Chapter 2 of The Luck of the Kid is here in full — 323 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Luck of the Kid is here in full — 323 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE HOLOCAUST “Man, I’d sooner they’d put out my eyes, or cut out my tongue. I’d sooner they’d set my body to everlasting torture. Look! Look there! Yes, and there!
Chapter 2 of The Luck of the Kid is here in full — 323 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading “I’d sooner they’d set my body to everlasting torture.”
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading “THE HOLOCAUST “Man, I’d sooner they’d put out my eyes, or cut out my tongue.”
continuing forever or indefinitely
From this reading “I’d sooner they’d set my body to everlasting torture.”
an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire)
From this reading “THE HOLOCAUST “Man, I’d sooner they’d put out my eyes, or cut out my tongue.”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “I’d sooner they’d set my body to everlasting torture.”
comparatives of “soon” or “early”
From this reading “THE HOLOCAUST “Man, I’d sooner they’d put out my eyes, or cut out my tongue.”
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading “THE HOLOCAUST “Man, I’d sooner they’d put out my eyes, or cut out my tongue.”
torment emotionally or mentally
From this reading “I’d sooner they’d set my body to everlasting torture.”
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.
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delete or remove
In this reading “THE HOLOCAUST “Man, I’d sooner they’d put out my eyes, or cut out my tongue.”
to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
In this reading “THE HOLOCAUST “Man, I’d sooner they’d put out my eyes, or cut out my tongue.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Yes, and there!
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading I’d sooner they’d set my body to everlasting torture.
separate with or as if with an instrument
From this reading THE HOLOCAUST “Man, I’d sooner they’d put out my eyes, or cut out my tongue.
continuing forever or indefinitely
From this reading I’d sooner they’d set my body to everlasting torture.
opinion or judgment
From this reading THE HOLOCAUST “Man, I’d sooner they’d put out my eyes, or cut out my tongue.
an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire)
From this reading THE HOLOCAUST “Man, I’d sooner they’d put out my eyes, or cut out my tongue.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE HOLOCAUST “Man, I’d sooner they’d put out my eyes, or cut out my tongue.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Look!
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading THE HOLOCAUST “Man, I’d sooner they’d put out my eyes, or cut out my tongue.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE HOLOCAUST “Man, I’d sooner they’d put out my eyes, or cut out my tongue.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading THE HOLOCAUST “Man, I’d sooner they’d put out my eyes, or cut out my tongue.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading THE HOLOCAUST “Man, I’d sooner they’d put out my eyes, or cut out my tongue.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading THE HOLOCAUST “Man, I’d sooner they’d put out my eyes, or cut out my tongue.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading I’d sooner they’d set my body to everlasting torture.
comparatives of “soon” or “early”
From this reading THE HOLOCAUST “Man, I’d sooner they’d put out my eyes, or cut out my tongue.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HOLOCAUST “Man, I’d sooner they’d put out my eyes, or cut out my tongue.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Look there!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE HOLOCAUST “Man, I’d sooner they’d put out my eyes, or cut out my tongue.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I’d sooner they’d set my body to everlasting torture.
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading THE HOLOCAUST “Man, I’d sooner they’d put out my eyes, or cut out my tongue.
torment emotionally or mentally
From this reading I’d sooner they’d set my body to everlasting torture.
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, and there!
Chapter 2 of The Luck of the Kid by Ridgwell Cullum holds 323 sentences, grouped into 65 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 323 sentences of The Luck of the Kid, unabridged, divided into 65 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Luck of the Kid by Ridgwell Cullum exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 323 sentences, grouped into 65 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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