Chapter 2 of The Passenger from Calais is here in full — 100 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Passenger from Calais is here in full — 100 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Probably." The answer was given with great hesitation. "If I go by this train at all, that is to say." "Have you any doubts?" "Why, yes.
Chapter 2 of The Passenger from Calais is here in full — 100 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/20 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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react verbally
From this reading “The answer was given with great hesitation.”
plural of “doubt” — the state of being unsure of something
From this reading “"Have you any doubts?"”
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading “The answer was given with great hesitation.”
indecision in speech or action
From this reading “The answer was given with great hesitation.”
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
From this reading “"Probably."”
express in words
From this reading “"If I go by this train at all, that is to say."”
create by training and teaching
From this reading “"If I go by this train at all, that is to say."”
an affirmative
From this reading “"Why, yes.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 "If I go by this train at all, that is to say."
react verbally
From this reading The answer was given with great hesitation.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "Have you any doubts?"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "If I go by this train at all, that is to say."
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "If I go by this train at all, that is to say."
plural of “doubt” — the state of being unsure of something
From this reading "Have you any doubts?"
acknowledged as a supposition
From this reading The answer was given with great hesitation.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "If I go by this train at all, that is to say."
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The answer was given with great hesitation.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Have you any doubts?"
indecision in speech or action
From this reading The answer was given with great hesitation.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "If I go by this train at all, that is to say."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If I go by this train at all, that is to say."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "If I go by this train at all, that is to say."
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
From this reading "Probably."
express in words
From this reading "If I go by this train at all, that is to say."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "If I go by this train at all, that is to say."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The answer was given with great hesitation.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "If I go by this train at all, that is to say."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "If I go by this train at all, that is to say."
create by training and teaching
From this reading "If I go by this train at all, that is to say."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The answer was given with great hesitation.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why, yes.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The answer was given with great hesitation.
an affirmative
From this reading "Why, yes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Have you any doubts?"
Chapter 2 of The Passenger from Calais by Arthur Griffiths holds 100 sentences, grouped into 20 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 100 sentences of The Passenger from Calais, unabridged, divided into 20 reading sections.
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