Chapter 2 of Victor Victorious is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Victor Victorious is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"We will go." "Good! you have decided as I expected you to. We must arrange many things first, however." "What kind of things?" "Well, do you intend going as a Rudarlian, or as an Englishman?"
Chapter 2 of Victor Victorious is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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put into a proper or systematic order
From this reading “We must arrange many things first, however."”
recognizable; marked
From this reading “"Good! you have decided as I expected you to.”
a man who is a native or inhabitant of England
From this reading “"Well, do you intend going as a Rudarlian, or as an Englishman?"”
considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
From this reading “"Good! you have decided as I expected you to.”
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading “We must arrange many things first, however."”
have in mind as a purpose
From this reading “"Well, do you intend going as a Rudarlian, or as an Englishman?"”
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading “"What kind of things?"”
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading “We must arrange many things first, however."”
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 “We must arrange many things first, however."”
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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 "Well, do you intend going as a Rudarlian, or as an Englishman?"
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "Well, do you intend going as a Rudarlian, or as an Englishman?"
put into a proper or systematic order
From this reading We must arrange many things first, however."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Good! you have decided as I expected you to.
recognizable; marked
From this reading "Good! you have decided as I expected you to.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Well, do you intend going as a Rudarlian, or as an Englishman?"
a man who is a native or inhabitant of England
From this reading "Well, do you intend going as a Rudarlian, or as an Englishman?"
considered likely or probable to happen or arrive
From this reading "Good! you have decided as I expected you to.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading We must arrange many things first, however."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "We will go."
the act of departing
From this reading "Well, do you intend going as a Rudarlian, or as an Englishman?"
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Good! you have decided as I expected you to.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Good! you have decided as I expected you to.
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading We must arrange many things first, however."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Good! you have decided as I expected you to.
have in mind as a purpose
From this reading "Well, do you intend going as a Rudarlian, or as an Englishman?"
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading "What kind of things?"
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading We must arrange many things first, however."
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must arrange many things first, however."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "What kind of things?"
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Well, do you intend going as a Rudarlian, or as an Englishman?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, do you intend going as a Rudarlian, or as an Englishman?"
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading We must arrange many things first, however."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Good! you have decided as I expected you to.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We will go."
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, do you intend going as a Rudarlian, or as an Englishman?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What kind of things?"
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "We will go."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Good! you have decided as I expected you to.
Chapter 2 of Victor Victorious by Cecil Starr Johns holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 403 sentences of Victor Victorious, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Victor Victorious by Cecil Starr Johns exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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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