Chapter 8 of A Child of the Jago is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of A Child of the Jago is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'Go on--go on! I'm comin'!' Josh answered without turning his head. And Bill took the bottom flight at a jump. The candle flared as it lay on the floor, and spread a greasy pool about it.
Chapter 8 of A Child of the Jago is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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stick of wax with a wick in the middle
From this reading “The candle flared as it lay on the floor, and spread a greasy pool about it.”
past form of “flare” — burn brightly
From this reading “The candle flared as it lay on the floor, and spread a greasy pool about it.”
a formation of aircraft in flight
From this reading “And Bill took the bottom flight at a jump.”
containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
From this reading “The candle flared as it lay on the floor, and spread a greasy pool about it.”
be silly or tease one another
From this reading “Josh answered without turning his head.”
move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “And Bill took the bottom flight at a jump.”
an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
From this reading “The candle flared as it lay on the floor, and spread a greasy pool about it.”
distribute or disperse widely
From this reading “The candle flared as it lay on the floor, and spread a greasy pool about it.”
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.
In this reading “The candle flared as it lay on the floor, and spread a greasy pool about it.”
In this reading “Josh answered without turning his head.”
In this reading “The candle flared as it lay on the floor, and spread a greasy pool about it.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading And Bill took the bottom flight at a jump.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The candle flared as it lay on the floor, and spread a greasy pool about it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And Bill took the bottom flight at a jump.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading Josh answered without turning his head.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The candle flared as it lay on the floor, and spread a greasy pool about it.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And Bill took the bottom flight at a jump.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading And Bill took the bottom flight at a jump.
the lower side of anything
From this reading And Bill took the bottom flight at a jump.
stick of wax with a wick in the middle
From this reading The candle flared as it lay on the floor, and spread a greasy pool about it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm comin'!'
past form of “flare” — burn brightly
From this reading The candle flared as it lay on the floor, and spread a greasy pool about it.
a formation of aircraft in flight
From this reading And Bill took the bottom flight at a jump.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading The candle flared as it lay on the floor, and spread a greasy pool about it.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading 'Go on--go on!
containing an unusual amount of grease or oil
From this reading The candle flared as it lay on the floor, and spread a greasy pool about it.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Josh answered without turning his head.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Josh answered without turning his head.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm comin'!'
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The candle flared as it lay on the floor, and spread a greasy pool about it.
be silly or tease one another
From this reading Josh answered without turning his head.
move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading And Bill took the bottom flight at a jump.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading The candle flared as it lay on the floor, and spread a greasy pool about it.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading 'Go on--go on!
an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
From this reading The candle flared as it lay on the floor, and spread a greasy pool about it.
distribute or disperse widely
From this reading The candle flared as it lay on the floor, and spread a greasy pool about it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And Bill took the bottom flight at a jump.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading And Bill took the bottom flight at a jump.
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading Josh answered without turning his head.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Josh answered without turning his head.
Chapter 8 of A Child of the Jago by Arthur Morrison holds 424 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.
Chapter 8 holds 424 sentences of A Child of the Jago, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of A Child of the Jago by Arthur Morrison exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 85 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 8 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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