Chapter 2 of The quare women is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The quare women is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Women, I hear you come up from the level country." "Yes, from the Blue Grass." "Quite a ways from home you traveled?" "Yes, one day by train and a little over two by wagon." "Aim to stay quite a spell?"
Chapter 2 of The quare women is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 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.
point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
From this reading “"Aim to stay quite a spell?"”
shoot down, of birds
From this reading “"Yes, from the Blue Grass."”
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
From this reading “"Women, I hear you come up from the level country."”
orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of
From this reading “"Aim to stay quite a spell?"”
create by training and teaching
From this reading “"Yes, one day by train and a little over two by wagon."”
traveled over or through; sometimes used as a combining term
From this reading “"Quite a ways from home you traveled?"”
any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
From this reading “"Yes, one day by train and a little over two by wagon."”
structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
From this reading “"Quite a ways from home you traveled?"”
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 “"Women, I hear you come up from the level country."”
bring forth, usually something desirable
In this reading “"Women, I hear you come up from the level country."”
In this reading “"Quite a ways from home you traveled?"”
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 "Quite a ways from home you traveled?"
point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
From this reading "Aim to stay quite a spell?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Yes, one day by train and a little over two by wagon."
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading "Yes, from the Blue Grass."
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "Yes, one day by train and a little over two by wagon."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "Women, I hear you come up from the level country."
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading "Women, I hear you come up from the level country."
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading "Yes, one day by train and a little over two by wagon."
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Women, I hear you come up from the level country."
shoot down, of birds
From this reading "Yes, from the Blue Grass."
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading "Women, I hear you come up from the level country."
where you live at a particular time
From this reading "Quite a ways from home you traveled?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Women, I hear you come up from the level country."
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
From this reading "Women, I hear you come up from the level country."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "Yes, one day by train and a little over two by wagon."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Yes, one day by train and a little over two by wagon."
above and across; more than
From this reading "Yes, one day by train and a little over two by wagon."
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading "Quite a ways from home you traveled?"
orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of
From this reading "Aim to stay quite a spell?"
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading "Aim to stay quite a spell?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Women, I hear you come up from the level country."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Aim to stay quite a spell?"
create by training and teaching
From this reading "Yes, one day by train and a little over two by wagon."
traveled over or through; sometimes used as a combining term
From this reading "Quite a ways from home you traveled?"
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading "Yes, one day by train and a little over two by wagon."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Women, I hear you come up from the level country."
any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
From this reading "Yes, one day by train and a little over two by wagon."
structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
From this reading "Quite a ways from home you traveled?"
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading "Women, I hear you come up from the level country."
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, from the Blue Grass."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Women, I hear you come up from the level country."
Chapter 2 of The quare women by Lucy S. Furman holds 413 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 413 sentences of The quare women, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The quare women by Lucy S. Furman exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 83 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.
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