Chapter 2 of Victor Ollnee's Discipline is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Victor Ollnee's Discipline is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Open the door. It is one of my dearest friends." "You must not give a sitting. I won't have it." The knock was repeated and she hurried away, leaving the boy confused, angry, and helpless.
Chapter 2 of Victor Ollnee's Discipline is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 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.
feeling or showing anger
From this reading “The knock was repeated and she hurried away, leaving the boy confused, angry, and helpless.”
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
From this reading “The knock was repeated and she hurried away, leaving the boy confused, angry, and helpless.”
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading “It is one of my dearest friends."”
lacking in or deprived of strength or power
From this reading “The knock was repeated and she hurried away, leaving the boy confused, angry, and helpless.”
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading “The knock was repeated and she hurried away, leaving the boy confused, angry, and helpless.”
deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading “The knock was repeated and she hurried away, leaving the boy confused, angry, and helpless.”
the act of departing
From this reading “The knock was repeated and she hurried away, leaving the boy confused, angry, and helpless.”
recurring again and again
From this reading “The knock was repeated and she hurried away, leaving the boy confused, angry, and helpless.”
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 “It is one of my dearest friends."”
In this reading “"Open the door.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "You must not give a sitting.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The knock was repeated and she hurried away, leaving the boy confused, angry, and helpless.
feeling or showing anger
From this reading The knock was repeated and she hurried away, leaving the boy confused, angry, and helpless.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The knock was repeated and she hurried away, leaving the boy confused, angry, and helpless.
a youthful male person
From this reading The knock was repeated and she hurried away, leaving the boy confused, angry, and helpless.
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
From this reading The knock was repeated and she hurried away, leaving the boy confused, angry, and helpless.
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading It is one of my dearest friends."
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading "Open the door.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading It is one of my dearest friends."
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "You must not give a sitting.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I won't have it."
lacking in or deprived of strength or power
From this reading The knock was repeated and she hurried away, leaving the boy confused, angry, and helpless.
moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste
From this reading The knock was repeated and she hurried away, leaving the boy confused, angry, and helpless.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I won't have it."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is one of my dearest friends."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is one of my dearest friends."
deliver a sharp blow or push
From this reading The knock was repeated and she hurried away, leaving the boy confused, angry, and helpless.
the act of departing
From this reading The knock was repeated and she hurried away, leaving the boy confused, angry, and helpless.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "You must not give a sitting.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It is one of my dearest friends."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "You must not give a sitting.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is one of my dearest friends."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It is one of my dearest friends."
To move from a closed position.
From this reading "Open the door.
recurring again and again
From this reading The knock was repeated and she hurried away, leaving the boy confused, angry, and helpless.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The knock was repeated and she hurried away, leaving the boy confused, angry, and helpless.
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
From this reading "You must not give a sitting.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Open the door.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The knock was repeated and she hurried away, leaving the boy confused, angry, and helpless.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I won't have it."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You must not give a sitting.
Chapter 2 of Victor Ollnee's Discipline by Hamlin Garland holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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 409 sentences of Victor Ollnee's Discipline, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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