Chapter 2 of The Right Time is here in full — 542 sentences across 109 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The Right Time is here in full — 542 sentences across 109 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Witchcraft, Lefty?" she said, getting up to go into her kitchen to pour some more coffee. "You said Maragon was going to have a heart attack," I reminded her as I followed her in to where the cooking was done. "O.K., my skinny PC. How soon? Exactly when?"
Chapter 2 of The Right Time is here in full — 542 sentences across 109 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
From this reading “"You said Maragon was going to have a heart attack," I reminded her as I followed her in to where the cooking was done.”
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading “"Witchcraft, Lefty?" she said, getting up to go into her kitchen to pour some more coffee.”
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
From this reading “"You said Maragon was going to have a heart attack," I reminded her as I followed her in to where the cooking was done.”
a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right
From this reading “"Witchcraft, Lefty?" she said, getting up to go into her kitchen to pour some more coffee.”
cause to run
From this reading “"Witchcraft, Lefty?" she said, getting up to go into her kitchen to pour some more coffee.”
past form of “remind” — put in the mind of someone
From this reading “"You said Maragon was going to have a heart attack," I reminded her as I followed her in to where the cooking was done.”
being very thin
From this reading “"O.K., my skinny PC.”
the art of sorcery
From this reading “"Witchcraft, Lefty?" she said, getting up to go into her kitchen to pour some more coffee.”
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to come or go into
In this reading “"Witchcraft, Lefty?" she said, getting up to go into her kitchen to pour some more coffee.”
In this reading “"Witchcraft, Lefty?" she said, getting up to go into her kitchen to pour some more coffee.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "You said Maragon was going to have a heart attack," I reminded her as I followed her in to where the cooking was done.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "You said Maragon was going to have a heart attack," I reminded her as I followed her in to where the cooking was done.
(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
From this reading "You said Maragon was going to have a heart attack," I reminded her as I followed her in to where the cooking was done.
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading "Witchcraft, Lefty?" she said, getting up to go into her kitchen to pour some more coffee.
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
From this reading "You said Maragon was going to have a heart attack," I reminded her as I followed her in to where the cooking was done.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading "You said Maragon was going to have a heart attack," I reminded her as I followed her in to where the cooking was done.
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading Exactly when?"
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading "You said Maragon was going to have a heart attack," I reminded her as I followed her in to where the cooking was done.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading "Witchcraft, Lefty?" she said, getting up to go into her kitchen to pour some more coffee.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Witchcraft, Lefty?" she said, getting up to go into her kitchen to pour some more coffee.
the act of departing
From this reading "You said Maragon was going to have a heart attack," I reminded her as I followed her in to where the cooking was done.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "You said Maragon was going to have a heart attack," I reminded her as I followed her in to where the cooking was done.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading "You said Maragon was going to have a heart attack," I reminded her as I followed her in to where the cooking was done.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Witchcraft, Lefty?" she said, getting up to go into her kitchen to pour some more coffee.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How soon?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "You said Maragon was going to have a heart attack," I reminded her as I followed her in to where the cooking was done.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "You said Maragon was going to have a heart attack," I reminded her as I followed her in to where the cooking was done.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Witchcraft, Lefty?" she said, getting up to go into her kitchen to pour some more coffee.
the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading "O.K., my skinny PC.
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading "Witchcraft, Lefty?" she said, getting up to go into her kitchen to pour some more coffee.
a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right
From this reading "Witchcraft, Lefty?" she said, getting up to go into her kitchen to pour some more coffee.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You said Maragon was going to have a heart attack," I reminded her as I followed her in to where the cooking was done.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading "Witchcraft, Lefty?" she said, getting up to go into her kitchen to pour some more coffee.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "O.K., my skinny PC.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading "O.K., my skinny PC.
a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time
From this reading "O.K., my skinny PC.
cause to run
From this reading "Witchcraft, Lefty?" she said, getting up to go into her kitchen to pour some more coffee.
past form of “remind” — put in the mind of someone
From this reading "You said Maragon was going to have a heart attack," I reminded her as I followed her in to where the cooking was done.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Witchcraft, Lefty?" she said, getting up to go into her kitchen to pour some more coffee.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Witchcraft, Lefty?" she said, getting up to go into her kitchen to pour some more coffee.
being very thin
From this reading "O.K., my skinny PC.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Witchcraft, Lefty?" she said, getting up to go into her kitchen to pour some more coffee.
in the near future
From this reading How soon?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "You said Maragon was going to have a heart attack," I reminded her as I followed her in to where the cooking was done.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Witchcraft, Lefty?" she said, getting up to go into her kitchen to pour some more coffee.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Witchcraft, Lefty?" she said, getting up to go into her kitchen to pour some more coffee.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "You said Maragon was going to have a heart attack," I reminded her as I followed her in to where the cooking was done.
at the time that
From this reading Exactly when?"
in or at the place that
From this reading "You said Maragon was going to have a heart attack," I reminded her as I followed her in to where the cooking was done.
the art of sorcery
From this reading "Witchcraft, Lefty?" she said, getting up to go into her kitchen to pour some more coffee.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You said Maragon was going to have a heart attack," I reminded her as I followed her in to where the cooking was done.
Chapter 2 of The Right Time by John Berryman holds 542 sentences, grouped into 109 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 542 sentences of The Right Time, unabridged, divided into 109 reading sections.
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