Chapter 2 of Wilderness Honey is here in full — 324 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Wilderness Honey is here in full — 324 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BEE FEVER “We’ll have to sell the store,” said Bob Harman, with decision. “No use blinking it.” “What, sell Harman’s!” cried his sister Alice, aghast. “Well, why not?” Bob demanded.
Chapter 2 of Wilderness Honey is here in full — 324 sentences across 65 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.
struck with fear, dread, or consternation
From this reading ““What, sell Harman’s!” cried his sister Alice, aghast.”
any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
From this reading “THE BEE FEVER “We’ll have to sell the store,” said Bob Harman, with decision.”
closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly
From this reading ““No use blinking it.””
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading “THE BEE FEVER “We’ll have to sell the store,” said Bob Harman, with decision.”
the act of making up your mind about something
From this reading “THE BEE FEVER “We’ll have to sell the store,” said Bob Harman, with decision.”
a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
From this reading “THE BEE FEVER “We’ll have to sell the store,” said Bob Harman, with decision.”
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading “THE BEE FEVER “We’ll have to sell the store,” said Bob Harman, with decision.”
a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
From this reading “THE BEE FEVER “We’ll have to sell the store,” said Bob Harman, with decision.”
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 “THE BEE FEVER “We’ll have to sell the store,” said Bob Harman, with decision.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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struck with fear, dread, or consternation
From this reading “What, sell Harman’s!” cried his sister Alice, aghast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What, sell Harman’s!” cried his sister Alice, aghast.
any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
From this reading THE BEE FEVER “We’ll have to sell the store,” said Bob Harman, with decision.
closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly
From this reading “No use blinking it.”
move up and down repeatedly
From this reading THE BEE FEVER “We’ll have to sell the store,” said Bob Harman, with decision.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “What, sell Harman’s!” cried his sister Alice, aghast.
the act of making up your mind about something
From this reading THE BEE FEVER “We’ll have to sell the store,” said Bob Harman, with decision.
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading Bob demanded.
a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
From this reading THE BEE FEVER “We’ll have to sell the store,” said Bob Harman, with decision.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE BEE FEVER “We’ll have to sell the store,” said Bob Harman, with decision.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What, sell Harman’s!” cried his sister Alice, aghast.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE BEE FEVER “We’ll have to sell the store,” said Bob Harman, with decision.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “What, sell Harman’s!” cried his sister Alice, aghast.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “No use blinking it.”
not any; not one
From this reading “No use blinking it.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Well, why not?”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading THE BEE FEVER “We’ll have to sell the store,” said Bob Harman, with decision.
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
From this reading THE BEE FEVER “We’ll have to sell the store,” said Bob Harman, with decision.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “What, sell Harman’s!” cried his sister Alice, aghast.
a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
From this reading THE BEE FEVER “We’ll have to sell the store,” said Bob Harman, with decision.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BEE FEVER “We’ll have to sell the store,” said Bob Harman, with decision.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE BEE FEVER “We’ll have to sell the store,” said Bob Harman, with decision.
the act of using
From this reading “No use blinking it.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE BEE FEVER “We’ll have to sell the store,” said Bob Harman, with decision.
(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, why not?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What, sell Harman’s!” cried his sister Alice, aghast.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading “Well, why not?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE BEE FEVER “We’ll have to sell the store,” said Bob Harman, with decision.
Chapter 2 of Wilderness Honey by Frank Lillie Pollock holds 324 sentences, grouped into 65 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 324 sentences of Wilderness Honey, unabridged, divided into 65 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Wilderness Honey by Frank Lillie Pollock exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 324 sentences, grouped into 65 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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