Chapter 2 of The 'Mind the Paint' Girl is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The 'Mind the Paint' Girl is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JIMMIE. What horses did you back, Vincent? I won a fiver, through Jerry Grimwood. ROPER. [_To BLAND._] You _are_ a patent ass.
Chapter 2 of The 'Mind the Paint' Girl is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 64/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 316–320
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the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
From this reading “[_To BLAND._] You _are_ a patent ass.”
lacking taste or flavor or tang
From this reading “[_To BLAND._] You _are_ a patent ass.”
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “What horses did you back, Vincent?”
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading “I won a fiver, through Jerry Grimwood.”
obtain a patent for
From this reading “[_To BLAND._] You _are_ a patent ass.”
a decoy who lures customers into a gambling establishment (especially one with a fixed game)
From this reading “ROPER.”
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading “I won a fiver, through Jerry Grimwood.”
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading “I won a fiver, through Jerry Grimwood.”
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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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I won a fiver, through Jerry Grimwood.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading [_To BLAND._] You _are_ a patent ass.
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
From this reading [_To BLAND._] You _are_ a patent ass.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading What horses did you back, Vincent?
lacking taste or flavor or tang
From this reading [_To BLAND._] You _are_ a patent ass.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading What horses did you back, Vincent?
a United States bill worth 5 dollars
From this reading I won a fiver, through Jerry Grimwood.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I won a fiver, through Jerry Grimwood.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading What horses did you back, Vincent?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I won a fiver, through Jerry Grimwood.
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading I won a fiver, through Jerry Grimwood.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JIMMIE.
obtain a patent for
From this reading [_To BLAND._] You _are_ a patent ass.
a decoy who lures customers into a gambling establishment (especially one with a fixed game)
From this reading ROPER.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading I won a fiver, through Jerry Grimwood.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [_To BLAND._] You _are_ a patent ass.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What horses did you back, Vincent?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What horses did you back, Vincent?
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading I won a fiver, through Jerry Grimwood.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What horses did you back, Vincent?
Chapter 2 of The 'Mind the Paint' Girl by Arthur Wing Pinero holds 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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 414 sentences of The 'Mind the Paint' Girl, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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