Chapter 2 of The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book is here in full — 369 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book is here in full — 369 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Yes! and the bedpost was his own. The bed was his own, the room was his own. Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own to make amends in. "I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future!" Scrooge repeated, as he scrambled out of bed.
Chapter 2 of The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book is here in full — 369 sentences across 74 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.
a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
From this reading “Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own to make amends in.”
yet to be or coming
From this reading “"I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future!"”
superlative of “happy” — enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own to make amends in.”
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “"I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future!"”
the time that has elapsed
From this reading “"I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future!"”
recurring again and again
From this reading “Scrooge repeated, as he scrambled out of bed.”
thrown together in a disorderly fashion
From this reading “Scrooge repeated, as he scrambled out of bed.”
a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
From this reading “Scrooge repeated, as he scrambled out of bed.”
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 Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own to make amends in.
a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
From this reading Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own to make amends in.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Yes! and the bedpost was his own.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Scrooge repeated, as he scrambled out of bed.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading The bed was his own, the room was his own.
any of 4 vertical supports at the corners of a bedstead
From this reading Yes! and the bedpost was his own.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own to make amends in.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own to make amends in.
yet to be or coming
From this reading "I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future!"
superlative of “happy” — enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own to make amends in.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Scrooge repeated, as he scrambled out of bed.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own to make amends in.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Yes! and the bedpost was his own.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own to make amends in.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading "I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future!"
engage in
From this reading Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own to make amends in.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own to make amends in.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Scrooge repeated, as he scrambled out of bed.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Yes! and the bedpost was his own.
the time that has elapsed
From this reading "I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future!"
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading "I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future!"
recurring again and again
From this reading Scrooge repeated, as he scrambled out of bed.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading The bed was his own, the room was his own.
thrown together in a disorderly fashion
From this reading Scrooge repeated, as he scrambled out of bed.
a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
From this reading Scrooge repeated, as he scrambled out of bed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Yes! and the bedpost was his own.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own to make amends in.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Best and happiest of all, the Time before him was his own to make amends in.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yes! and the bedpost was his own.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future!"
an affirmative
From this reading Yes! and the bedpost was his own.
Chapter 2 of The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book by Ontario. Department of Education holds 369 sentences, grouped into 74 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 369 sentences of The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book, unabridged, divided into 74 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book by Ontario. Department of Education exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 369 sentences, grouped into 74 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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