Chapter 2 of The Virgin in Judgment is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Virgin in Judgment is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"A childlike spirit have its own virtues. He’d never do a bad thing." "He’d never do anything--good or bad. He’s like a ploughing horse or a machine. Lord, the times I’ve tried to shock a swear or surprise a laugh out of that chap!
Chapter 2 of The Virgin in Judgment is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 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.
a boy or man
From this reading “Lord, the times I’ve tried to shock a swear or surprise a laugh out of that chap!”
befitting a young child
From this reading “"A childlike spirit have its own virtues.”
the sound of laughing
From this reading “Lord, the times I’ve tried to shock a swear or surprise a laugh out of that chap!”
any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
From this reading “He’s like a ploughing horse or a machine.”
the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
From this reading “Lord, the times I’ve tried to shock a swear or surprise a laugh out of that chap!”
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading “Lord, the times I’ve tried to shock a swear or surprise a laugh out of that chap!”
utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading “Lord, the times I’ve tried to shock a swear or surprise a laugh out of that chap!”
plural of “virtue” — the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
From this reading “"A childlike spirit have its own virtues.”
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 “He’d never do a bad thing."”
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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 "A childlike spirit have its own virtues.
any thing at all
From this reading "He’d never do anything--good or bad.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading He’d never do a bad thing."
a boy or man
From this reading Lord, the times I’ve tried to shock a swear or surprise a laugh out of that chap!
befitting a young child
From this reading "A childlike spirit have its own virtues.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading He’d never do a bad thing."
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "He’d never do anything--good or bad.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "A childlike spirit have its own virtues.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He’d never do a bad thing."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He’s like a ploughing horse or a machine.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading He’s like a ploughing horse or a machine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lord, the times I’ve tried to shock a swear or surprise a laugh out of that chap!
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading "A childlike spirit have its own virtues.
the sound of laughing
From this reading Lord, the times I’ve tried to shock a swear or surprise a laugh out of that chap!
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading He’s like a ploughing horse or a machine.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Lord, the times I’ve tried to shock a swear or surprise a laugh out of that chap!
any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
From this reading He’s like a ploughing horse or a machine.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading He’d never do a bad thing."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lord, the times I’ve tried to shock a swear or surprise a laugh out of that chap!
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "He’d never do anything--good or bad.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Lord, the times I’ve tried to shock a swear or surprise a laugh out of that chap!
have ownership or possession of
From this reading "A childlike spirit have its own virtues.
tilling the land with a plow
From this reading He’s like a ploughing horse or a machine.
the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
From this reading Lord, the times I’ve tried to shock a swear or surprise a laugh out of that chap!
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading "A childlike spirit have its own virtues.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading Lord, the times I’ve tried to shock a swear or surprise a laugh out of that chap!
utter obscenities or profanities
From this reading Lord, the times I’ve tried to shock a swear or surprise a laugh out of that chap!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Lord, the times I’ve tried to shock a swear or surprise a laugh out of that chap!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Lord, the times I’ve tried to shock a swear or surprise a laugh out of that chap!
a special situation
From this reading He’d never do a bad thing."
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading Lord, the times I’ve tried to shock a swear or surprise a laugh out of that chap!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Lord, the times I’ve tried to shock a swear or surprise a laugh out of that chap!
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading Lord, the times I’ve tried to shock a swear or surprise a laugh out of that chap!
plural of “virtue” — the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
From this reading "A childlike spirit have its own virtues.
Chapter 2 of The Virgin in Judgment by Eden Phillpotts holds 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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 408 sentences of The Virgin in Judgment, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Virgin in Judgment by Eden Phillpotts exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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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