Chapter 2 of The rogue elephant is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The rogue elephant is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A CHANCE "OUT" "You are so crazy as a loon! Boys? Boys to such a drip dake? Nein!" Von Hofe excitedly pounded the table until the attendants at the Explorers' Club stared.
Chapter 2 of The rogue elephant is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “attendant” — someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
From this reading “Von Hofe excitedly pounded the table until the attendants at the Explorers' Club stared.”
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading “Von Hofe excitedly pounded the table until the attendants at the Explorers' Club stared.”
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading “A CHANCE "OUT" "You are so crazy as a loon!”
fall in drops
From this reading “Boys to such a drip dake?”
with excitement; in an excited manner
From this reading “Von Hofe excitedly pounded the table until the attendants at the Explorers' Club stared.”
plural of “explorer” — someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)
From this reading “Von Hofe excitedly pounded the table until the attendants at the Explorers' Club stared.”
a worthless lazy fellow
From this reading “A CHANCE "OUT" "You are so crazy as a loon!”
past form of “pound” — hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
From this reading “Von Hofe excitedly pounded the table until the attendants at the Explorers' Club stared.”
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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 A CHANCE "OUT" "You are so crazy as a loon!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A CHANCE "OUT" "You are so crazy as a loon!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A CHANCE "OUT" "You are so crazy as a loon!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Von Hofe excitedly pounded the table until the attendants at the Explorers' Club stared.
plural of “attendant” — someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
From this reading Von Hofe excitedly pounded the table until the attendants at the Explorers' Club stared.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading Boys?
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading A CHANCE "OUT" "You are so crazy as a loon!
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading Von Hofe excitedly pounded the table until the attendants at the Explorers' Club stared.
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading A CHANCE "OUT" "You are so crazy as a loon!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Boys to such a drip dake?
fall in drops
From this reading Boys to such a drip dake?
with excitement; in an excited manner
From this reading Von Hofe excitedly pounded the table until the attendants at the Explorers' Club stared.
plural of “explorer” — someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)
From this reading Von Hofe excitedly pounded the table until the attendants at the Explorers' Club stared.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Von Hofe excitedly pounded the table until the attendants at the Explorers' Club stared.
a worthless lazy fellow
From this reading A CHANCE "OUT" "You are so crazy as a loon!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Nein!"
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading A CHANCE "OUT" "You are so crazy as a loon!
past form of “pound” — hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
From this reading Von Hofe excitedly pounded the table until the attendants at the Explorers' Club stared.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading A CHANCE "OUT" "You are so crazy as a loon!
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Von Hofe excitedly pounded the table until the attendants at the Explorers' Club stared.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Boys to such a drip dake?
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading Von Hofe excitedly pounded the table until the attendants at the Explorers' Club stared.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Von Hofe excitedly pounded the table until the attendants at the Explorers' Club stared.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Boys to such a drip dake?
up to a particular time
From this reading Von Hofe excitedly pounded the table until the attendants at the Explorers' Club stared.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Von Hofe excitedly pounded the table until the attendants at the Explorers' Club stared.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A CHANCE "OUT" "You are so crazy as a loon!
Chapter 2 of The rogue elephant by Elliott Whitney holds 159 sentences, grouped into 32 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 159 sentences of The rogue elephant, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The rogue elephant by Elliott Whitney exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 159 sentences, grouped into 32 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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