Chapter 2 of The Splendid Outcast is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Splendid Outcast is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He liked the soft way she slithered over the last syllable. "Oh, yes—of course." All the while he felt her level gaze upon him, cool and intensely serious. "You are out of danger entirely, they tell me. I see they’ve taken the bandage off."
Chapter 2 of The Splendid Outcast is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 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 piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
From this reading “I see they’ve taken the bandage off."”
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading “All the while he felt her level gaze upon him, cool and intensely serious.”
a long fixed look
From this reading “All the while he felt her level gaze upon him, cool and intensely serious.”
to a high degree; extremely; in high concentration or density
From this reading “All the while he felt her level gaze upon him, cool and intensely serious.”
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
From this reading “All the while he felt her level gaze upon him, cool and intensely serious.”
found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form
From this reading “He liked the soft way she slithered over the last syllable.”
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading “All the while he felt her level gaze upon him, cool and intensely serious.”
a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
From this reading “He liked the soft way she slithered over the last syllable.”
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 “He liked the soft way she slithered over the last syllable.”
as might be expected
In this reading “"Oh, yes—of course."”
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 All the while he felt her level gaze upon him, cool and intensely serious.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All the while he felt her level gaze upon him, cool and intensely serious.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "You are out of danger entirely, they tell me.
a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
From this reading I see they’ve taken the bandage off."
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading All the while he felt her level gaze upon him, cool and intensely serious.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading "Oh, yes—of course."
the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
From this reading "You are out of danger entirely, they tell me.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading "You are out of danger entirely, they tell me.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading All the while he felt her level gaze upon him, cool and intensely serious.
a long fixed look
From this reading All the while he felt her level gaze upon him, cool and intensely serious.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He liked the soft way she slithered over the last syllable.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading All the while he felt her level gaze upon him, cool and intensely serious.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All the while he felt her level gaze upon him, cool and intensely serious.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I see they’ve taken the bandage off."
to a high degree; extremely; in high concentration or density
From this reading All the while he felt her level gaze upon him, cool and intensely serious.
immediately past
From this reading He liked the soft way she slithered over the last syllable.
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
From this reading All the while he felt her level gaze upon him, cool and intensely serious.
found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form
From this reading He liked the soft way she slithered over the last syllable.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You are out of danger entirely, they tell me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Oh, yes—of course."
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I see they’ve taken the bandage off."
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, yes—of course."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "You are out of danger entirely, they tell me.
above and across; more than
From this reading He liked the soft way she slithered over the last syllable.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I see they’ve taken the bandage off."
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading All the while he felt her level gaze upon him, cool and intensely serious.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He liked the soft way she slithered over the last syllable.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He liked the soft way she slithered over the last syllable.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading He liked the soft way she slithered over the last syllable.
a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
From this reading He liked the soft way she slithered over the last syllable.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading I see they’ve taken the bandage off."
express in words
From this reading "You are out of danger entirely, they tell me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He liked the soft way she slithered over the last syllable.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "You are out of danger entirely, they tell me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I see they’ve taken the bandage off."
a formal word for “on”
From this reading All the while he felt her level gaze upon him, cool and intensely serious.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading He liked the soft way she slithered over the last syllable.
during the time that
From this reading All the while he felt her level gaze upon him, cool and intensely serious.
an affirmative
From this reading "Oh, yes—of course."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You are out of danger entirely, they tell me.
Chapter 2 of The Splendid Outcast by George Gibbs holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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 417 sentences of The Splendid Outcast, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Splendid Outcast by George Gibbs exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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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