Chapter 2 of Wrong Analogy is here in full — 458 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Wrong Analogy is here in full — 458 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Harvey leaped forward and grabbed Brace's arms. "Let go, Red!" he yelled. "Let go!" Brace jammed him aside with a jerk of his big shoulders. Harvey leaped at him again.
Chapter 2 of Wrong Analogy is here in full — 458 sentences across 92 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
From this reading “Harvey leaped forward and grabbed Brace's arms.”
possessive form of “brace” — a support that steadies or strengthens something else
From this reading “Harvey leaped forward and grabbed Brace's arms.”
inflected form of “grab” — take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
From this reading “Harvey leaped forward and grabbed Brace's arms.”
English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657)
From this reading “Harvey leaped forward and grabbed Brace's arms.”
extremely crowed or filled to capacity
From this reading “Brace jammed him aside with a jerk of his big shoulders.”
pull, or move with a sudden movement
From this reading “Brace jammed him aside with a jerk of his big shoulders.”
past form of “leap” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “Harvey leaped forward and grabbed Brace's arms.”
in a vehement outcry
From this reading “"Let go, Red!" he yelled.”
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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 Brace jammed him aside with a jerk of his big shoulders.
anew
From this reading Harvey leaped at him again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Harvey leaped forward and grabbed Brace's arms.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading Harvey leaped forward and grabbed Brace's arms.
on or to one side
From this reading Brace jammed him aside with a jerk of his big shoulders.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Harvey leaped at him again.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Brace jammed him aside with a jerk of his big shoulders.
prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
From this reading Brace jammed him aside with a jerk of his big shoulders.
possessive form of “brace” — a support that steadies or strengthens something else
From this reading Harvey leaped forward and grabbed Brace's arms.
at or to or toward the front
From this reading Harvey leaped forward and grabbed Brace's arms.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Let go, Red!" he yelled.
inflected form of “grab” — take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
From this reading Harvey leaped forward and grabbed Brace's arms.
English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood; he later proposed that all animals originate from an ovum produced by the female of the species (1578-1657)
From this reading Harvey leaped forward and grabbed Brace's arms.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Let go, Red!" he yelled.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Brace jammed him aside with a jerk of his big shoulders.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Brace jammed him aside with a jerk of his big shoulders.
extremely crowed or filled to capacity
From this reading Brace jammed him aside with a jerk of his big shoulders.
pull, or move with a sudden movement
From this reading Brace jammed him aside with a jerk of his big shoulders.
past form of “leap” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading Harvey leaped forward and grabbed Brace's arms.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Let go, Red!" he yelled.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Brace jammed him aside with a jerk of his big shoulders.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading "Let go, Red!" he yelled.
plural of “shoulder” — the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
From this reading Brace jammed him aside with a jerk of his big shoulders.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Brace jammed him aside with a jerk of his big shoulders.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading "Let go, Red!" he yelled.
Chapter 2 of Wrong Analogy by Joseph Shallit holds 458 sentences, grouped into 92 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 458 sentences of Wrong Analogy, unabridged, divided into 92 reading sections.
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