Chapter 2 of Wilderness of Spring is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Wilderness of Spring is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Leave off shouting, Ben." "That bullet----" "What bullet?" "Never mind. _Will_ you tell me where your shoes are?" Reuben could not answer.
Chapter 2 of Wilderness of Spring is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/79 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
react verbally
From this reading “Reuben could not answer.”
a mountain or tall hill
From this reading “"Leave off shouting, Ben."”
a projectile that is fired from a gun
From this reading “"That bullet----" "What bullet?"”
go away from a place
From this reading “"Leave off shouting, Ben."”
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading “"Never mind.”
(Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel
From this reading “Reuben could not answer.”
a particular situation
From this reading “_Will_ you tell me where your shoes are?"”
encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators
From this reading “"Leave off shouting, Ben."”
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.
come to an end, stop or cease
In this reading “"Leave off shouting, Ben."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
react verbally
From this reading Reuben could not answer.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _Will_ you tell me where your shoes are?"
a mountain or tall hill
From this reading "Leave off shouting, Ben."
a projectile that is fired from a gun
From this reading "That bullet----" "What bullet?"
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Reuben could not answer.
go away from a place
From this reading "Leave off shouting, Ben."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Will_ you tell me where your shoes are?"
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading "Never mind.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "Never mind.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Reuben could not answer.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Leave off shouting, Ben."
(Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel
From this reading Reuben could not answer.
a particular situation
From this reading _Will_ you tell me where your shoes are?"
encouragement in the form of cheers from spectators
From this reading "Leave off shouting, Ben."
express in words
From this reading _Will_ you tell me where your shoes are?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That bullet----" "What bullet?"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "That bullet----" "What bullet?"
in or at the place that
From this reading _Will_ you tell me where your shoes are?"
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading _Will_ you tell me where your shoes are?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Will_ you tell me where your shoes are?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Will_ you tell me where your shoes are?"
Chapter 2 of Wilderness of Spring by Edgar Pangborn holds 399 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 399 sentences of Wilderness of Spring, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Wilderness of Spring by Edgar Pangborn exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 399 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 Wilderness of Spring, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
