Chapter 17 of Jap Herron is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Jap Herron is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The sun was streaming through the east windows. Jap looked anxiously up and down the street. Bill had not been home all night. This was a state of affairs alarming to Jap. He walked back to the table and turned the exchanges over restlessly.
Chapter 17 of Jap Herron is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/25 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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matters of personal concern
From this reading “This was a state of affairs alarming to Jap.”
frightening because of an awareness of danger
From this reading “This was a state of affairs alarming to Jap.”
with anxiety or apprehension
From this reading “Jap looked anxiously up and down the street.”
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
From this reading “The sun was streaming through the east windows.”
plural of “exchange” — chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
From this reading “He walked back to the table and turned the exchanges over restlessly.”
(offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent
From this reading “Jap looked anxiously up and down the street.”
in a restless manner
From this reading “He walked back to the table and turned the exchanges over restlessly.”
exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts
From this reading “The sun was streaming through the east windows.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Jap looked anxiously up and down the street.”
In this reading “Bill had not been home all night.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading This was a state of affairs alarming to Jap.
matters of personal concern
From this reading This was a state of affairs alarming to Jap.
frightening because of an awareness of danger
From this reading This was a state of affairs alarming to Jap.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Bill had not been home all night.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Jap looked anxiously up and down the street.
with anxiety or apprehension
From this reading Jap looked anxiously up and down the street.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading He walked back to the table and turned the exchanges over restlessly.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Bill had not been home all night.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading Bill had not been home all night.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Jap looked anxiously up and down the street.
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
From this reading The sun was streaming through the east windows.
plural of “exchange” — chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
From this reading He walked back to the table and turned the exchanges over restlessly.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Bill had not been home all night.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He walked back to the table and turned the exchanges over restlessly.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Bill had not been home all night.
(offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent
From this reading Jap looked anxiously up and down the street.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Jap looked anxiously up and down the street.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Bill had not been home all night.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Bill had not been home all night.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This was a state of affairs alarming to Jap.
above and across; more than
From this reading He walked back to the table and turned the exchanges over restlessly.
in a restless manner
From this reading He walked back to the table and turned the exchanges over restlessly.
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading This was a state of affairs alarming to Jap.
exuding a bodily fluid in profuse amounts
From this reading The sun was streaming through the east windows.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading Jap looked anxiously up and down the street.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading The sun was streaming through the east windows.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading He walked back to the table and turned the exchanges over restlessly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sun was streaming through the east windows.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was a state of affairs alarming to Jap.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The sun was streaming through the east windows.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This was a state of affairs alarming to Jap.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading He walked back to the table and turned the exchanges over restlessly.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Jap looked anxiously up and down the street.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading He walked back to the table and turned the exchanges over restlessly.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sun was streaming through the east windows.
(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface
From this reading The sun was streaming through the east windows.
Chapter 17 of Jap Herron by Mark (Spirit) [Dubious author] Twain holds 126 sentences, grouped into 26 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 17 holds 126 sentences of Jap Herron, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 17 of Jap Herron by Mark (Spirit) [Dubious author] Twain exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 126 sentences, grouped into 26 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 26 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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