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The Land That Time Forgot
The Land That Time Forgot

Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of The Land That Time Forgot is here in full — 198 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Toward morning, I must have dozed, though it seemed to me at the time that I had lain awake for days, instead of hours.
When I finally opened my eyes, it was daylight, and the girl’s hair was in my face, and she was breathing normally.
I thanked God for that.
She had turned her head during the night so that as I opened my eyes I saw her face not an inch from mine, my lips almost touching hers.
It was Nobs who finally awoke her.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Land That Time Forgot

Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of The Land That Time Forgot is here in full — 198 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/39 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Toward morning, I must have dozed, though it seemed to me at the time that I had lain awake for days, instead of hours.
Line 2
When I finally opened my eyes, it was daylight, and the girl’s hair was in my face, and she was breathing normally.
Line 3
I thanked God for that.
Line 4
She had turned her head during the night so that as I opened my eyes I saw her face not an inch from mine, my lips almost touching hers.
Line 5
It was Nobs who finally awoke her.

All words in this reading · 60

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almost

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From this reading She had turned her head during the night so that as I opened my eyes I saw her face not an inch from mine, my lips almost touching hers.

an

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From this reading She had turned her head during the night so that as I opened my eyes I saw her face not an inch from mine, my lips almost touching hers.

and

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From this reading When I finally opened my eyes, it was daylight, and the girl’s hair was in my face, and she was breathing normally.

as

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From this reading She had turned her head during the night so that as I opened my eyes I saw her face not an inch from mine, my lips almost touching hers.

at

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From this reading Toward morning, I must have dozed, though it seemed to me at the time that I had lain awake for days, instead of hours.

awake

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From this reading Toward morning, I must have dozed, though it seemed to me at the time that I had lain awake for days, instead of hours.

awoke

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From this reading It was Nobs who finally awoke her.

breathing

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From this reading When I finally opened my eyes, it was daylight, and the girl’s hair was in my face, and she was breathing normally.

daylight

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From this reading When I finally opened my eyes, it was daylight, and the girl’s hair was in my face, and she was breathing normally.

days

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From this reading Toward morning, I must have dozed, though it seemed to me at the time that I had lain awake for days, instead of hours.

dozed

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From this reading Toward morning, I must have dozed, though it seemed to me at the time that I had lain awake for days, instead of hours.

during

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From this reading She had turned her head during the night so that as I opened my eyes I saw her face not an inch from mine, my lips almost touching hers.

eyes

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From this reading When I finally opened my eyes, it was daylight, and the girl’s hair was in my face, and she was breathing normally.

face

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From this reading When I finally opened my eyes, it was daylight, and the girl’s hair was in my face, and she was breathing normally.

finally

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From this reading When I finally opened my eyes, it was daylight, and the girl’s hair was in my face, and she was breathing normally.

for

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From this reading Toward morning, I must have dozed, though it seemed to me at the time that I had lain awake for days, instead of hours.

from

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From this reading She had turned her head during the night so that as I opened my eyes I saw her face not an inch from mine, my lips almost touching hers.

girl's

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From this reading When I finally opened my eyes, it was daylight, and the girl’s hair was in my face, and she was breathing normally.

God

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From this reading I thanked God for that.

had

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From this reading Toward morning, I must have dozed, though it seemed to me at the time that I had lain awake for days, instead of hours.

hair

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From this reading When I finally opened my eyes, it was daylight, and the girl’s hair was in my face, and she was breathing normally.

have

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From this reading Toward morning, I must have dozed, though it seemed to me at the time that I had lain awake for days, instead of hours.

head

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From this reading She had turned her head during the night so that as I opened my eyes I saw her face not an inch from mine, my lips almost touching hers.

her

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From this reading She had turned her head during the night so that as I opened my eyes I saw her face not an inch from mine, my lips almost touching hers.

hers

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From this reading She had turned her head during the night so that as I opened my eyes I saw her face not an inch from mine, my lips almost touching hers.

hours

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From this reading Toward morning, I must have dozed, though it seemed to me at the time that I had lain awake for days, instead of hours.

I

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From this reading Toward morning, I must have dozed, though it seemed to me at the time that I had lain awake for days, instead of hours.

in

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From this reading When I finally opened my eyes, it was daylight, and the girl’s hair was in my face, and she was breathing normally.

inch

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From this reading She had turned her head during the night so that as I opened my eyes I saw her face not an inch from mine, my lips almost touching hers.

instead

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From this reading Toward morning, I must have dozed, though it seemed to me at the time that I had lain awake for days, instead of hours.

it

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From this reading Toward morning, I must have dozed, though it seemed to me at the time that I had lain awake for days, instead of hours.

lain

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From this reading Toward morning, I must have dozed, though it seemed to me at the time that I had lain awake for days, instead of hours.

lips

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From this reading She had turned her head during the night so that as I opened my eyes I saw her face not an inch from mine, my lips almost touching hers.

me

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From this reading Toward morning, I must have dozed, though it seemed to me at the time that I had lain awake for days, instead of hours.

mine

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From this reading She had turned her head during the night so that as I opened my eyes I saw her face not an inch from mine, my lips almost touching hers.

morning

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From this reading Toward morning, I must have dozed, though it seemed to me at the time that I had lain awake for days, instead of hours.

must

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From this reading Toward morning, I must have dozed, though it seemed to me at the time that I had lain awake for days, instead of hours.

my

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From this reading When I finally opened my eyes, it was daylight, and the girl’s hair was in my face, and she was breathing normally.

night

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From this reading She had turned her head during the night so that as I opened my eyes I saw her face not an inch from mine, my lips almost touching hers.

Nobs

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From this reading It was Nobs who finally awoke her.

normally

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From this reading When I finally opened my eyes, it was daylight, and the girl’s hair was in my face, and she was breathing normally.

not

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From this reading She had turned her head during the night so that as I opened my eyes I saw her face not an inch from mine, my lips almost touching hers.

of

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From this reading Toward morning, I must have dozed, though it seemed to me at the time that I had lain awake for days, instead of hours.

opened

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From this reading When I finally opened my eyes, it was daylight, and the girl’s hair was in my face, and she was breathing normally.

saw

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From this reading She had turned her head during the night so that as I opened my eyes I saw her face not an inch from mine, my lips almost touching hers.

seemed

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From this reading Toward morning, I must have dozed, though it seemed to me at the time that I had lain awake for days, instead of hours.

she

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From this reading When I finally opened my eyes, it was daylight, and the girl’s hair was in my face, and she was breathing normally.

so

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From this reading She had turned her head during the night so that as I opened my eyes I saw her face not an inch from mine, my lips almost touching hers.

thanked

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From this reading I thanked God for that.

that

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From this reading Toward morning, I must have dozed, though it seemed to me at the time that I had lain awake for days, instead of hours.

the

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From this reading Toward morning, I must have dozed, though it seemed to me at the time that I had lain awake for days, instead of hours.

though

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From this reading Toward morning, I must have dozed, though it seemed to me at the time that I had lain awake for days, instead of hours.

time

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From this reading Toward morning, I must have dozed, though it seemed to me at the time that I had lain awake for days, instead of hours.

to

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From this reading Toward morning, I must have dozed, though it seemed to me at the time that I had lain awake for days, instead of hours.

touching

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From this reading She had turned her head during the night so that as I opened my eyes I saw her face not an inch from mine, my lips almost touching hers.

Toward

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From this reading Toward morning, I must have dozed, though it seemed to me at the time that I had lain awake for days, instead of hours.

turned

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From this reading She had turned her head during the night so that as I opened my eyes I saw her face not an inch from mine, my lips almost touching hers.

was

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From this reading When I finally opened my eyes, it was daylight, and the girl’s hair was in my face, and she was breathing normally.

When

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From this reading When I finally opened my eyes, it was daylight, and the girl’s hair was in my face, and she was breathing normally.

who

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From this reading It was Nobs who finally awoke her.

Chapter 2 of The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs holds 198 sentences, grouped into 40 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.

What does chapter 2 of The Land That Time Forgot contain?

Chapter 2 holds 198 sentences of The Land That Time Forgot, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 2 of The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 198 sentences, grouped into 40 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.

How do I study chapter 2 of The Land That Time Forgot?

Work through the 40 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 40 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.

Can chapter 2 be read aloud to me?

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.

Questions about reading The Land That Time Forgot

Common questions about reading The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Land That Time Forgot?

Yes. All 1798 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #551 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Land That Time Forgot is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #551, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Land That Time Forgot take to read?

About 149 minutes of reading across 360 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Land That Time Forgot

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Land That Time Forgot, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Little
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Three
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Clock
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Afternoon
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