Chapter 4 of Janet of the Dunes is here in full — 359 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Janet of the Dunes is here in full — 359 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Janet, where you goin'?" "Over to the Hills, Susan Jane." "Everythin' rid up?" "Everything." "I never felt my powerlessness so much as I have since you come."
Chapter 4 of Janet of the Dunes is here in full — 359 sentences across 72 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “"Everything."”
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading “"I never felt my powerlessness so much as I have since you come."”
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading “"Over to the Hills, Susan Jane."”
to a great degree or extent
From this reading “"I never felt my powerlessness so much as I have since you come."”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “"I never felt my powerlessness so much as I have since you come."”
the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
From this reading “"I never felt my powerlessness so much as I have since you come."”
relieve from
From this reading “"Everythin' rid up?"”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “"I never felt my powerlessness so much as I have since you come."”
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "I never felt my powerlessness so much as I have since you come."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "I never felt my powerlessness so much as I have since you come."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Everythin' rid up?"
all things; all of a situation
From this reading "Everything."
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading "I never felt my powerlessness so much as I have since you come."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Janet, where you goin'?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I never felt my powerlessness so much as I have since you come."
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading "Over to the Hills, Susan Jane."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I never felt my powerlessness so much as I have since you come."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Over to the Hills, Susan Jane."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Janet, where you goin'?"
to a great degree or extent
From this reading "I never felt my powerlessness so much as I have since you come."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I never felt my powerlessness so much as I have since you come."
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "I never felt my powerlessness so much as I have since you come."
above and across; more than
From this reading "Over to the Hills, Susan Jane."
the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
From this reading "I never felt my powerlessness so much as I have since you come."
relieve from
From this reading "Everythin' rid up?"
from a time in the past until now
From this reading "I never felt my powerlessness so much as I have since you come."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "I never felt my powerlessness so much as I have since you come."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Over to the Hills, Susan Jane."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Over to the Hills, Susan Jane."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Over to the Hills, Susan Jane."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Everythin' rid up?"
in or at the place that
From this reading "Janet, where you goin'?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Janet, where you goin'?"
Chapter 4 of Janet of the Dunes by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock holds 359 sentences, grouped into 72 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 4 holds 359 sentences of Janet of the Dunes, unabridged, divided into 72 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Janet of the Dunes by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 359 sentences, grouped into 72 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 72 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 433 minutes of reading across 1041 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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