Chapter 2 of West Point Colors is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of West Point Colors is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Hard work, sir." "Good," said Mr. Wayne. "And what for your hard work? How do you expect to keep yourself at it?" "My own will, sir."
Chapter 2 of West Point Colors is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 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.
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading “How do you expect to keep yourself at it?"”
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading “"Hard work, sir."”
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading “How do you expect to keep yourself at it?"”
have ownership or possession of
From this reading “"My own will, sir."”
term of address for a man
From this reading “"Hard work, sir."”
United States film actor who played tough heroes (1907-1979)
From this reading “"Good," said Mr. Wayne.”
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading “"Hard work, sir."”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “How do you expect to keep yourself at it?"”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And what for your hard work?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading How do you expect to keep yourself at it?"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading How do you expect to keep yourself at it?"
regard something as probable or likely
From this reading How do you expect to keep yourself at it?"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "And what for your hard work?
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Good," said Mr. Wayne.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading "Hard work, sir."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How do you expect to keep yourself at it?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading How do you expect to keep yourself at it?"
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading How do you expect to keep yourself at it?"
a form of address for a man
From this reading "Good," said Mr. Wayne.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My own will, sir."
have ownership or possession of
From this reading "My own will, sir."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Good," said Mr. Wayne.
term of address for a man
From this reading "Hard work, sir."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading How do you expect to keep yourself at it?"
United States film actor who played tough heroes (1907-1979)
From this reading "Good," said Mr. Wayne.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "And what for your hard work?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "My own will, sir."
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading "Hard work, sir."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading How do you expect to keep yourself at it?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "And what for your hard work?
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading How do you expect to keep yourself at it?"
Chapter 2 of West Point Colors by Anna Bartlett Warner holds 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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 400 sentences of West Point Colors, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of West Point Colors by Anna Bartlett Warner exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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 80 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 80 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in West Point Colors, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
