Chapter 7 of Janice Meredith is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Janice Meredith is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Very falteringly and still with downcast face the girl murmured, "No." "Then I'll save ye from him, mark my word. Come, up with your lips, and give me a kiss for the promise. What! still frightened? 'T is nothing so terrible.
Chapter 7 of Janice Meredith is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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directed downward
From this reading “Very falteringly and still with downcast face the girl murmured, "No."”
made afraid
From this reading “What! still frightened?”
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
From this reading “Come, up with your lips, and give me a kiss for the promise.”
attach a tag or label to
From this reading “"Then I'll save ye from him, mark my word.”
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading “Very falteringly and still with downcast face the girl murmured, "No."”
make a promise or commitment
From this reading “Come, up with your lips, and give me a kiss for the promise.”
except for; apart from
From this reading “"Then I'll save ye from him, mark my word.”
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading “'T is nothing so terrible.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Come, up with your lips, and give me a kiss for the promise.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Very falteringly and still with downcast face the girl murmured, "No."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come, up with your lips, and give me a kiss for the promise.
directed downward
From this reading Very falteringly and still with downcast face the girl murmured, "No."
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Very falteringly and still with downcast face the girl murmured, "No."
in an unsteady manner
From this reading Very falteringly and still with downcast face the girl murmured, "No."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Come, up with your lips, and give me a kiss for the promise.
made afraid
From this reading What! still frightened?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Then I'll save ye from him, mark my word.
a young female
From this reading Very falteringly and still with downcast face the girl murmured, "No."
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Come, up with your lips, and give me a kiss for the promise.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Then I'll save ye from him, mark my word.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Then I'll save ye from him, mark my word.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 'T is nothing so terrible.
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
From this reading Come, up with your lips, and give me a kiss for the promise.
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading Come, up with your lips, and give me a kiss for the promise.
attach a tag or label to
From this reading "Then I'll save ye from him, mark my word.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Come, up with your lips, and give me a kiss for the promise.
past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly
From this reading Very falteringly and still with downcast face the girl murmured, "No."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Then I'll save ye from him, mark my word.
not any; not one
From this reading Very falteringly and still with downcast face the girl murmured, "No."
not one thing; not anything
From this reading 'T is nothing so terrible.
make a promise or commitment
From this reading Come, up with your lips, and give me a kiss for the promise.
except for; apart from
From this reading "Then I'll save ye from him, mark my word.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading 'T is nothing so terrible.
not in physical motion
From this reading Very falteringly and still with downcast face the girl murmured, "No."
a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading 'T is nothing so terrible.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading 'T is nothing so terrible.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Very falteringly and still with downcast face the girl murmured, "No."
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Then I'll save ye from him, mark my word.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Come, up with your lips, and give me a kiss for the promise.
precisely as stated
From this reading Very falteringly and still with downcast face the girl murmured, "No."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What! still frightened?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Very falteringly and still with downcast face the girl murmured, "No."
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading "Then I'll save ye from him, mark my word.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading "Then I'll save ye from him, mark my word.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Come, up with your lips, and give me a kiss for the promise.
Chapter 7 of Janice Meredith by Paul Leicester Ford holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 7 holds 401 sentences of Janice Meredith, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Janice Meredith by Paul Leicester Ford exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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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