Chapter 5 of Four square Jane is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Four square Jane is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Well, don’t,” said Joyce, helping herself to jam. “I wonder whether they’ll get the bag back,” speculated his lordship. “There’s nothing about it in the papers.” “It is very unlikely, I should think,” said Joyce. She rolled up her table-napkin.
Chapter 5 of Four square Jane is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a flexible container with a single opening
From this reading ““I wonder whether they’ll get the bag back,” speculated his lordship.”
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
From this reading ““Well, don’t,” said Joyce, helping herself to jam.”
press tightly together or cram
From this reading ““Well, don’t,” said Joyce, helping herself to jam.”
influential Irish writer noted for his many innovations (such as stream of consciousness writing) (1882-1941)
From this reading ““Well, don’t,” said Joyce, helping herself to jam.”
a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge
From this reading ““I wonder whether they’ll get the bag back,” speculated his lordship.”
especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
From this reading “She rolled up her table-napkin.”
past form of “speculate” — to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
From this reading ““I wonder whether they’ll get the bag back,” speculated his lordship.”
not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred
From this reading ““It is very unlikely, I should think,” said Joyce.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “There’s nothing about it in the papers.”
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “I wonder whether they’ll get the bag back,” speculated his lordship.
a flexible container with a single opening
From this reading “I wonder whether they’ll get the bag back,” speculated his lordship.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, don’t,” said Joyce, helping herself to jam.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “I wonder whether they’ll get the bag back,” speculated his lordship.
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
From this reading “Well, don’t,” said Joyce, helping herself to jam.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She rolled up her table-napkin.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Well, don’t,” said Joyce, helping herself to jam.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “I wonder whether they’ll get the bag back,” speculated his lordship.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I wonder whether they’ll get the bag back,” speculated his lordship.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “There’s nothing about it in the papers.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “It is very unlikely, I should think,” said Joyce.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “There’s nothing about it in the papers.”
press tightly together or cram
From this reading “Well, don’t,” said Joyce, helping herself to jam.
influential Irish writer noted for his many innovations (such as stream of consciousness writing) (1882-1941)
From this reading “Well, don’t,” said Joyce, helping herself to jam.
a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge
From this reading “I wonder whether they’ll get the bag back,” speculated his lordship.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “There’s nothing about it in the papers.”
writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
From this reading “There’s nothing about it in the papers.”
especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
From this reading She rolled up her table-napkin.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Well, don’t,” said Joyce, helping herself to jam.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She rolled up her table-napkin.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading “It is very unlikely, I should think,” said Joyce.
past form of “speculate” — to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
From this reading “I wonder whether they’ll get the bag back,” speculated his lordship.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She rolled up her table-napkin.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I wonder whether they’ll get the bag back,” speculated his lordship.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s nothing about it in the papers.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I wonder whether they’ll get the bag back,” speculated his lordship.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “It is very unlikely, I should think,” said Joyce.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Well, don’t,” said Joyce, helping herself to jam.
not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred
From this reading “It is very unlikely, I should think,” said Joyce.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading She rolled up her table-napkin.
precisely as stated
From this reading “It is very unlikely, I should think,” said Joyce.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well, don’t,” said Joyce, helping herself to jam.
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading “I wonder whether they’ll get the bag back,” speculated his lordship.
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading “I wonder whether they’ll get the bag back,” speculated his lordship.
Chapter 5 of Four square Jane by Edgar Wallace holds 396 sentences, grouped into 80 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 5 holds 396 sentences of Four square Jane, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Four square Jane by Edgar Wallace exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 396 sentences, grouped into 80 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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