Chapter 2 of Wounds in the Rain: War Stories is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Wounds in the Rain: War Stories is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"He is?... Hey, there, partner, are you in the Twenty-ninth?" A third voice merely answered wearily. "Martin of C Company." "What?
Chapter 2 of Wounds in the Rain: War Stories is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 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.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading “A third voice merely answered wearily.”
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading “"Martin of C Company."”
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading “"Martin of C Company."”
and nothing more
From this reading “A third voice merely answered wearily.”
a person's partner in marriage
From this reading “Hey, there, partner, are you in the Twenty-ninth?"”
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading “A third voice merely answered wearily.”
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “A third voice merely answered wearily.”
in a weary manner
From this reading “A third voice merely answered wearily.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A third voice merely answered wearily.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading A third voice merely answered wearily.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Hey, there, partner, are you in the Twenty-ninth?"
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading "Martin of C Company."
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading "Martin of C Company."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "He is?...
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hey, there, partner, are you in the Twenty-ninth?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Hey, there, partner, are you in the Twenty-ninth?"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "He is?...
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading "Martin of C Company."
and nothing more
From this reading A third voice merely answered wearily.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Martin of C Company."
a person's partner in marriage
From this reading Hey, there, partner, are you in the Twenty-ninth?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Hey, there, partner, are you in the Twenty-ninth?"
in or at that place or location
From this reading Hey, there, partner, are you in the Twenty-ninth?"
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading A third voice merely answered wearily.
coming next after the twenty-eighth in position
From this reading Hey, there, partner, are you in the Twenty-ninth?"
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading A third voice merely answered wearily.
in a weary manner
From this reading A third voice merely answered wearily.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Hey, there, partner, are you in the Twenty-ninth?"
Chapter 2 of Wounds in the Rain: War Stories by Stephen Crane holds 419 sentences, grouped into 84 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 419 sentences of Wounds in the Rain: War Stories, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Wounds in the Rain: War Stories by Stephen Crane exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 419 sentences, grouped into 84 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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