Chapter 2 of The Young Vigilantes is here in full — 464 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Young Vigilantes is here in full — 464 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Walter shook his head. "Oh, no, sir." "Very good, then. I'll tell you more of your duties presently. I hear a good account of you.
Chapter 2 of The Young Vigilantes is here in full — 464 sentences across 93 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 record or narrative description of past events
From this reading “I hear a good account of you.”
plural of “duty” — the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading “I'll tell you more of your duties presently.”
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading “Walter shook his head.”
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading “I hear a good account of you.”
in the near future
From this reading “I'll tell you more of your duties presently.”
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading “Walter shook his head.”
term of address for a man
From this reading “"Oh, no, sir."”
German conductor (1876-1962)
From this reading “Walter shook his head.”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 I hear a good account of you.
a record or narrative description of past events
From this reading I hear a good account of you.
plural of “duty” — the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading I'll tell you more of your duties presently.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Very good, then.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Walter shook his head.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading I hear a good account of you.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Walter shook his head.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I hear a good account of you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'll tell you more of your duties presently.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading I'll tell you more of your duties presently.
not any; not one
From this reading "Oh, no, sir."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I'll tell you more of your duties presently.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, no, sir."
in the near future
From this reading I'll tell you more of your duties presently.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading Walter shook his head.
term of address for a man
From this reading "Oh, no, sir."
express in words
From this reading I'll tell you more of your duties presently.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Very good, then.
precisely as stated
From this reading "Very good, then.
German conductor (1876-1962)
From this reading Walter shook his head.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I'll tell you more of your duties presently.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I'll tell you more of your duties presently.
Chapter 2 of The Young Vigilantes by Samuel Adams Drake holds 464 sentences, grouped into 93 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 464 sentences of The Young Vigilantes, unabridged, divided into 93 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Young Vigilantes by Samuel Adams Drake exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 464 sentences, grouped into 93 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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