Chapter 2 of The Tables Turned is here in full — 483 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The Tables Turned is here in full — 483 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SCENE.--_The Fields near a Country Village; a Copse close by. Time--After the Revolution_. [_Enter_ CITIZEN (_late_ JUSTICE) NUPKINS. _He looks cautiously about to right and left, then sits down on the ground_.] _C. N_.
Chapter 2 of The Tables Turned is here in full — 483 sentences across 97 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact
From this reading “_He looks cautiously about to right and left, then sits down on the ground_.]”
a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
From this reading “[_Enter_ CITIZEN (_late_ JUSTICE) NUPKINS.”
to come or go into
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
From this reading “SCENE.--_The Fields near a Country Village; a Copse close by.”
the quality of being just or fair
From this reading “[_Enter_ CITIZEN (_late_ JUSTICE) NUPKINS.”
a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
third-person singular of “sit” — be seated
From this reading “_He looks cautiously about to right and left, then sits down on the ground_.]”
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading “SCENE.--_The Fields near a Country Village; a Copse close by.”
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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 SCENE.--_The Fields near a Country Village; a Copse close by.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading _He looks cautiously about to right and left, then sits down on the ground_.]
later than; following
From this reading Time--After the Revolution_.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _He looks cautiously about to right and left, then sits down on the ground_.]
showing who or what does the action
From this reading SCENE.--_The Fields near a Country Village; a Copse close by.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading _C. N_.
as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact
From this reading _He looks cautiously about to right and left, then sits down on the ground_.]
a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
From this reading [_Enter_ CITIZEN (_late_ JUSTICE) NUPKINS.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading SCENE.--_The Fields near a Country Village; a Copse close by.
a dense growth of bushes
From this reading SCENE.--_The Fields near a Country Village; a Copse close by.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading SCENE.--_The Fields near a Country Village; a Copse close by.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading _He looks cautiously about to right and left, then sits down on the ground_.]
to come or go into
From this reading [_Enter_ CITIZEN (_late_ JUSTICE) NUPKINS.
United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)
From this reading SCENE.--_The Fields near a Country Village; a Copse close by.
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading _He looks cautiously about to right and left, then sits down on the ground_.]
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _He looks cautiously about to right and left, then sits down on the ground_.]
the quality of being just or fair
From this reading [_Enter_ CITIZEN (_late_ JUSTICE) NUPKINS.
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading [_Enter_ CITIZEN (_late_ JUSTICE) NUPKINS.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading _He looks cautiously about to right and left, then sits down on the ground_.]
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading _He looks cautiously about to right and left, then sits down on the ground_.]
a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
From this reading _C. N_.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading SCENE.--_The Fields near a Country Village; a Copse close by.
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From this reading [_Enter_ CITIZEN (_late_ JUSTICE) NUPKINS.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _He looks cautiously about to right and left, then sits down on the ground_.]
a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
From this reading Time--After the Revolution_.
precisely, exactly
From this reading _He looks cautiously about to right and left, then sits down on the ground_.]
the place where some action occurs
From this reading SCENE.--_The Fields near a Country Village; a Copse close by.
third-person singular of “sit” — be seated
From this reading _He looks cautiously about to right and left, then sits down on the ground_.]
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SCENE.--_The Fields near a Country Village; a Copse close by.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading _He looks cautiously about to right and left, then sits down on the ground_.]
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Time--After the Revolution_.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _He looks cautiously about to right and left, then sits down on the ground_.]
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading SCENE.--_The Fields near a Country Village; a Copse close by.
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