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The Mucker

Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of The Mucker is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Edgar Rice Burroughs • Curated US English Learning Edition

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WHEN Billy opened his eyes again he could not recall, for the instant, very much of his recent past.

At last he remembered with painful regret the drunken sailor it had been his intention to roll.

He felt deeply chagrined that his rightful prey should have escaped him.

He couldn't understand how it had happened.

“This Frisco booze must be something fierce,” thought Billy.

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Chapter II Reading 1/26

The Mucker

Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of The Mucker is here in full — 133 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/26 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

WHEN Billy opened his eyes again he could not recall, for the instant, very much of his recent past.

Line 2

At last he remembered with painful regret the drunken sailor it had been his intention to roll.

Line 3

He felt deeply chagrined that his rightful prey should have escaped him.

Line 4

He couldn't understand how it had happened.

Line 5

“This Frisco booze must be something fierce,” thought Billy.

All words in this reading · 54

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again

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At

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be

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From this reading “This Frisco booze must be something fierce,” thought Billy.

been

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From this reading At last he remembered with painful regret the drunken sailor it had been his intention to roll.

Billy

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From this reading WHEN Billy opened his eyes again he could not recall, for the instant, very much of his recent past.

booze

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From this reading “This Frisco booze must be something fierce,” thought Billy.

chagrined

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could

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couldn't

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deeply

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drunken

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escaped

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eyes

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felt

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fierce

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for

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Frisco

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had

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happened

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From this reading He couldn't understand how it had happened.

have

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he

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him

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his

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how

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instant

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intention

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it

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last

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much

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must

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not

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of

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opened

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painful

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past

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prey

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recall

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From this reading WHEN Billy opened his eyes again he could not recall, for the instant, very much of his recent past.

recent

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From this reading WHEN Billy opened his eyes again he could not recall, for the instant, very much of his recent past.

regret

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remembered

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rightful

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roll

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sailor

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should

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From this reading He felt deeply chagrined that his rightful prey should have escaped him.

something

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From this reading “This Frisco booze must be something fierce,” thought Billy.

that

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the

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This

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From this reading “This Frisco booze must be something fierce,” thought Billy.

thought

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From this reading “This Frisco booze must be something fierce,” thought Billy.

to

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understand

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From this reading He couldn't understand how it had happened.

very

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From this reading WHEN Billy opened his eyes again he could not recall, for the instant, very much of his recent past.

WHEN

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with

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From this reading At last he remembered with painful regret the drunken sailor it had been his intention to roll.

Chapter 2 of The Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs holds 133 sentences, grouped into 27 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

What does chapter 2 of The Mucker contain?

Chapter 2 holds 133 sentences of The Mucker, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 2 of The Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 133 sentences, grouped into 27 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.

How do I study chapter 2 of The Mucker?

Work through the 27 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 27 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.

Can chapter 2 be read aloud to me?

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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How long does The Mucker take to read?

About 585 minutes of reading across 1406 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Mucker

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Mucker, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Billy: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Mucker; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Byrne: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Mucker; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Product: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Mucker; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Streets: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Mucker; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.