Chapter 2 of The Stingy Receiver is here in full — 496 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Stingy Receiver is here in full — 496 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"So Heigho, Cross Laddie! And rustle round as fast as you can to get yourself a new necktie or a hair-cut or a shine! 'Cause something certainly is going to happen to you! Happen right off, I mean! Even now perhaps!
Chapter 2 of The Stingy Receiver is here in full — 496 sentences across 100 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading “'Cause something certainly is going to happen to you!”
travel across or pass over
From this reading “"So Heigho, Cross Laddie!”
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading “And rustle round as fast as you can to get yourself a new necktie or a hair-cut or a shine!”
come to pass
From this reading “'Cause something certainly is going to happen to you!”
neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
From this reading “And rustle round as fast as you can to get yourself a new necktie or a hair-cut or a shine!”
make a dry crackling sound
From this reading “And rustle round as fast as you can to get yourself a new necktie or a hair-cut or a shine!”
be bright by reflecting or casting light
From this reading “And rustle round as fast as you can to get yourself a new necktie or a hair-cut or a shine!”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “And rustle round as fast as you can to get yourself a new necktie or a hair-cut or a shine!”
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.
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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 And rustle round as fast as you can to get yourself a new necktie or a hair-cut or a shine!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And rustle round as fast as you can to get yourself a new necktie or a hair-cut or a shine!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And rustle round as fast as you can to get yourself a new necktie or a hair-cut or a shine!
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading And rustle round as fast as you can to get yourself a new necktie or a hair-cut or a shine!
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading 'Cause something certainly is going to happen to you!
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading 'Cause something certainly is going to happen to you!
travel across or pass over
From this reading "So Heigho, Cross Laddie!
divisible by two
From this reading Even now perhaps!
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading And rustle round as fast as you can to get yourself a new necktie or a hair-cut or a shine!
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading And rustle round as fast as you can to get yourself a new necktie or a hair-cut or a shine!
the act of departing
From this reading 'Cause something certainly is going to happen to you!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And rustle round as fast as you can to get yourself a new necktie or a hair-cut or a shine!
come to pass
From this reading 'Cause something certainly is going to happen to you!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "So Heigho, Cross Laddie!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Happen right off, I mean!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'Cause something certainly is going to happen to you!
a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
From this reading "So Heigho, Cross Laddie!
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading Happen right off, I mean!
neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
From this reading And rustle round as fast as you can to get yourself a new necktie or a hair-cut or a shine!
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading And rustle round as fast as you can to get yourself a new necktie or a hair-cut or a shine!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Even now perhaps!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Happen right off, I mean!
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading And rustle round as fast as you can to get yourself a new necktie or a hair-cut or a shine!
by chance
From this reading Even now perhaps!
precisely, exactly
From this reading Happen right off, I mean!
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading And rustle round as fast as you can to get yourself a new necktie or a hair-cut or a shine!
make a dry crackling sound
From this reading And rustle round as fast as you can to get yourself a new necktie or a hair-cut or a shine!
be bright by reflecting or casting light
From this reading And rustle round as fast as you can to get yourself a new necktie or a hair-cut or a shine!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So Heigho, Cross Laddie!
a thing, without saying which
From this reading 'Cause something certainly is going to happen to you!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And rustle round as fast as you can to get yourself a new necktie or a hair-cut or a shine!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And rustle round as fast as you can to get yourself a new necktie or a hair-cut or a shine!
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading And rustle round as fast as you can to get yourself a new necktie or a hair-cut or a shine!
Chapter 2 of The Stingy Receiver by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott holds 496 sentences, grouped into 100 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 496 sentences of The Stingy Receiver, unabridged, divided into 100 reading sections.
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