Chapter 2 of The tenderfoots is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The tenderfoots is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“What are you doing in Denver?” “You saw what I was trying to do a few minutes ago. The outcome dovetails accurately with everything else I have attempted since I parted with the final dollar of the even thousand with which I was disinherited. Failure seems to be my baptismal name.” “What is your name?”
Chapter 2 of The tenderfoots is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with few mistakes
From this reading “The outcome dovetails accurately with everything else I have attempted since I parted with the final dollar of the even thousand with which I was disinherited.”
tried unsuccessfully
From this reading “The outcome dovetails accurately with everything else I have attempted since I parted with the final dollar of the even thousand with which I was disinherited.”
of or relating to baptism
From this reading “Failure seems to be my baptismal name.””
the state capital and largest city of Colorado; located in central Colorado on the South Platte river
From this reading ““What are you doing in Denver?””
the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
From this reading “The outcome dovetails accurately with everything else I have attempted since I parted with the final dollar of the even thousand with which I was disinherited.”
plural of “dovetail” — a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises
From this reading “The outcome dovetails accurately with everything else I have attempted since I parted with the final dollar of the even thousand with which I was disinherited.”
an act that fails
From this reading “Failure seems to be my baptismal name.””
something that results
From this reading “The outcome dovetails accurately with everything else I have attempted since I parted with the final dollar of the even thousand with which I was disinherited.”
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 ““You saw what I was trying to do a few minutes ago.”
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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 “You saw what I was trying to do a few minutes ago.
with few mistakes
From this reading The outcome dovetails accurately with everything else I have attempted since I parted with the final dollar of the even thousand with which I was disinherited.
in the past
From this reading “You saw what I was trying to do a few minutes ago.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “What are you doing in Denver?”
tried unsuccessfully
From this reading The outcome dovetails accurately with everything else I have attempted since I parted with the final dollar of the even thousand with which I was disinherited.
of or relating to baptism
From this reading Failure seems to be my baptismal name.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Failure seems to be my baptismal name.”
the state capital and largest city of Colorado; located in central Colorado on the South Platte river
From this reading “What are you doing in Denver?”
deprived of your rightful heritage
From this reading The outcome dovetails accurately with everything else I have attempted since I parted with the final dollar of the even thousand with which I was disinherited.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “You saw what I was trying to do a few minutes ago.
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading “What are you doing in Denver?”
the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
From this reading The outcome dovetails accurately with everything else I have attempted since I parted with the final dollar of the even thousand with which I was disinherited.
plural of “dovetail” — a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises
From this reading The outcome dovetails accurately with everything else I have attempted since I parted with the final dollar of the even thousand with which I was disinherited.
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From this reading The outcome dovetails accurately with everything else I have attempted since I parted with the final dollar of the even thousand with which I was disinherited.
divisible by two
From this reading The outcome dovetails accurately with everything else I have attempted since I parted with the final dollar of the even thousand with which I was disinherited.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading The outcome dovetails accurately with everything else I have attempted since I parted with the final dollar of the even thousand with which I was disinherited.
an act that fails
From this reading Failure seems to be my baptismal name.”
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading “You saw what I was trying to do a few minutes ago.
occurring at or forming an end or termination
From this reading The outcome dovetails accurately with everything else I have attempted since I parted with the final dollar of the even thousand with which I was disinherited.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The outcome dovetails accurately with everything else I have attempted since I parted with the final dollar of the even thousand with which I was disinherited.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “You saw what I was trying to do a few minutes ago.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “What are you doing in Denver?”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “What is your name?”
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading “You saw what I was trying to do a few minutes ago.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Failure seems to be my baptismal name.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Failure seems to be my baptismal name.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The outcome dovetails accurately with everything else I have attempted since I parted with the final dollar of the even thousand with which I was disinherited.
something that results
From this reading The outcome dovetails accurately with everything else I have attempted since I parted with the final dollar of the even thousand with which I was disinherited.
having a margin incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes
From this reading The outcome dovetails accurately with everything else I have attempted since I parted with the final dollar of the even thousand with which I was disinherited.
cut with a saw
From this reading “You saw what I was trying to do a few minutes ago.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Failure seems to be my baptismal name.”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading The outcome dovetails accurately with everything else I have attempted since I parted with the final dollar of the even thousand with which I was disinherited.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The outcome dovetails accurately with everything else I have attempted since I parted with the final dollar of the even thousand with which I was disinherited.
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
From this reading The outcome dovetails accurately with everything else I have attempted since I parted with the final dollar of the even thousand with which I was disinherited.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “You saw what I was trying to do a few minutes ago.
hard to endure
From this reading “You saw what I was trying to do a few minutes ago.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “You saw what I was trying to do a few minutes ago.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What are you doing in Denver?”
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The outcome dovetails accurately with everything else I have attempted since I parted with the final dollar of the even thousand with which I was disinherited.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The outcome dovetails accurately with everything else I have attempted since I parted with the final dollar of the even thousand with which I was disinherited.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What are you doing in Denver?”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What is your name?”
Chapter 2 of The tenderfoots by Francis Lynde holds 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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 405 sentences of The tenderfoots, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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