Chapter 2 of Yonder is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Yonder is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Alexander quietly opened the bedroom door and tiptoed to the bedside. "I'm awake," said Edward Webb, blinking rapidly. "I thought you never would be. It's four o'clock." "Four o'clock!"
Chapter 2 of Yonder is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/75 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb
From this reading “Alexander quietly opened the bedroom door and tiptoed to the bedside.”
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading “"I'm awake," said Edward Webb, blinking rapidly.”
a room used primarily for sleeping
From this reading “Alexander quietly opened the bedroom door and tiptoed to the bedside.”
space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person)
From this reading “Alexander quietly opened the bedroom door and tiptoed to the bedside.”
closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly
From this reading “"I'm awake," said Edward Webb, blinking rapidly.”
King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
From this reading “"I'm awake," said Edward Webb, blinking rapidly.”
past form of “tiptoe” — walk on one's toes
From this reading “Alexander quietly opened the bedroom door and tiptoed to the bedside.”
English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943)
From this reading “"I'm awake," said Edward Webb, blinking rapidly.”
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.
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In this reading “Alexander quietly opened the bedroom door and tiptoed to the bedside.”
In this reading “Alexander quietly opened the bedroom door and tiptoed to the bedside.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb
From this reading Alexander quietly opened the bedroom door and tiptoed to the bedside.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Alexander quietly opened the bedroom door and tiptoed to the bedside.
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading "I'm awake," said Edward Webb, blinking rapidly.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "I thought you never would be.
a room used primarily for sleeping
From this reading Alexander quietly opened the bedroom door and tiptoed to the bedside.
space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person)
From this reading Alexander quietly opened the bedroom door and tiptoed to the bedside.
closing the eyes intermittently and rapidly
From this reading "I'm awake," said Edward Webb, blinking rapidly.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Alexander quietly opened the bedroom door and tiptoed to the bedside.
King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
From this reading "I'm awake," said Edward Webb, blinking rapidly.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading It's four o'clock."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I thought you never would be.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'm awake," said Edward Webb, blinking rapidly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's four o'clock."
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "I thought you never would be.
according to the clock
From this reading It's four o'clock."
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading Alexander quietly opened the bedroom door and tiptoed to the bedside.
with low volume
From this reading Alexander quietly opened the bedroom door and tiptoed to the bedside.
with speed
From this reading "I'm awake," said Edward Webb, blinking rapidly.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I'm awake," said Edward Webb, blinking rapidly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Alexander quietly opened the bedroom door and tiptoed to the bedside.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "I thought you never would be.
past form of “tiptoe” — walk on one's toes
From this reading Alexander quietly opened the bedroom door and tiptoed to the bedside.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Alexander quietly opened the bedroom door and tiptoed to the bedside.
English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943)
From this reading "I'm awake," said Edward Webb, blinking rapidly.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "I thought you never would be.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I thought you never would be.
Chapter 2 of Yonder by E. H. (Emily Hilda) Young holds 375 sentences, grouped into 75 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 375 sentences of Yonder, unabridged, divided into 75 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Yonder by E. H. (Emily Hilda) Young exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 375 sentences, grouped into 75 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 75 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 75 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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