Chapter 2 of The Madness of Philip, and Other Tales of Childhood is here in full — 479 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The Madness of Philip, and Other Tales of Childhood is here in full — 479 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Come here, Lieutenant!” “Aye, aye, sir.” “This is a dead pirate. He died defending—defending his life. He will be discovered if we leave him here.”
Chapter 2 of The Madness of Philip, and Other Tales of Childhood is here in full — 479 sentences across 96 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/95 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading ““This is a dead pirate.”
attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring
From this reading “He died defending—defending his life.”
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “He died defending—defending his life.”
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading “He will be discovered if we leave him here.””
go away from a place
From this reading “He will be discovered if we leave him here.””
a commissioned military officer
From this reading ““Come here, Lieutenant!””
someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
From this reading ““This is a dead pirate.”
term of address for a man
From this reading ““Aye, aye, sir.””
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 ““Come here, Lieutenant!””
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “This is a dead pirate.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Aye, aye, sir.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He will be discovered if we leave him here.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come here, Lieutenant!”
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading “This is a dead pirate.
attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring
From this reading He died defending—defending his life.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading He died defending—defending his life.
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading He will be discovered if we leave him here.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He died defending—defending his life.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “Come here, Lieutenant!”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He will be discovered if we leave him here.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He died defending—defending his life.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He will be discovered if we leave him here.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “This is a dead pirate.
go away from a place
From this reading He will be discovered if we leave him here.”
a commissioned military officer
From this reading “Come here, Lieutenant!”
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading He died defending—defending his life.
someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
From this reading “This is a dead pirate.
term of address for a man
From this reading “Aye, aye, sir.”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This is a dead pirate.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading He will be discovered if we leave him here.”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading He will be discovered if we leave him here.”
Chapter 2 of The Madness of Philip, and Other Tales of Childhood by Josephine Daskam Bacon holds 479 sentences, grouped into 96 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 479 sentences of The Madness of Philip, and Other Tales of Childhood, unabridged, divided into 96 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Madness of Philip, and Other Tales of Childhood by Josephine Daskam Bacon exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 479 sentences, grouped into 96 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 96 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 96 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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