Chapter 2 of Under the Lilacs is here in full — 99 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Under the Lilacs is here in full — 99 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BEN "Please, 'm, my name is Ben Brown, and I'm travellin'." "Where are you going?" "Anywheres to get work." "What sort of work can you do?" "All kinds.
Chapter 2 of Under the Lilacs is here in full — 99 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/19 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a mountain or tall hill
From this reading “BEN "Please, 'm, my name is Ben Brown, and I'm travellin'."”
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading “BEN "Please, 'm, my name is Ben Brown, and I'm travellin'."”
the act of departing
From this reading “"Where are you going?"”
plural of “kind” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading “"All kinds.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “BEN "Please, 'm, my name is Ben Brown, and I'm travellin'."”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “BEN "Please, 'm, my name is Ben Brown, and I'm travellin'."”
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading “"What sort of work can you do?"”
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading “"Anywheres to get work."”
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(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 kinds.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BEN "Please, 'm, my name is Ben Brown, and I'm travellin'."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Anywheres to get work."
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Where are you going?"
a mountain or tall hill
From this reading BEN "Please, 'm, my name is Ben Brown, and I'm travellin'."
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading BEN "Please, 'm, my name is Ben Brown, and I'm travellin'."
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "What sort of work can you do?"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "What sort of work can you do?"
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Anywheres to get work."
the act of departing
From this reading "Where are you going?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BEN "Please, 'm, my name is Ben Brown, and I'm travellin'."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BEN "Please, 'm, my name is Ben Brown, and I'm travellin'."
plural of “kind” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading "All kinds.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading BEN "Please, 'm, my name is Ben Brown, and I'm travellin'."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading BEN "Please, 'm, my name is Ben Brown, and I'm travellin'."
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading BEN "Please, 'm, my name is Ben Brown, and I'm travellin'."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "What sort of work can you do?"
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading BEN "Please, 'm, my name is Ben Brown, and I'm travellin'."
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading "What sort of work can you do?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Anywheres to get work."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BEN "Please, 'm, my name is Ben Brown, and I'm travellin'."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What sort of work can you do?"
in or at the place that
From this reading "Where are you going?"
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading "Anywheres to get work."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Where are you going?"
Chapter 2 of Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott holds 99 sentences, grouped into 20 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 99 sentences of Under the Lilacs, unabridged, divided into 20 reading sections.
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