Chapter 2 of The Sugar Creek Gang Digs for Treasure 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 Sugar Creek Gang Digs for Treasure is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I didn’t swear,” I said to Dragonfly. “I was just talking to God.” “You _what_?” “I was just telling Him it was an awful pretty storm.” “You mean--you mean you aren’t afraid to talk to Him?”
Chapter 2 of The Sugar Creek Gang Digs for Treasure is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading ““You mean--you mean you aren’t afraid to talk to Him?””
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading ““I was just telling Him it was an awful pretty storm.””
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading ““I was just telling Him it was an awful pretty storm.””
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading ““I was just telling Him it was an awful pretty storm.””
utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading ““I didn’t swear,” I said to Dragonfly.”
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading ““You mean--you mean you aren’t afraid to talk to Him?””
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading ““I was just talking to God.””
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading ““I was just telling Him it was an awful pretty storm.””
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filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading “You mean--you mean you aren’t afraid to talk to Him?”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “I was just telling Him it was an awful pretty storm.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You mean--you mean you aren’t afraid to talk to Him?”
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading “I was just telling Him it was an awful pretty storm.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I didn’t swear,” I said to Dragonfly.
slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
From this reading “I didn’t swear,” I said to Dragonfly.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading “I was just talking to God.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I was just telling Him it was an awful pretty storm.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I didn’t swear,” I said to Dragonfly.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I was just telling Him it was an awful pretty storm.”
and nothing more
From this reading “I was just talking to God.”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “You mean--you mean you aren’t afraid to talk to Him?”
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading “I was just telling Him it was an awful pretty storm.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I didn’t swear,” I said to Dragonfly.
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading “I was just telling Him it was an awful pretty storm.”
utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading “I didn’t swear,” I said to Dragonfly.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “You mean--you mean you aren’t afraid to talk to Him?”
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading “I was just talking to God.”
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading “I was just telling Him it was an awful pretty storm.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I didn’t swear,” I said to Dragonfly.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “I was just talking to God.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “You _what_?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You _what_?”
Chapter 2 of The Sugar Creek Gang Digs for Treasure by Paul Hutchens 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 Sugar Creek Gang Digs for Treasure, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Sugar Creek Gang Digs for Treasure by Paul Hutchens 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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