Chapter 12 of The Two Magics is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Two Magics is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Yes, but----” Cora’s eyes rolled. Her companion invitingly laughed. “But it’s enough?” Her roll confessingly fixed itself. “_Not_ enough--that’s just the trouble!”
Chapter 12 of The Two Magics is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading “Her companion invitingly laughed.”
possessive form of “cora” — (Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina
(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
From this reading “Her roll confessingly fixed itself.”
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Her roll confessingly fixed itself.”
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading “Her companion invitingly laughed.”
move by turning over or rotating
From this reading “Her roll confessingly fixed itself.”
especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
From this reading ““Yes, but----” Cora’s eyes rolled.”
a source of difficulty
From this reading ““_Not_ enough--that’s just the trouble!””
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used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Yes, but----” Cora’s eyes rolled.
a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading Her companion invitingly laughed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her roll confessingly fixed itself.
possessive form of “cora” — (Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina
From this reading “Yes, but----” Cora’s eyes rolled.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading “But it’s enough?”
opinion or judgment
From this reading “Yes, but----” Cora’s eyes rolled.
(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
From this reading Her roll confessingly fixed itself.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her companion invitingly laughed.
in a tantalizing manner
From this reading Her companion invitingly laughed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “But it’s enough?”
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Her roll confessingly fixed itself.
and nothing more
From this reading “_Not_ enough--that’s just the trouble!”
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading Her companion invitingly laughed.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “_Not_ enough--that’s just the trouble!”
move by turning over or rotating
From this reading Her roll confessingly fixed itself.
especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
From this reading “Yes, but----” Cora’s eyes rolled.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “_Not_ enough--that’s just the trouble!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “_Not_ enough--that’s just the trouble!”
a source of difficulty
From this reading “_Not_ enough--that’s just the trouble!”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, but----” Cora’s eyes rolled.
Chapter 12 of The Two Magics by Henry James holds 404 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 12 holds 404 sentences of The Two Magics, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Two Magics by Henry James exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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.
Work through the 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 81 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 12 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Two Magics, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
