Chapter 2 of The Little Regiment, and Other Episodes is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The Little Regiment, and Other Episodes is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The black dots vanished into the wood. The girl at the window was quivering and her eyes were shining like water when the sun flashes. "Hush! They're in the woods! They'll be here directly."
Chapter 2 of The Little Regiment, and Other Episodes is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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without deviation
From this reading “They'll be here directly."”
plural of “dot” — a very small circular shape
From this reading “The black dots vanished into the wood.”
plural of “flash” — a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
From this reading “The girl at the window was quivering and her eyes were shining like water when the sun flashes.”
become quiet or still; fall silent
From this reading “"Hush!”
a shaky motion
From this reading “The girl at the window was quivering and her eyes were shining like water when the sun flashes.”
marked by exceptional merit
From this reading “The girl at the window was quivering and her eyes were shining like water when the sun flashes.”
having passed out of existence
From this reading “The black dots vanished into the wood.”
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading “They're in the woods!”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The girl at the window was quivering and her eyes were shining like water when the sun flashes.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The girl at the window was quivering and her eyes were shining like water when the sun flashes.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading They'll be here directly."
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading The black dots vanished into the wood.
without deviation
From this reading They'll be here directly."
plural of “dot” — a very small circular shape
From this reading The black dots vanished into the wood.
opinion or judgment
From this reading The girl at the window was quivering and her eyes were shining like water when the sun flashes.
plural of “flash” — a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
From this reading The girl at the window was quivering and her eyes were shining like water when the sun flashes.
a young female
From this reading The girl at the window was quivering and her eyes were shining like water when the sun flashes.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The girl at the window was quivering and her eyes were shining like water when the sun flashes.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading They'll be here directly."
become quiet or still; fall silent
From this reading "Hush!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They're in the woods!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The black dots vanished into the wood.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading The girl at the window was quivering and her eyes were shining like water when the sun flashes.
a shaky motion
From this reading The girl at the window was quivering and her eyes were shining like water when the sun flashes.
marked by exceptional merit
From this reading The girl at the window was quivering and her eyes were shining like water when the sun flashes.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading The girl at the window was quivering and her eyes were shining like water when the sun flashes.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The black dots vanished into the wood.
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From this reading They'll be here directly."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They're in the woods!
having passed out of existence
From this reading The black dots vanished into the wood.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The girl at the window was quivering and her eyes were shining like water when the sun flashes.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading The girl at the window was quivering and her eyes were shining like water when the sun flashes.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The girl at the window was quivering and her eyes were shining like water when the sun flashes.
at the time that
From this reading The girl at the window was quivering and her eyes were shining like water when the sun flashes.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading The girl at the window was quivering and her eyes were shining like water when the sun flashes.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading The black dots vanished into the wood.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading They're in the woods!
Chapter 2 of The Little Regiment, and Other Episodes by Stephen Crane holds 442 sentences, grouped into 89 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 442 sentences of The Little Regiment, and Other Episodes, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Little Regiment, and Other Episodes by Stephen Crane exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 442 sentences, grouped into 89 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 89 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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