Chapter 2 of The Voice of the Pack 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 Voice of the Pack is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"You're not afraid to?" "Afraid, Hell! He can't infect those two strapping children of mine. Snowbird weighs one hundred and twenty pounds and is hard as steel. Never knew a sick day in her life.
Chapter 2 of The Voice of the Pack is here in full — 403 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.
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading “"Afraid, Hell!”
communicate a disease to
From this reading “He can't infect those two strapping children of mine.”
plural of “pound” — 16 ounces avoirdupois
From this reading “Snowbird weighs one hundred and twenty pounds and is hard as steel.”
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading “Never knew a sick day in her life.”
medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter
From this reading “Snowbird weighs one hundred and twenty pounds and is hard as steel.”
an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
From this reading “Snowbird weighs one hundred and twenty pounds and is hard as steel.”
muscular and heavily built
From this reading “He can't infect those two strapping children of mine.”
third-person singular of “weigh” — have a certain weight
From this reading “Snowbird weighs one hundred and twenty pounds and is hard as steel.”
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.
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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 Never knew a sick day in her life.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading "You're not afraid to?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Snowbird weighs one hundred and twenty pounds and is hard as steel.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Snowbird weighs one hundred and twenty pounds and is hard as steel.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He can't infect those two strapping children of mine.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading He can't infect those two strapping children of mine.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Never knew a sick day in her life.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Snowbird weighs one hundred and twenty pounds and is hard as steel.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He can't infect those two strapping children of mine.
any place of pain and turmoil
From this reading "Afraid, Hell!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Never knew a sick day in her life.
ten 10s
From this reading Snowbird weighs one hundred and twenty pounds and is hard as steel.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Never knew a sick day in her life.
communicate a disease to
From this reading He can't infect those two strapping children of mine.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Snowbird weighs one hundred and twenty pounds and is hard as steel.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Never knew a sick day in her life.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Never knew a sick day in her life.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading He can't infect those two strapping children of mine.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Never knew a sick day in her life.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "You're not afraid to?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He can't infect those two strapping children of mine.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Snowbird weighs one hundred and twenty pounds and is hard as steel.
plural of “pound” — 16 ounces avoirdupois
From this reading Snowbird weighs one hundred and twenty pounds and is hard as steel.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading Never knew a sick day in her life.
medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter
From this reading Snowbird weighs one hundred and twenty pounds and is hard as steel.
an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
From this reading Snowbird weighs one hundred and twenty pounds and is hard as steel.
muscular and heavily built
From this reading He can't infect those two strapping children of mine.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading He can't infect those two strapping children of mine.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "You're not afraid to?"
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading Snowbird weighs one hundred and twenty pounds and is hard as steel.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading He can't infect those two strapping children of mine.
third-person singular of “weigh” — have a certain weight
From this reading Snowbird weighs one hundred and twenty pounds and is hard as steel.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You're not afraid to?"
Chapter 2 of The Voice of the Pack by Edison Marshall 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 Voice of the Pack, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Voice of the Pack by Edison Marshall 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.
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