Chapter 18 of Jaffery is here in full — 378 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Jaffery is here in full — 378 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm. Her eyes travelling from mine to his flashed indignant anger. Then she turned haughtily. We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away. The gangway was fixed and the movement of the conglomerate mass began.
Chapter 18 of Jaffery is here in full — 378 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a composite rock made up of particles of varying size
From this reading “The gangway was fixed and the movement of the conglomerate mass began.”
the occurrence of two or more things coming together
From this reading “We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.”
plural of “current” — a flow of electricity through a conductor
From this reading “We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.”
past form of “flash” — gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading “Her eyes travelling from mine to his flashed indignant anger.”
inflected form of “grip” — hold fast or firmly
From this reading “Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.”
in a haughty manner
From this reading “Then she turned haughtily.”
angered at something unjust or wrong
From this reading “Her eyes travelling from mine to his flashed indignant anger.”
the act of going from one place to another
From this reading “Her eyes travelling from mine to his flashed indignant anger.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.
a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
From this reading Her eyes travelling from mine to his flashed indignant anger.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading The gangway was fixed and the movement of the conglomerate mass began.
on the far side of; further than
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.
a composite rock made up of particles of varying size
From this reading The gangway was fixed and the movement of the conglomerate mass began.
the occurrence of two or more things coming together
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
plural of “current” — a flow of electricity through a conductor
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
the boundary of a surface
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
divisible by two
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Her eyes travelling from mine to his flashed indignant anger.
(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
From this reading The gangway was fixed and the movement of the conglomerate mass began.
past form of “flash” — gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading Her eyes travelling from mine to his flashed indignant anger.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Her eyes travelling from mine to his flashed indignant anger.
to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (“further” is used more often than “farther” in this abstract sense)
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)
From this reading The gangway was fixed and the movement of the conglomerate mass began.
inflected form of “grip” — hold fast or firmly
From this reading Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.
in a haughty manner
From this reading Then she turned haughtily.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Her eyes travelling from mine to his flashed indignant anger.
angered at something unjust or wrong
From this reading Her eyes travelling from mine to his flashed indignant anger.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.
and nothing more
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading The gangway was fixed and the movement of the conglomerate mass began.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Her eyes travelling from mine to his flashed indignant anger.
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
From this reading The gangway was fixed and the movement of the conglomerate mass began.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.
(comparative of “near” or “close”) within a shorter distance
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.
past form of “push” — move with force
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
Identical; not different.
From this reading Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then she turned haughtily.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then she turned haughtily.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Jaffery caught sight of her at the same time and gripped my arm.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her eyes travelling from mine to his flashed indignant anger.
the act of going from one place to another
From this reading Her eyes travelling from mine to his flashed indignant anger.
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Then she turned haughtily.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading We tried to edge nearer her, but she was just beyond the convergence of two side currents which pushed us even further away.
Chapter 18 of Jaffery by William John Locke holds 378 sentences, grouped into 76 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 18 holds 378 sentences of Jaffery, unabridged, divided into 76 reading sections.
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