Chapter 6 of Jacob's Room is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of Jacob's Room is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Bright yet vague. She is perhaps twenty-two. She is shabby. She crosses the road and looks at the daffodils and the red tulips in the florist's window. She hesitates, and makes off in the direction of Temple Bar.
Chapter 6 of Jacob's Room is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
From this reading “She hesitates, and makes off in the direction of Temple Bar.”
plural of “cross” — a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
From this reading “She crosses the road and looks at the daffodils and the red tulips in the florist's window.”
plural of “daffodil” — any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown
From this reading “She crosses the road and looks at the daffodils and the red tulips in the florist's window.”
third-person singular of “hesitate” — pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading “She hesitates, and makes off in the direction of Temple Bar.”
showing signs of wear and tear
From this reading “She is shabby.”
plural of “tulip” — any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower
From this reading “She crosses the road and looks at the daffodils and the red tulips in the florist's window.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one
From this reading “She is perhaps twenty-two.”
not clearly expressed or understood
From this reading “Bright yet vague.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She crosses the road and looks at the daffodils and the red tulips in the florist's window.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She crosses the road and looks at the daffodils and the red tulips in the florist's window.
a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
From this reading She hesitates, and makes off in the direction of Temple Bar.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading Bright yet vague.
plural of “cross” — a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
From this reading She crosses the road and looks at the daffodils and the red tulips in the florist's window.
plural of “daffodil” — any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown
From this reading She crosses the road and looks at the daffodils and the red tulips in the florist's window.
a line leading to a place or point
From this reading She hesitates, and makes off in the direction of Temple Bar.
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From this reading She crosses the road and looks at the daffodils and the red tulips in the florist's window.
third-person singular of “hesitate” — pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
From this reading She hesitates, and makes off in the direction of Temple Bar.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She crosses the road and looks at the daffodils and the red tulips in the florist's window.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She is perhaps twenty-two.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading She crosses the road and looks at the daffodils and the red tulips in the florist's window.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading She hesitates, and makes off in the direction of Temple Bar.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She hesitates, and makes off in the direction of Temple Bar.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading She hesitates, and makes off in the direction of Temple Bar.
by chance
From this reading She is perhaps twenty-two.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading She crosses the road and looks at the daffodils and the red tulips in the florist's window.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading She crosses the road and looks at the daffodils and the red tulips in the florist's window.
showing signs of wear and tear
From this reading She is shabby.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She is perhaps twenty-two.
place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity
From this reading She hesitates, and makes off in the direction of Temple Bar.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She crosses the road and looks at the daffodils and the red tulips in the florist's window.
plural of “tulip” — any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower
From this reading She crosses the road and looks at the daffodils and the red tulips in the florist's window.
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one
From this reading She is perhaps twenty-two.
not clearly expressed or understood
From this reading Bright yet vague.
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 crosses the road and looks at the daffodils and the red tulips in the florist's window.
but in spite of that
From this reading Bright yet vague.
Chapter 6 of Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf holds 411 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 6 holds 411 sentences of Jacob's Room, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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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