Chapter 2 of The Weakling is here in full — 489 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Weakling is here in full — 489 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"All villagers," he ordered. "Here before me. Now!" He waited impatiently as people reluctantly came from their huts and out of the trees, to approach the clearing. At last, the villagers were assembled.
Chapter 2 of The Weakling is here in full — 489 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/97 · 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.
move towards
From this reading “He waited impatiently as people reluctantly came from their huts and out of the trees, to approach the clearing.”
past form of “assemble” — create by putting components or members together
From this reading “At last, the villagers were assembled.”
a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
From this reading “He waited impatiently as people reluctantly came from their huts and out of the trees, to approach the clearing.”
plural of “hut” — temporary military shelter
From this reading “He waited impatiently as people reluctantly came from their huts and out of the trees, to approach the clearing.”
with impatience; in an impatient manner
From this reading “He waited impatiently as people reluctantly came from their huts and out of the trees, to approach the clearing.”
having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule
From this reading “"All villagers," he ordered.”
with reluctance
From this reading “He waited impatiently as people reluctantly came from their huts and out of the trees, to approach the clearing.”
plural of “villager” — one who has lived in a village most of their life
From this reading “"All villagers," he ordered.”
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.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "All villagers," he ordered.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He waited impatiently as people reluctantly came from their huts and out of the trees, to approach the clearing.
move towards
From this reading He waited impatiently as people reluctantly came from their huts and out of the trees, to approach the clearing.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He waited impatiently as people reluctantly came from their huts and out of the trees, to approach the clearing.
past form of “assemble” — create by putting components or members together
From this reading At last, the villagers were assembled.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At last, the villagers were assembled.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "Here before me.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading He waited impatiently as people reluctantly came from their huts and out of the trees, to approach the clearing.
a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
From this reading He waited impatiently as people reluctantly came from their huts and out of the trees, to approach the clearing.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He waited impatiently as people reluctantly came from their huts and out of the trees, to approach the clearing.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "All villagers," he ordered.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "Here before me.
plural of “hut” — temporary military shelter
From this reading He waited impatiently as people reluctantly came from their huts and out of the trees, to approach the clearing.
with impatience; in an impatient manner
From this reading He waited impatiently as people reluctantly came from their huts and out of the trees, to approach the clearing.
immediately past
From this reading At last, the villagers were assembled.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Here before me.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He waited impatiently as people reluctantly came from their huts and out of the trees, to approach the clearing.
having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule
From this reading "All villagers," he ordered.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading He waited impatiently as people reluctantly came from their huts and out of the trees, to approach the clearing.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading He waited impatiently as people reluctantly came from their huts and out of the trees, to approach the clearing.
with reluctance
From this reading He waited impatiently as people reluctantly came from their huts and out of the trees, to approach the clearing.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He waited impatiently as people reluctantly came from their huts and out of the trees, to approach the clearing.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading He waited impatiently as people reluctantly came from their huts and out of the trees, to approach the clearing.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He waited impatiently as people reluctantly came from their huts and out of the trees, to approach the clearing.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading He waited impatiently as people reluctantly came from their huts and out of the trees, to approach the clearing.
plural of “villager” — one who has lived in a village most of their life
From this reading "All villagers," he ordered.
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading He waited impatiently as people reluctantly came from their huts and out of the trees, to approach the clearing.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading At last, the villagers were assembled.
Chapter 2 of The Weakling by Everett B. Cole holds 489 sentences, grouped into 98 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 489 sentences of The Weakling, unabridged, divided into 98 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Weakling by Everett B. Cole exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 489 sentences, grouped into 98 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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