Chapter 2 of Torchy is here in full — 248 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Torchy is here in full — 248 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A JOLT FOR PIDDIE It's a case of "comin' up, up" with me. Sure as ever! Ain't I got stock in a gold mine? And now I'm in with the Corrugated Trust. Why, say, two moves more and I'll be first vice-president.
Chapter 2 of Torchy is here in full — 248 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an occurrence of something
From this reading “A JOLT FOR PIDDIE It's a case of "comin' up, up" with me.”
shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges
From this reading “And now I'm in with the Corrugated Trust.”
coins made of gold
From this reading “Ain't I got stock in a gold mine?”
a sudden jarring impact
From this reading “A JOLT FOR PIDDIE It's a case of "comin' up, up" with me.”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Ain't I got stock in a gold mine?”
plural of “move” — the act of deciding to do something
From this reading “Why, say, two moves more and I'll be first vice-president.”
the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest
From this reading “Ain't I got stock in a gold mine?”
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading “And now I'm in with the Corrugated Trust.”
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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 JOLT FOR PIDDIE It's a case of "comin' up, up" with me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ain't I got stock in a gold mine?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And now I'm in with the Corrugated Trust.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Sure as ever!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Why, say, two moves more and I'll be first vice-president.
an occurrence of something
From this reading A JOLT FOR PIDDIE It's a case of "comin' up, up" with me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A JOLT FOR PIDDIE It's a case of "comin' up, up" with me.
shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges
From this reading And now I'm in with the Corrugated Trust.
at any time
From this reading Sure as ever!
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Why, say, two moves more and I'll be first vice-president.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A JOLT FOR PIDDIE It's a case of "comin' up, up" with me.
coins made of gold
From this reading Ain't I got stock in a gold mine?
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Ain't I got stock in a gold mine?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Ain't I got stock in a gold mine?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why, say, two moves more and I'll be first vice-president.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And now I'm in with the Corrugated Trust.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Ain't I got stock in a gold mine?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A JOLT FOR PIDDIE It's a case of "comin' up, up" with me.
a sudden jarring impact
From this reading A JOLT FOR PIDDIE It's a case of "comin' up, up" with me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A JOLT FOR PIDDIE It's a case of "comin' up, up" with me.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Ain't I got stock in a gold mine?
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Why, say, two moves more and I'll be first vice-president.
plural of “move” — the act of deciding to do something
From this reading Why, say, two moves more and I'll be first vice-president.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading And now I'm in with the Corrugated Trust.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A JOLT FOR PIDDIE It's a case of "comin' up, up" with me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A JOLT FOR PIDDIE It's a case of "comin' up, up" with me.
express in words
From this reading Why, say, two moves more and I'll be first vice-president.
the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest
From this reading Ain't I got stock in a gold mine?
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading Sure as ever!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And now I'm in with the Corrugated Trust.
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading And now I'm in with the Corrugated Trust.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Why, say, two moves more and I'll be first vice-president.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading A JOLT FOR PIDDIE It's a case of "comin' up, up" with me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why, say, two moves more and I'll be first vice-president.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, say, two moves more and I'll be first vice-president.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A JOLT FOR PIDDIE It's a case of "comin' up, up" with me.
Chapter 2 of Torchy by Sewell Ford holds 248 sentences, grouped into 50 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 248 sentences of Torchy, unabridged, divided into 50 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Torchy by Sewell Ford exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 248 sentences, grouped into 50 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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