Chapter 2 of You can't scare me! is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of You can't scare me! is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"They'll do it every time," Toffee said firmly. "Now you take a redhead...." "Never mind that," Marc said pensively. "She started screaming long before she could possibly have seen the car from where she was standing. She drew my attention away deliberately, so I'd be sure to get hit.
Chapter 2 of You can't scare me! is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with intention; in an intentional manner
From this reading “She drew my attention away deliberately, so I'd be sure to get hit.”
with resolute determination
From this reading “"They'll do it every time," Toffee said firmly.”
cause to move by striking
From this reading “She drew my attention away deliberately, so I'd be sure to get hit.”
made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing
From this reading “"Never mind that," Marc said pensively.”
by chance
From this reading “"She started screaming long before she could possibly have seen the car from where she was standing.”
someone who has red hair
From this reading “"Now you take a redhead...."”
so extremely intense as to evoke screams
From this reading “"She started screaming long before she could possibly have seen the car from where she was standing.”
caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
From this reading “"They'll do it every time," Toffee said firmly.”
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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 "Now you take a redhead...."
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading She drew my attention away deliberately, so I'd be sure to get hit.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading She drew my attention away deliberately, so I'd be sure to get hit.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She drew my attention away deliberately, so I'd be sure to get hit.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "She started screaming long before she could possibly have seen the car from where she was standing.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading "She started screaming long before she could possibly have seen the car from where she was standing.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "She started screaming long before she could possibly have seen the car from where she was standing.
with intention; in an intentional manner
From this reading She drew my attention away deliberately, so I'd be sure to get hit.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "They'll do it every time," Toffee said firmly.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading She drew my attention away deliberately, so I'd be sure to get hit.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading "They'll do it every time," Toffee said firmly.
with resolute determination
From this reading "They'll do it every time," Toffee said firmly.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "She started screaming long before she could possibly have seen the car from where she was standing.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading She drew my attention away deliberately, so I'd be sure to get hit.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "She started screaming long before she could possibly have seen the car from where she was standing.
cause to move by striking
From this reading She drew my attention away deliberately, so I'd be sure to get hit.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She drew my attention away deliberately, so I'd be sure to get hit.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "They'll do it every time," Toffee said firmly.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading "She started screaming long before she could possibly have seen the car from where she was standing.
made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing
From this reading "Never mind that," Marc said pensively.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading "Never mind that," Marc said pensively.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading She drew my attention away deliberately, so I'd be sure to get hit.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "Never mind that," Marc said pensively.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Now you take a redhead...."
in a pensive manner
From this reading "Never mind that," Marc said pensively.
by chance
From this reading "She started screaming long before she could possibly have seen the car from where she was standing.
someone who has red hair
From this reading "Now you take a redhead...."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "They'll do it every time," Toffee said firmly.
so extremely intense as to evoke screams
From this reading "She started screaming long before she could possibly have seen the car from where she was standing.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "She started screaming long before she could possibly have seen the car from where she was standing.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She started screaming long before she could possibly have seen the car from where she was standing.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She drew my attention away deliberately, so I'd be sure to get hit.
having a supporting base
From this reading "She started screaming long before she could possibly have seen the car from where she was standing.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading "She started screaming long before she could possibly have seen the car from where she was standing.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading She drew my attention away deliberately, so I'd be sure to get hit.
carry out
From this reading "Now you take a redhead...."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Never mind that," Marc said pensively.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "She started screaming long before she could possibly have seen the car from where she was standing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "They'll do it every time," Toffee said firmly.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading "They'll do it every time," Toffee said firmly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She drew my attention away deliberately, so I'd be sure to get hit.
caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
From this reading "They'll do it every time," Toffee said firmly.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "She started screaming long before she could possibly have seen the car from where she was standing.
in or at the place that
From this reading "She started screaming long before she could possibly have seen the car from where she was standing.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Now you take a redhead...."
Chapter 2 of You can't scare me! by Henry Farrell holds 425 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
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