Chapter 24 of Jaffery is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of Jaffery is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
At last news came from Havre of the end of the preposterous voyage. "Crossing to-night. Coming straight to you. Send car to meet us Reading. Local trains beastly.
Chapter 24 of Jaffery is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
(informal) very unpleasant
From this reading “Local trains beastly.”
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading “Send car to meet us Reading.”
traveling across
From this reading “"Crossing to-night.”
relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area
From this reading “Local trains beastly.”
so unreasonable as to invite derision
From this reading “At last news came from Havre of the end of the preposterous voyage.”
the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
From this reading “Send car to meet us Reading.”
plural of “train” — public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive
From this reading “Local trains beastly.”
an act of traveling by water
From this reading “At last news came from Havre of the end of the preposterous voyage.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At last news came from Havre of the end of the preposterous voyage.
(informal) very unpleasant
From this reading Local trains beastly.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading At last news came from Havre of the end of the preposterous voyage.
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
From this reading Send car to meet us Reading.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Coming straight to you.
traveling across
From this reading "Crossing to-night.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading At last news came from Havre of the end of the preposterous voyage.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading At last news came from Havre of the end of the preposterous voyage.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At last news came from Havre of the end of the preposterous voyage.
immediately past
From this reading At last news came from Havre of the end of the preposterous voyage.
relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area
From this reading Local trains beastly.
come together
From this reading Send car to meet us Reading.
information about recent and important events
From this reading At last news came from Havre of the end of the preposterous voyage.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At last news came from Havre of the end of the preposterous voyage.
so unreasonable as to invite derision
From this reading At last news came from Havre of the end of the preposterous voyage.
the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
From this reading Send car to meet us Reading.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading Send car to meet us Reading.
successive (without a break)
From this reading Coming straight to you.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At last news came from Havre of the end of the preposterous voyage.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Coming straight to you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Crossing to-night.
plural of “train” — public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive
From this reading Local trains beastly.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Send car to meet us Reading.
an act of traveling by water
From this reading At last news came from Havre of the end of the preposterous voyage.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Coming straight to you.
Chapter 24 of Jaffery by William John Locke holds 246 sentences, grouped into 50 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 24 holds 246 sentences of Jaffery, unabridged, divided into 50 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 24 of Jaffery by William John Locke exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 246 sentences, grouped into 50 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.
Work through the 50 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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