_'t his hair slightly silvered at the temples?" he cried imploringly. "Oh, sister, in pity's name let his hair be slightly silvered at the temples? Only three grains of corn, your Grace; my children are starving!"
Chapter 2 of The Flirt is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/35 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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From this reading _Ain_'t his hair slightly silvered at the temples?" he cried imploringly.
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From this reading "And with `hair slightly silvered at the temples!'
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From this reading Only three grains of corn, your Grace; my children are starving!"
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From this reading "And with `hair slightly silvered at the temples!'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hedrick raised himself to the attitude of the "Dying Gaul."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, sister, in pity's name let his hair be slightly silvered at the temples?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Only three grains of corn, your Grace; my children are starving!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Only three grains of corn, your Grace; my children are starving!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Ain_'t his hair slightly silvered at the temples?" he cried imploringly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hedrick raised himself to the attitude of the "Dying Gaul."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hedrick raised himself to the attitude of the "Dying Gaul."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Only three grains of corn, your Grace; my children are starving!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Only three grains of corn, your Grace; my children are starving!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And with `hair slightly silvered at the temples!'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Ain_'t his hair slightly silvered at the temples?" he cried imploringly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hedrick raised himself to the attitude of the "Dying Gaul."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hedrick raised himself to the attitude of the "Dying Gaul."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Ain_'t his hair slightly silvered at the temples?" he cried imploringly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Ain_'t his hair slightly silvered at the temples?" he cried imploringly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, sister, in pity's name let his hair be slightly silvered at the temples?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, sister, in pity's name let his hair be slightly silvered at the temples?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Only three grains of corn, your Grace; my children are starving!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, sister, in pity's name let his hair be slightly silvered at the temples?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hedrick raised himself to the attitude of the "Dying Gaul."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, sister, in pity's name let his hair be slightly silvered at the temples?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Only three grains of corn, your Grace; my children are starving!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, sister, in pity's name let his hair be slightly silvered at the temples?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hedrick raised himself to the attitude of the "Dying Gaul."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And with `hair slightly silvered at the temples!'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, sister, in pity's name let his hair be slightly silvered at the temples?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And with `hair slightly silvered at the temples!'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Only three grains of corn, your Grace; my children are starving!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Ain_'t his hair slightly silvered at the temples?" he cried imploringly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And with `hair slightly silvered at the temples!'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hedrick raised himself to the attitude of the "Dying Gaul."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Only three grains of corn, your Grace; my children are starving!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hedrick raised himself to the attitude of the "Dying Gaul."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "And with `hair slightly silvered at the temples!'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Only three grains of corn, your Grace; my children are starving!"
Chapter 2 of The Flirt by Booth Tarkington holds 178 sentences, grouped into 36 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 178 sentences of The Flirt, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Flirt by Booth Tarkington exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 178 sentences, grouped into 36 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 36 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 36 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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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Flirt, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
