Chapter 2 of Jacob's Room is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Jacob's Room is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Mr. Floyd was at Cambridge... no, at Oxford... well, at one or the other," said Mrs. Flanders. She looked out of the window. Little windows, and the lilac and green of the garden were reflected in her eyes. "Archer is doing very well," she said. "I have a very nice report from Captain Maxwell."
Chapter 2 of Jacob's Room is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow
From this reading “"Archer is doing very well," she said.”
a university in England
From this reading “"Mr. Floyd was at Cambridge... no, at Oxford... well, at one or the other," said Mrs. Flanders.”
a medieval country in northern Europe that included regions now parts of northern France and Belgium and southwestern Netherlands
From this reading “"Mr. Floyd was at Cambridge... no, at Oxford... well, at one or the other," said Mrs. Flanders.”
any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
From this reading “Little windows, and the lilac and green of the garden were reflected in her eyes.”
a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss
From this reading “"I have a very nice report from Captain Maxwell."”
a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University
From this reading “"Mr. Floyd was at Cambridge... no, at Oxford... well, at one or the other," said Mrs. Flanders.”
(especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back
From this reading “Little windows, and the lilac and green of the garden were reflected in her eyes.”
to give an account or representation of in words
From this reading “"I have a very nice report from Captain Maxwell."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "I have a very nice report from Captain Maxwell."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Little windows, and the lilac and green of the garden were reflected in her eyes.
a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow
From this reading "Archer is doing very well," she said.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Mr. Floyd was at Cambridge... no, at Oxford... well, at one or the other," said Mrs. Flanders.
a university in England
From this reading "Mr. Floyd was at Cambridge... no, at Oxford... well, at one or the other," said Mrs. Flanders.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading "I have a very nice report from Captain Maxwell."
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading "Archer is doing very well," she said.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Little windows, and the lilac and green of the garden were reflected in her eyes.
a medieval country in northern Europe that included regions now parts of northern France and Belgium and southwestern Netherlands
From this reading "Mr. Floyd was at Cambridge... no, at Oxford... well, at one or the other," said Mrs. Flanders.
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From this reading "Mr. Floyd was at Cambridge... no, at Oxford... well, at one or the other," said Mrs. Flanders.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "I have a very nice report from Captain Maxwell."
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading Little windows, and the lilac and green of the garden were reflected in her eyes.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading Little windows, and the lilac and green of the garden were reflected in her eyes.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have a very nice report from Captain Maxwell."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Little windows, and the lilac and green of the garden were reflected in her eyes.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I have a very nice report from Captain Maxwell."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Little windows, and the lilac and green of the garden were reflected in her eyes.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Archer is doing very well," she said.
any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
From this reading Little windows, and the lilac and green of the garden were reflected in her eyes.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Little windows, and the lilac and green of the garden were reflected in her eyes.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading She looked out of the window.
a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss
From this reading "I have a very nice report from Captain Maxwell."
a form of address for a man
From this reading "Mr. Floyd was at Cambridge... no, at Oxford... well, at one or the other," said Mrs. Flanders.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading "Mr. Floyd was at Cambridge... no, at Oxford... well, at one or the other," said Mrs. Flanders.
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading "I have a very nice report from Captain Maxwell."
not any; not one
From this reading "Mr. Floyd was at Cambridge... no, at Oxford... well, at one or the other," said Mrs. Flanders.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She looked out of the window.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Mr. Floyd was at Cambridge... no, at Oxford... well, at one or the other," said Mrs. Flanders.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Mr. Floyd was at Cambridge... no, at Oxford... well, at one or the other," said Mrs. Flanders.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading "Mr. Floyd was at Cambridge... no, at Oxford... well, at one or the other," said Mrs. Flanders.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading She looked out of the window.
a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University
From this reading "Mr. Floyd was at Cambridge... no, at Oxford... well, at one or the other," said Mrs. Flanders.
(especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back
From this reading Little windows, and the lilac and green of the garden were reflected in her eyes.
to give an account or representation of in words
From this reading "I have a very nice report from Captain Maxwell."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Mr. Floyd was at Cambridge... no, at Oxford... well, at one or the other," said Mrs. Flanders.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She looked out of the window.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Mr. Floyd was at Cambridge... no, at Oxford... well, at one or the other," said Mrs. Flanders.
precisely as stated
From this reading "Archer is doing very well," she said.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Mr. Floyd was at Cambridge... no, at Oxford... well, at one or the other," said Mrs. Flanders.
(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 "Mr. Floyd was at Cambridge... no, at Oxford... well, at one or the other," said Mrs. Flanders.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Little windows, and the lilac and green of the garden were reflected in her eyes.
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
From this reading She looked out of the window.
(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface
From this reading Little windows, and the lilac and green of the garden were reflected in her eyes.
Chapter 2 of Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
Chapter 2 holds 415 sentences of Jacob's Room, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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