Chapter 2 of Youth and the Bright Medusa is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Youth and the Bright Medusa is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Well, what are you going to do today? Shampoo this animal all morning?" Eden enquired teasingly. Hedger made room for her on the seat. "No, at twelve o'clock I'm going out to Coney Island.
Chapter 2 of Youth and the Bright Medusa is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading “Shampoo this animal all morning?"”
black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins
From this reading “"No, at twelve o'clock I'm going out to Coney Island.”
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading “Eden enquired teasingly.”
a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer
From this reading “Hedger made room for her on the seat.”
according to the clock
From this reading “"No, at twelve o'clock I'm going out to Coney Island.”
cleansing agent consisting of soaps or detergents used for washing the hair
From this reading “Shampoo this animal all morning?"”
the present time or age
From this reading “"Well, what are you going to do today?”
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading “"No, at twelve o'clock I'm going out to Coney Island.”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Shampoo this animal all morning?"
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading Shampoo this animal all morning?"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Well, what are you going to do today?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "No, at twelve o'clock I'm going out to Coney Island.
black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins
From this reading "No, at twelve o'clock I'm going out to Coney Island.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Well, what are you going to do today?
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading Eden enquired teasingly.
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From this reading Eden enquired teasingly.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Hedger made room for her on the seat.
the act of departing
From this reading "Well, what are you going to do today?
a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer
From this reading Hedger made room for her on the seat.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Hedger made room for her on the seat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No, at twelve o'clock I'm going out to Coney Island.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading "No, at twelve o'clock I'm going out to Coney Island.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Hedger made room for her on the seat.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Shampoo this animal all morning?"
not any; not one
From this reading "No, at twelve o'clock I'm going out to Coney Island.
according to the clock
From this reading "No, at twelve o'clock I'm going out to Coney Island.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Hedger made room for her on the seat.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "No, at twelve o'clock I'm going out to Coney Island.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Hedger made room for her on the seat.
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading Hedger made room for her on the seat.
cleansing agent consisting of soaps or detergents used for washing the hair
From this reading Shampoo this animal all morning?"
in a playfully teasing manner
From this reading Eden enquired teasingly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Hedger made room for her on the seat.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Shampoo this animal all morning?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Well, what are you going to do today?
the present time or age
From this reading "Well, what are you going to do today?
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading "No, at twelve o'clock I'm going out to Coney Island.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, what are you going to do today?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Well, what are you going to do today?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Well, what are you going to do today?
Chapter 2 of Youth and the Bright Medusa by Willa Cather holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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 407 sentences of Youth and the Bright Medusa, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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