Chapter 16 of A Jay of Italy is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of A Jay of Italy is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
’Mother!’ Again that moving, rapturous cry, ’No, no!’ cried the Fool. ’Barren—barren—no woman, even! Still as God wrought me, and human taste condemned. Let be.
Chapter 16 of A Jay of Italy is here in full — 412 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
providing no shelter or sustenance
From this reading “’Barren—barren—no woman, even!”
past form of “condemn” — express strong disapproval of
From this reading “Still as God wrought me, and human taste condemned.”
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “Again that moving, rapturous cry, ’No, no!’ cried the Fool.”
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading “Again that moving, rapturous cry, ’No, no!’ cried the Fool.”
in motion
From this reading “Again that moving, rapturous cry, ’No, no!’ cried the Fool.”
feeling great rapture or delight
From this reading “Again that moving, rapturous cry, ’No, no!’ cried the Fool.”
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading “Still as God wrought me, and human taste condemned.”
shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
From this reading “Still as God wrought me, and human taste condemned.”
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.
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anew
From this reading Again that moving, rapturous cry, ’No, no!’ cried the Fool.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Still as God wrought me, and human taste condemned.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Still as God wrought me, and human taste condemned.
providing no shelter or sustenance
From this reading ’Barren—barren—no woman, even!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Let be.
past form of “condemn” — express strong disapproval of
From this reading Still as God wrought me, and human taste condemned.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Again that moving, rapturous cry, ’No, no!’ cried the Fool.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Again that moving, rapturous cry, ’No, no!’ cried the Fool.
divisible by two
From this reading ’Barren—barren—no woman, even!
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading Again that moving, rapturous cry, ’No, no!’ cried the Fool.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading Still as God wrought me, and human taste condemned.
characteristic of humanity
From this reading Still as God wrought me, and human taste condemned.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let be.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Still as God wrought me, and human taste condemned.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading ’Mother!’
in motion
From this reading Again that moving, rapturous cry, ’No, no!’ cried the Fool.
not any; not one
From this reading Again that moving, rapturous cry, ’No, no!’ cried the Fool.
feeling great rapture or delight
From this reading Again that moving, rapturous cry, ’No, no!’ cried the Fool.
not in physical motion
From this reading Still as God wrought me, and human taste condemned.
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading Still as God wrought me, and human taste condemned.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Again that moving, rapturous cry, ’No, no!’ cried the Fool.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Again that moving, rapturous cry, ’No, no!’ cried the Fool.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading ’Barren—barren—no woman, even!
shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
From this reading Still as God wrought me, and human taste condemned.
Chapter 16 of A Jay of Italy by Bernard Capes holds 412 sentences, grouped into 83 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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