Chapter 2 of Tom Swift and His Undersea Search is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Tom Swift and His Undersea Search is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A STRANGE OFFER "Hello, Tom Swift! Hello, Ned! Glad to see you both! Busy, as usual, I'll wager. Bless my check book!
Chapter 2 of Tom Swift and His Undersea Search is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/24 · 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.
give a benediction to
From this reading “Bless my check book!”
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading “Busy, as usual, I'll wager.”
examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
From this reading “Bless my check book!”
an expression of greeting
From this reading “A STRANGE OFFER "Hello, Tom Swift!”
make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading “A STRANGE OFFER "Hello, Tom Swift!”
moving very fast
From this reading “A STRANGE OFFER "Hello, Tom Swift!”
occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure
From this reading “Busy, as usual, I'll wager.”
the act of gambling
From this reading “Busy, as usual, I'll wager.”
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 A STRANGE OFFER "Hello, Tom Swift!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Busy, as usual, I'll wager.
give a benediction to
From this reading Bless my check book!
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading Bless my check book!
the two together, not just one
From this reading Glad to see you both!
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading Busy, as usual, I'll wager.
examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
From this reading Bless my check book!
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading Glad to see you both!
an expression of greeting
From this reading A STRANGE OFFER "Hello, Tom Swift!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Busy, as usual, I'll wager.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Bless my check book!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hello, Ned!
make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading A STRANGE OFFER "Hello, Tom Swift!
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Glad to see you both!
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading A STRANGE OFFER "Hello, Tom Swift!
moving very fast
From this reading A STRANGE OFFER "Hello, Tom Swift!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Glad to see you both!
male cat
From this reading A STRANGE OFFER "Hello, Tom Swift!
occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure
From this reading Busy, as usual, I'll wager.
the act of gambling
From this reading Busy, as usual, I'll wager.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Glad to see you both!
Chapter 2 of Tom Swift and His Undersea Search by Victor Appleton holds 121 sentences, grouped into 25 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 121 sentences of Tom Swift and His Undersea Search, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Tom Swift and His Undersea Search by Victor Appleton exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 121 sentences, grouped into 25 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 25 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 25 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 263 minutes of reading across 633 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Tom Swift and His Undersea Search, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
