Chapter 2 of The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE EARLY HISTORY OF OUR MR. BROWN, WITH SOME FEW WORDS OF MR. JONES. O Commerce, how wonderful are thy ways, how vast thy power, how invisible thy dominion! Who can restrain thee and forbid thy further progress?
Chapter 2 of The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
From this reading “O Commerce, how wonderful are thy ways, how vast thy power, how invisible thy dominion!”
dominance or power through legal authority
From this reading “O Commerce, how wonderful are thy ways, how vast thy power, how invisible thy dominion!”
command against
From this reading “Who can restrain thee and forbid thy further progress?”
impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye
From this reading “O Commerce, how wonderful are thy ways, how vast thy power, how invisible thy dominion!”
United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
From this reading “JONES.”
gradual improvement or growth or development
From this reading “Who can restrain thee and forbid thy further progress?”
to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
From this reading “Who can restrain thee and forbid thy further progress?”
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading “O Commerce, how wonderful are thy ways, how vast thy power, how invisible thy dominion!”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Who can restrain thee and forbid thy further progress?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading O Commerce, how wonderful are thy ways, how vast thy power, how invisible thy dominion!
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading BROWN, WITH SOME FEW WORDS OF MR.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Who can restrain thee and forbid thy further progress?
transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
From this reading O Commerce, how wonderful are thy ways, how vast thy power, how invisible thy dominion!
dominance or power through legal authority
From this reading O Commerce, how wonderful are thy ways, how vast thy power, how invisible thy dominion!
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading THE EARLY HISTORY OF OUR MR.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading BROWN, WITH SOME FEW WORDS OF MR.
command against
From this reading Who can restrain thee and forbid thy further progress?
to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (“further” is used more often than “farther” in this abstract sense)
From this reading Who can restrain thee and forbid thy further progress?
the aggregate of past events
From this reading THE EARLY HISTORY OF OUR MR.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading O Commerce, how wonderful are thy ways, how vast thy power, how invisible thy dominion!
impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye
From this reading O Commerce, how wonderful are thy ways, how vast thy power, how invisible thy dominion!
United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
From this reading JONES.
a form of address for a man
From this reading THE EARLY HISTORY OF OUR MR.
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 Commerce, how wonderful are thy ways, how vast thy power, how invisible thy dominion!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE EARLY HISTORY OF OUR MR.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading THE EARLY HISTORY OF OUR MR.
possession of controlling influence
From this reading O Commerce, how wonderful are thy ways, how vast thy power, how invisible thy dominion!
gradual improvement or growth or development
From this reading Who can restrain thee and forbid thy further progress?
to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
From this reading Who can restrain thee and forbid thy further progress?
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading BROWN, WITH SOME FEW WORDS OF MR.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE EARLY HISTORY OF OUR MR.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Who can restrain thee and forbid thy further progress?
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading O Commerce, how wonderful are thy ways, how vast thy power, how invisible thy dominion!
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading O Commerce, how wonderful are thy ways, how vast thy power, how invisible thy dominion!
structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
From this reading O Commerce, how wonderful are thy ways, how vast thy power, how invisible thy dominion!
which person or people
From this reading Who can restrain thee and forbid thy further progress?
in the company of; together with
From this reading BROWN, WITH SOME FEW WORDS OF MR.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading O Commerce, how wonderful are thy ways, how vast thy power, how invisible thy dominion!
the words that are spoken
From this reading BROWN, WITH SOME FEW WORDS OF MR.
Chapter 2 of The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson by Anthony Trollope holds 147 sentences, grouped into 30 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 147 sentences of The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
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