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Burning Daylight
Burning Daylight

Chapter XXIX · Chapter 29

Chapter 29 of Burning Daylight is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 29 of Burning Daylight by Jack London holds 193 sentences, grouped into 39 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

What does chapter 29 of Burning Daylight contain?

Chapter 29 holds 193 sentences of Burning Daylight, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 29 of Burning Daylight by Jack London exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 193 sentences, grouped into 39 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.

How do I study chapter 29 of Burning Daylight?

Work through the 39 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 39 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.

Can chapter 29 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 29 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.

Questions about reading Burning Daylight

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Is this the complete text of Burning Daylight?

Yes. All 7389 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #746 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Burning Daylight is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #746, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Burning Daylight take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1478 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Burning Daylight

Words and structures a reader meets early in Burning Daylight, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Quiet
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Burning Daylight; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Night
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Burning Daylight; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Shovel
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Burning Daylight; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Ranged
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Burning Daylight; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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All week every one in the office knew that something new and big was afoot in Daylight's mind.
Beyond some deals of no importance, he had not been interested in anything for several months.
But now he went about in an almost unbroken brown study, made unexpected and lengthy trips across the bay to Oakland, or sat at his desk silent and motionless for hours.
He seemed particularly happy with what occupied his mind.
At times men came in and conferred with him--and with new faces and differing in type from those that usually came to see him.
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Burning Daylight

Chapter XXIX · Chapter 29

Chapter 29 of Burning Daylight is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/39 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
All week every one in the office knew that something new and big was afoot in Daylight's mind.
Line 2
Beyond some deals of no importance, he had not been interested in anything for several months.
Line 3
But now he went about in an almost unbroken brown study, made unexpected and lengthy trips across the bay to Oakland, or sat at his desk silent and motionless for hours.
Line 4
He seemed particularly happy with what occupied his mind.
Line 5
At times men came in and conferred with him--and with new faces and differing in type from those that usually came to see him.

Learner Dictionary

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.

Mind noun US /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading “All week every one in the office knew that something new and big was afoot in Daylight's mind.”

All words in this reading · 75

Every word is available to listen to. Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

about

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From this reading But now he went about in an almost unbroken brown study, made unexpected and lengthy trips across the bay to Oakland, or sat at his desk silent and motionless for hours.

across

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afoot

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From this reading All week every one in the office knew that something new and big was afoot in Daylight's mind.

All

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From this reading All week every one in the office knew that something new and big was afoot in Daylight's mind.

almost

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From this reading But now he went about in an almost unbroken brown study, made unexpected and lengthy trips across the bay to Oakland, or sat at his desk silent and motionless for hours.

an

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From this reading But now he went about in an almost unbroken brown study, made unexpected and lengthy trips across the bay to Oakland, or sat at his desk silent and motionless for hours.

and

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From this reading All week every one in the office knew that something new and big was afoot in Daylight's mind.

anything

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From this reading Beyond some deals of no importance, he had not been interested in anything for several months.

at

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From this reading But now he went about in an almost unbroken brown study, made unexpected and lengthy trips across the bay to Oakland, or sat at his desk silent and motionless for hours.

bay

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From this reading But now he went about in an almost unbroken brown study, made unexpected and lengthy trips across the bay to Oakland, or sat at his desk silent and motionless for hours.

been

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From this reading Beyond some deals of no importance, he had not been interested in anything for several months.

Beyond

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From this reading Beyond some deals of no importance, he had not been interested in anything for several months.

big

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From this reading All week every one in the office knew that something new and big was afoot in Daylight's mind.

brown

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From this reading But now he went about in an almost unbroken brown study, made unexpected and lengthy trips across the bay to Oakland, or sat at his desk silent and motionless for hours.

But

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From this reading But now he went about in an almost unbroken brown study, made unexpected and lengthy trips across the bay to Oakland, or sat at his desk silent and motionless for hours.

came

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From this reading At times men came in and conferred with him--and with new faces and differing in type from those that usually came to see him.

conferred

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From this reading At times men came in and conferred with him--and with new faces and differing in type from those that usually came to see him.

Daylight's

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From this reading All week every one in the office knew that something new and big was afoot in Daylight's mind.

deals

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From this reading Beyond some deals of no importance, he had not been interested in anything for several months.

desk

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From this reading But now he went about in an almost unbroken brown study, made unexpected and lengthy trips across the bay to Oakland, or sat at his desk silent and motionless for hours.

differing

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From this reading At times men came in and conferred with him--and with new faces and differing in type from those that usually came to see him.

every

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From this reading All week every one in the office knew that something new and big was afoot in Daylight's mind.

faces

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From this reading At times men came in and conferred with him--and with new faces and differing in type from those that usually came to see him.

for

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From this reading Beyond some deals of no importance, he had not been interested in anything for several months.

from

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From this reading At times men came in and conferred with him--and with new faces and differing in type from those that usually came to see him.

had

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From this reading Beyond some deals of no importance, he had not been interested in anything for several months.

happy

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From this reading He seemed particularly happy with what occupied his mind.

he

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From this reading Beyond some deals of no importance, he had not been interested in anything for several months.

him

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From this reading At times men came in and conferred with him--and with new faces and differing in type from those that usually came to see him.

his

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From this reading But now he went about in an almost unbroken brown study, made unexpected and lengthy trips across the bay to Oakland, or sat at his desk silent and motionless for hours.

hours

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From this reading But now he went about in an almost unbroken brown study, made unexpected and lengthy trips across the bay to Oakland, or sat at his desk silent and motionless for hours.

importance

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From this reading Beyond some deals of no importance, he had not been interested in anything for several months.

in

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From this reading All week every one in the office knew that something new and big was afoot in Daylight's mind.

interested

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From this reading Beyond some deals of no importance, he had not been interested in anything for several months.

knew

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From this reading All week every one in the office knew that something new and big was afoot in Daylight's mind.

lengthy

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading But now he went about in an almost unbroken brown study, made unexpected and lengthy trips across the bay to Oakland, or sat at his desk silent and motionless for hours.

made

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From this reading But now he went about in an almost unbroken brown study, made unexpected and lengthy trips across the bay to Oakland, or sat at his desk silent and motionless for hours.

men

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading At times men came in and conferred with him--and with new faces and differing in type from those that usually came to see him.

mindnounUS /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading All week every one in the office knew that something new and big was afoot in Daylight's mind.

months

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From this reading Beyond some deals of no importance, he had not been interested in anything for several months.

motionless

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From this reading But now he went about in an almost unbroken brown study, made unexpected and lengthy trips across the bay to Oakland, or sat at his desk silent and motionless for hours.

new

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From this reading All week every one in the office knew that something new and big was afoot in Daylight's mind.

no

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From this reading Beyond some deals of no importance, he had not been interested in anything for several months.

not

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From this reading Beyond some deals of no importance, he had not been interested in anything for several months.

now

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From this reading But now he went about in an almost unbroken brown study, made unexpected and lengthy trips across the bay to Oakland, or sat at his desk silent and motionless for hours.

Oakland

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From this reading But now he went about in an almost unbroken brown study, made unexpected and lengthy trips across the bay to Oakland, or sat at his desk silent and motionless for hours.

occupied

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From this reading He seemed particularly happy with what occupied his mind.

of

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From this reading Beyond some deals of no importance, he had not been interested in anything for several months.

office

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From this reading All week every one in the office knew that something new and big was afoot in Daylight's mind.

one

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From this reading All week every one in the office knew that something new and big was afoot in Daylight's mind.

or

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From this reading But now he went about in an almost unbroken brown study, made unexpected and lengthy trips across the bay to Oakland, or sat at his desk silent and motionless for hours.

particularly

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From this reading He seemed particularly happy with what occupied his mind.

sat

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From this reading But now he went about in an almost unbroken brown study, made unexpected and lengthy trips across the bay to Oakland, or sat at his desk silent and motionless for hours.

see

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From this reading At times men came in and conferred with him--and with new faces and differing in type from those that usually came to see him.

seemed

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From this reading He seemed particularly happy with what occupied his mind.

several

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From this reading Beyond some deals of no importance, he had not been interested in anything for several months.

silent

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From this reading But now he went about in an almost unbroken brown study, made unexpected and lengthy trips across the bay to Oakland, or sat at his desk silent and motionless for hours.

some

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From this reading Beyond some deals of no importance, he had not been interested in anything for several months.

something

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From this reading All week every one in the office knew that something new and big was afoot in Daylight's mind.

study

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From this reading But now he went about in an almost unbroken brown study, made unexpected and lengthy trips across the bay to Oakland, or sat at his desk silent and motionless for hours.

that

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From this reading All week every one in the office knew that something new and big was afoot in Daylight's mind.

the

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From this reading All week every one in the office knew that something new and big was afoot in Daylight's mind.

those

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From this reading At times men came in and conferred with him--and with new faces and differing in type from those that usually came to see him.

times

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From this reading At times men came in and conferred with him--and with new faces and differing in type from those that usually came to see him.

to

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From this reading But now he went about in an almost unbroken brown study, made unexpected and lengthy trips across the bay to Oakland, or sat at his desk silent and motionless for hours.

trips

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From this reading But now he went about in an almost unbroken brown study, made unexpected and lengthy trips across the bay to Oakland, or sat at his desk silent and motionless for hours.

type

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From this reading At times men came in and conferred with him--and with new faces and differing in type from those that usually came to see him.

unbroken

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From this reading But now he went about in an almost unbroken brown study, made unexpected and lengthy trips across the bay to Oakland, or sat at his desk silent and motionless for hours.

unexpected

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From this reading But now he went about in an almost unbroken brown study, made unexpected and lengthy trips across the bay to Oakland, or sat at his desk silent and motionless for hours.

usually

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From this reading At times men came in and conferred with him--and with new faces and differing in type from those that usually came to see him.

was

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From this reading All week every one in the office knew that something new and big was afoot in Daylight's mind.

week

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From this reading All week every one in the office knew that something new and big was afoot in Daylight's mind.

went

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From this reading But now he went about in an almost unbroken brown study, made unexpected and lengthy trips across the bay to Oakland, or sat at his desk silent and motionless for hours.

what

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From this reading He seemed particularly happy with what occupied his mind.

with

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From this reading He seemed particularly happy with what occupied his mind.