Chapter 6 of Aunt Jane is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Aunt Jane is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Aunt Jane regarded her. "You like it here, don't you?" "I like it--yes!" She looked about her with grateful eyes--at the photographs and flowers and then at Aunt Jane's face. "It's beautiful!" she said softly.
Chapter 6 of Aunt Jane is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading “Aunt Jane regarded her.”
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “"It's beautiful!" she said softly.”
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading “She looked about her with grateful eyes--at the photographs and flowers and then at Aunt Jane's face.”
feeling or showing gratitude
From this reading “She looked about her with grateful eyes--at the photographs and flowers and then at Aunt Jane's face.”
plural of “photograph” — a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
From this reading “She looked about her with grateful eyes--at the photographs and flowers and then at Aunt Jane's face.”
past form of “regard” — deem to be
From this reading “Aunt Jane regarded her.”
with low volume
From this reading “"It's beautiful!" she said softly.”
an affirmative
From this reading “"I like it--yes!"”
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In this reading “She looked about her with grateful eyes--at the photographs and flowers and then at Aunt Jane's face.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She looked about her with grateful eyes--at the photographs and flowers and then at Aunt Jane's face.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She looked about her with grateful eyes--at the photographs and flowers and then at Aunt Jane's face.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She looked about her with grateful eyes--at the photographs and flowers and then at Aunt Jane's face.
the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
From this reading Aunt Jane regarded her.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading "It's beautiful!" she said softly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You like it here, don't you?"
opinion or judgment
From this reading She looked about her with grateful eyes--at the photographs and flowers and then at Aunt Jane's face.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading She looked about her with grateful eyes--at the photographs and flowers and then at Aunt Jane's face.
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading She looked about her with grateful eyes--at the photographs and flowers and then at Aunt Jane's face.
feeling or showing gratitude
From this reading She looked about her with grateful eyes--at the photographs and flowers and then at Aunt Jane's face.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Aunt Jane regarded her.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "You like it here, don't you?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I like it--yes!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "You like it here, don't you?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's beautiful!" she said softly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Aunt Jane regarded her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She looked about her with grateful eyes--at the photographs and flowers and then at Aunt Jane's face.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "You like it here, don't you?"
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading She looked about her with grateful eyes--at the photographs and flowers and then at Aunt Jane's face.
plural of “photograph” — a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
From this reading She looked about her with grateful eyes--at the photographs and flowers and then at Aunt Jane's face.
past form of “regard” — deem to be
From this reading Aunt Jane regarded her.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "It's beautiful!" she said softly.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She looked about her with grateful eyes--at the photographs and flowers and then at Aunt Jane's face.
with low volume
From this reading "It's beautiful!" she said softly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She looked about her with grateful eyes--at the photographs and flowers and then at Aunt Jane's face.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading She looked about her with grateful eyes--at the photographs and flowers and then at Aunt Jane's face.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She looked about her with grateful eyes--at the photographs and flowers and then at Aunt Jane's face.
an affirmative
From this reading "I like it--yes!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You like it here, don't you?"
Chapter 6 of Aunt Jane by Jennette Lee holds 432 sentences, grouped into 87 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 6 holds 432 sentences of Aunt Jane, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Aunt Jane by Jennette Lee exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 432 sentences, grouped into 87 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 87 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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