Chapter 2 of The Vanishing Point is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Vanishing Point is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Crossing the yard, he shook the man's arm. “Hi! Wake up. I want you to drive me to a good hotel.” The man came to with a jerk.
Chapter 2 of The Vanishing Point is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
traveling across
From this reading “Crossing the yard, he shook the man's arm.”
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading “I want you to drive me to a good hotel.””
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading “I want you to drive me to a good hotel.””
pull, or move with a sudden movement
From this reading “The man came to with a jerk.”
possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “Crossing the yard, he shook the man's arm.”
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading “Crossing the yard, he shook the man's arm.”
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “Wake up.”
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading “Crossing the yard, he shook the man's arm.”
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.
cause to become awake or conscious
In this reading “Wake up.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I want you to drive me to a good hotel.”
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading Crossing the yard, he shook the man's arm.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The man came to with a jerk.
traveling across
From this reading Crossing the yard, he shook the man's arm.
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading I want you to drive me to a good hotel.”
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading I want you to drive me to a good hotel.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Crossing the yard, he shook the man's arm.
an expression of greeting
From this reading “Hi!
a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading I want you to drive me to a good hotel.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I want you to drive me to a good hotel.”
pull, or move with a sudden movement
From this reading The man came to with a jerk.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The man came to with a jerk.
possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Crossing the yard, he shook the man's arm.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I want you to drive me to a good hotel.”
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading Crossing the yard, he shook the man's arm.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Crossing the yard, he shook the man's arm.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I want you to drive me to a good hotel.”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Wake up.
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading Wake up.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading I want you to drive me to a good hotel.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading The man came to with a jerk.
a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading Crossing the yard, he shook the man's arm.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I want you to drive me to a good hotel.”
Chapter 2 of The Vanishing Point by Coningsby Dawson holds 403 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 403 sentences of The Vanishing Point, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Vanishing Point by Coningsby Dawson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 403 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.
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