Chapter 2 of Val Sinestra is here in full — 546 sentences across 110 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Val Sinestra is here in full — 546 sentences across 110 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The car turned into the Park. Martin was walking up and down by the little lake. He hated to wait. She never kept an appointment; if she didn’t come today he was through. His heart leaped when he saw her.
Chapter 2 of Val Sinestra is here in full — 546 sentences across 110 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.
the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
From this reading “She never kept an appointment; if she didn’t come today he was through.”
treated with dislike or contempt
From this reading “He hated to wait.”
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading “Martin was walking up and down by the little lake.”
past form of “leap” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “His heart leaped when he saw her.”
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading “Martin was walking up and down by the little lake.”
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading “The car turned into the Park.”
the present time or age
From this reading “She never kept an appointment; if she didn’t come today he was through.”
close enough to be walked to
From this reading “Martin was walking up and down by the little lake.”
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.
In this reading “His heart leaped when he saw her.”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She never kept an appointment; if she didn’t come today he was through.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Martin was walking up and down by the little lake.
the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
From this reading She never kept an appointment; if she didn’t come today he was through.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Martin was walking up and down by the little lake.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading The car turned into the Park.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading She never kept an appointment; if she didn’t come today he was through.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She never kept an appointment; if she didn’t come today he was through.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Martin was walking up and down by the little lake.
treated with dislike or contempt
From this reading He hated to wait.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He hated to wait.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading His heart leaped when he saw her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading His heart leaped when he saw her.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His heart leaped when he saw her.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading She never kept an appointment; if she didn’t come today he was through.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The car turned into the Park.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading She never kept an appointment; if she didn’t come today he was through.
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading Martin was walking up and down by the little lake.
past form of “leap” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading His heart leaped when he saw her.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Martin was walking up and down by the little lake.
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading Martin was walking up and down by the little lake.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading She never kept an appointment; if she didn’t come today he was through.
a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
From this reading The car turned into the Park.
cut with a saw
From this reading His heart leaped when he saw her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She never kept an appointment; if she didn’t come today he was through.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The car turned into the Park.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading She never kept an appointment; if she didn’t come today he was through.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He hated to wait.
the present time or age
From this reading She never kept an appointment; if she didn’t come today he was through.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading The car turned into the Park.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Martin was walking up and down by the little lake.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading He hated to wait.
close enough to be walked to
From this reading Martin was walking up and down by the little lake.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Martin was walking up and down by the little lake.
at the time that
From this reading His heart leaped when he saw her.
Chapter 2 of Val Sinestra by Martha Morton holds 546 sentences, grouped into 110 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 546 sentences of Val Sinestra, unabridged, divided into 110 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Val Sinestra by Martha Morton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 546 sentences, grouped into 110 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 110 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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