Chapter 2 of Twilight sleep is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Twilight sleep is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"I was never told," said Lita calmly. "I'm afraid I'm engaged." Jim lifted his head with a jerk. "You were told a fortnight ago." "Oh, a fortnight!
Chapter 2 of Twilight sleep is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading “"I'm afraid I'm engaged."”
in the past
From this reading “"You were told a fortnight ago."”
with self-possession (especially in times of stress)
From this reading “"I was never told," said Lita calmly.”
having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
From this reading “"I'm afraid I'm engaged."”
a period of fourteen consecutive days
From this reading “"You were told a fortnight ago."”
pull, or move with a sudden movement
From this reading “Jim lifted his head with a jerk.”
held up in the air
From this reading “Jim lifted his head with a jerk.”
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading “"I was never told," said Lita calmly.”
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 Jim lifted his head with a jerk.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading "I'm afraid I'm engaged."
in the past
From this reading "You were told a fortnight ago."
with self-possession (especially in times of stress)
From this reading "I was never told," said Lita calmly.
having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
From this reading "I'm afraid I'm engaged."
a period of fourteen consecutive days
From this reading "You were told a fortnight ago."
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Jim lifted his head with a jerk.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Jim lifted his head with a jerk.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I was never told," said Lita calmly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'm afraid I'm engaged."
pull, or move with a sudden movement
From this reading Jim lifted his head with a jerk.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jim lifted his head with a jerk.
held up in the air
From this reading Jim lifted his head with a jerk.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I was never told," said Lita calmly.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "I was never told," said Lita calmly.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, a fortnight!
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I was never told," said Lita calmly.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading "I was never told," said Lita calmly.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I was never told," said Lita calmly.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "You were told a fortnight ago."
in the company of; together with
From this reading Jim lifted his head with a jerk.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You were told a fortnight ago."
Chapter 2 of Twilight sleep by Edith Wharton holds 436 sentences, grouped into 88 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 436 sentences of Twilight sleep, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Twilight sleep by Edith Wharton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 436 sentences, grouped into 88 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 88 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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