Chapter 2 of With the Dyaks of Borneo is here in full — 253 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of With the Dyaks of Borneo is here in full — 253 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Eastward Ho! How's that, my lad? There, open your eyes and look about you, and then take a sip at this glass." Tyler felt a strong arm about his shoulders, and a hard rim of something cold against his teeth. Then a few drops of water flowed into his mouth, and instantly he was awake, though only half conscious of his surroundings.
Chapter 2 of With the Dyaks of Borneo is here in full — 253 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/50 · 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.
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading “Then a few drops of water flowed into his mouth, and instantly he was awake, though only half conscious of his surroundings.”
plural of “drop” — a shape that is spherical and small
From this reading “Then a few drops of water flowed into his mouth, and instantly he was awake, though only half conscious of his surroundings.”
moving toward the east
From this reading “Eastward Ho!”
past form of “flow” — move or progress freely as if in a stream
From this reading “Then a few drops of water flowed into his mouth, and instantly he was awake, though only half conscious of his surroundings.”
the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
From this reading “Tyler felt a strong arm about his shoulders, and a hard rim of something cold against his teeth.”
a small drink
From this reading “There, open your eyes and look about you, and then take a sip at this glass."”
the environmental condition
From this reading “Then a few drops of water flowed into his mouth, and instantly he was awake, though only half conscious of his surroundings.”
elected vice president and became the 10th President of the United States when Harrison died (1790-1862)
From this reading “Tyler felt a strong arm about his shoulders, and a hard rim of something cold against his teeth.”
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 “Then a few drops of water flowed into his mouth, and instantly he was awake, though only half conscious of his surroundings.”
In this reading “Tyler felt a strong arm about his shoulders, and a hard rim of something cold against his teeth.”
In this reading “There, open your eyes and look about you, and then take a sip at this glass."”
In this reading “Then a few drops of water flowed into his mouth, and instantly he was awake, though only half conscious of his surroundings.”
In this reading “There, open your eyes and look about you, and then take a sip at this glass."”
In this reading “Then a few drops of water flowed into his mouth, and instantly he was awake, though only half conscious of his surroundings.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading There, open your eyes and look about you, and then take a sip at this glass."
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There, open your eyes and look about you, and then take a sip at this glass."
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Tyler felt a strong arm about his shoulders, and a hard rim of something cold against his teeth.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There, open your eyes and look about you, and then take a sip at this glass."
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading Tyler felt a strong arm about his shoulders, and a hard rim of something cold against his teeth.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There, open your eyes and look about you, and then take a sip at this glass."
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading Then a few drops of water flowed into his mouth, and instantly he was awake, though only half conscious of his surroundings.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading Tyler felt a strong arm about his shoulders, and a hard rim of something cold against his teeth.
intentionally conceived
From this reading Then a few drops of water flowed into his mouth, and instantly he was awake, though only half conscious of his surroundings.
plural of “drop” — a shape that is spherical and small
From this reading Then a few drops of water flowed into his mouth, and instantly he was awake, though only half conscious of his surroundings.
moving toward the east
From this reading Eastward Ho!
opinion or judgment
From this reading There, open your eyes and look about you, and then take a sip at this glass."
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Tyler felt a strong arm about his shoulders, and a hard rim of something cold against his teeth.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading Then a few drops of water flowed into his mouth, and instantly he was awake, though only half conscious of his surroundings.
past form of “flow” — move or progress freely as if in a stream
From this reading Then a few drops of water flowed into his mouth, and instantly he was awake, though only half conscious of his surroundings.
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading There, open your eyes and look about you, and then take a sip at this glass."
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading Then a few drops of water flowed into his mouth, and instantly he was awake, though only half conscious of his surroundings.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Tyler felt a strong arm about his shoulders, and a hard rim of something cold against his teeth.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then a few drops of water flowed into his mouth, and instantly he was awake, though only half conscious of his surroundings.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Tyler felt a strong arm about his shoulders, and a hard rim of something cold against his teeth.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
From this reading Eastward Ho!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How's that, my lad?
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading Then a few drops of water flowed into his mouth, and instantly he was awake, though only half conscious of his surroundings.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Then a few drops of water flowed into his mouth, and instantly he was awake, though only half conscious of his surroundings.
a boy or man
From this reading How's that, my lad?
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading There, open your eyes and look about you, and then take a sip at this glass."
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading Then a few drops of water flowed into his mouth, and instantly he was awake, though only half conscious of his surroundings.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading How's that, my lad?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Tyler felt a strong arm about his shoulders, and a hard rim of something cold against his teeth.
and nothing more
From this reading Then a few drops of water flowed into his mouth, and instantly he was awake, though only half conscious of his surroundings.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading There, open your eyes and look about you, and then take a sip at this glass."
the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
From this reading Tyler felt a strong arm about his shoulders, and a hard rim of something cold against his teeth.
plural of “shoulder” — the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
From this reading Tyler felt a strong arm about his shoulders, and a hard rim of something cold against his teeth.
a small drink
From this reading There, open your eyes and look about you, and then take a sip at this glass."
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Tyler felt a strong arm about his shoulders, and a hard rim of something cold against his teeth.
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading Tyler felt a strong arm about his shoulders, and a hard rim of something cold against his teeth.
the environmental condition
From this reading Then a few drops of water flowed into his mouth, and instantly he was awake, though only half conscious of his surroundings.
carry out
From this reading There, open your eyes and look about you, and then take a sip at this glass."
the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
From this reading Tyler felt a strong arm about his shoulders, and a hard rim of something cold against his teeth.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading How's that, my lad?
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading There, open your eyes and look about you, and then take a sip at this glass."
in or at that place or location
From this reading There, open your eyes and look about you, and then take a sip at this glass."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading There, open your eyes and look about you, and then take a sip at this glass."
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Then a few drops of water flowed into his mouth, and instantly he was awake, though only half conscious of his surroundings.
elected vice president and became the 10th President of the United States when Harrison died (1790-1862)
From this reading Tyler felt a strong arm about his shoulders, and a hard rim of something cold against his teeth.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Then a few drops of water flowed into his mouth, and instantly he was awake, though only half conscious of his surroundings.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Then a few drops of water flowed into his mouth, and instantly he was awake, though only half conscious of his surroundings.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There, open your eyes and look about you, and then take a sip at this glass."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There, open your eyes and look about you, and then take a sip at this glass."
Chapter 2 of With the Dyaks of Borneo by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton holds 253 sentences, grouped into 51 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 253 sentences of With the Dyaks of Borneo, unabridged, divided into 51 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of With the Dyaks of Borneo by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 253 sentences, grouped into 51 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 51 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 51 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.
Common questions about reading With the Dyaks of Borneo by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 6193 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #44484 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #44484, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 516 minutes of reading across 1239 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through With the Dyaks of Borneo section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 20 chapters of With the Dyaks of Borneo to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in With the Dyaks of Borneo, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
