Chapter 20 of Captain Jim is here in full — 300 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of Captain Jim is here in full — 300 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ALL CLEAR “Kiddie, are you awake?” “Come in, Jimmy.” Norah sat up in bed and felt for the electric switch. The room sprang into light as Jim came in. “I had to come and bring your stocking,” he said.
Chapter 20 of Captain Jim is here in full — 300 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading “ALL CLEAR “Kiddie, are you awake?””
rid of obstructions
From this reading “ALL CLEAR “Kiddie, are you awake?””
using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity
From this reading “Norah sat up in bed and felt for the electric switch.”
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
From this reading ““Come in, Jimmy.””
informal term for a young child
From this reading “ALL CLEAR “Kiddie, are you awake?””
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “The room sprang into light as Jim came in.”
close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)
From this reading ““I had to come and bring your stocking,” he said.”
change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
From this reading “Norah sat up in bed and felt for the electric switch.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 ALL CLEAR “Kiddie, are you awake?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Norah sat up in bed and felt for the electric switch.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ALL CLEAR “Kiddie, are you awake?”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The room sprang into light as Jim came in.
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading ALL CLEAR “Kiddie, are you awake?”
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading Norah sat up in bed and felt for the electric switch.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “I had to come and bring your stocking,” he said.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The room sprang into light as Jim came in.
rid of obstructions
From this reading ALL CLEAR “Kiddie, are you awake?”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come in, Jimmy.”
using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity
From this reading Norah sat up in bed and felt for the electric switch.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading Norah sat up in bed and felt for the electric switch.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Norah sat up in bed and felt for the electric switch.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “I had to come and bring your stocking,” he said.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I had to come and bring your stocking,” he said.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I had to come and bring your stocking,” he said.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Come in, Jimmy.”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The room sprang into light as Jim came in.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The room sprang into light as Jim came in.
to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
From this reading “Come in, Jimmy.”
informal term for a young child
From this reading ALL CLEAR “Kiddie, are you awake?”
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading The room sprang into light as Jim came in.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Norah sat up in bed and felt for the electric switch.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading The room sprang into light as Jim came in.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I had to come and bring your stocking,” he said.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Norah sat up in bed and felt for the electric switch.
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading The room sprang into light as Jim came in.
close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)
From this reading “I had to come and bring your stocking,” he said.
change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
From this reading Norah sat up in bed and felt for the electric switch.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Norah sat up in bed and felt for the electric switch.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I had to come and bring your stocking,” he said.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Norah sat up in bed and felt for the electric switch.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ALL CLEAR “Kiddie, are you awake?”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I had to come and bring your stocking,” he said.
Chapter 20 of Captain Jim by Mary Grant Bruce holds 300 sentences, grouped into 60 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 20 holds 300 sentences of Captain Jim, unabridged, divided into 60 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 20 of Captain Jim by Mary Grant Bruce exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 300 sentences, grouped into 60 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.
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