Chapter 2 of The Little Spanish Dancer is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Little Spanish Dancer is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AN OLD RED CAPE Morning came. Pilar attended her sick grandfather and made him comfortable in his bed. He did not speak to her. He seemed to want to doze all the time. She went into her room and knelt down beside the wooden chest.
Chapter 2 of The Little Spanish Dancer is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 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.
playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment
From this reading “Pilar attended her sick grandfather and made him comfortable in his bed.”
a strip of land projecting into a body of water
From this reading “AN OLD RED CAPE Morning came.”
the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
From this reading “She went into her room and knelt down beside the wooden chest.”
sleep lightly or for a short period of time
From this reading “He seemed to want to doze all the time.”
the father of your father or mother
From this reading “Pilar attended her sick grandfather and made him comfortable in his bed.”
inflected form of “kneel” — rest one's weight on one's knees
From this reading “She went into her room and knelt down beside the wooden chest.”
of or relating to a hair
From this reading “Pilar attended her sick grandfather and made him comfortable in his bed.”
made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood
From this reading “She went into her room and knelt down beside the wooden chest.”
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 “She went into her room and knelt down beside the wooden chest.”
to come or go into
In this reading “She went into her room and knelt down beside the wooden chest.”
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.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading He seemed to want to doze all the time.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN OLD RED CAPE Morning came.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Pilar attended her sick grandfather and made him comfortable in his bed.
playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment
From this reading Pilar attended her sick grandfather and made him comfortable in his bed.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading Pilar attended her sick grandfather and made him comfortable in his bed.
next to; at the side of
From this reading She went into her room and knelt down beside the wooden chest.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading AN OLD RED CAPE Morning came.
a strip of land projecting into a body of water
From this reading AN OLD RED CAPE Morning came.
the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
From this reading She went into her room and knelt down beside the wooden chest.
providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (“comfy” is informal)
From this reading Pilar attended her sick grandfather and made him comfortable in his bed.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He did not speak to her.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading She went into her room and knelt down beside the wooden chest.
sleep lightly or for a short period of time
From this reading He seemed to want to doze all the time.
the father of your father or mother
From this reading Pilar attended her sick grandfather and made him comfortable in his bed.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He did not speak to her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Pilar attended her sick grandfather and made him comfortable in his bed.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Pilar attended her sick grandfather and made him comfortable in his bed.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Pilar attended her sick grandfather and made him comfortable in his bed.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Pilar attended her sick grandfather and made him comfortable in his bed.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She went into her room and knelt down beside the wooden chest.
inflected form of “kneel” — rest one's weight on one's knees
From this reading She went into her room and knelt down beside the wooden chest.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Pilar attended her sick grandfather and made him comfortable in his bed.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading AN OLD RED CAPE Morning came.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He did not speak to her.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading AN OLD RED CAPE Morning came.
of or relating to a hair
From this reading Pilar attended her sick grandfather and made him comfortable in his bed.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading AN OLD RED CAPE Morning came.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading She went into her room and knelt down beside the wooden chest.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading He seemed to want to doze all the time.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She went into her room and knelt down beside the wooden chest.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading Pilar attended her sick grandfather and made him comfortable in his bed.
express in speech
From this reading He did not speak to her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He seemed to want to doze all the time.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading He seemed to want to doze all the time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He did not speak to her.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading He seemed to want to doze all the time.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading She went into her room and knelt down beside the wooden chest.
made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood
From this reading She went into her room and knelt down beside the wooden chest.
Chapter 2 of The Little Spanish Dancer by Madeline Brandeis holds 112 sentences, grouped into 23 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 112 sentences of The Little Spanish Dancer, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
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