Chapter 22 of Jap Herron is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of Jap Herron is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
It was the day after Thanksgiving. Bill was twirling the chambers of his revolver around. His face was grim. Jap halted in the door of their bedroom. "Going gunning for Jones?" he asked lightly.
Chapter 22 of Jap Herron is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
a room used primarily for sleeping
From this reading “Jap halted in the door of their bedroom.”
English architect (1723-1796)
From this reading “Bill was twirling the chambers of his revolver around.”
inflected form of “gun” — shoot with a gun
From this reading “"Going gunning for Jones?" he asked lightly.”
past form of “halt” — cause to stop
From this reading “Jap halted in the door of their bedroom.”
(offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent
From this reading “Jap halted in the door of their bedroom.”
a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
From this reading “Bill was twirling the chambers of his revolver around.”
fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
From this reading “It was the day after Thanksgiving.”
-ing form of “twirl” — turn in a twisting or spinning motion
From this reading “Bill was twirling the chambers of his revolver around.”
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 halted in the door of their bedroom.”
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.
later than; following
From this reading It was the day after Thanksgiving.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Bill was twirling the chambers of his revolver around.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Going gunning for Jones?" he asked lightly.
a room used primarily for sleeping
From this reading Jap halted in the door of their bedroom.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading Bill was twirling the chambers of his revolver around.
English architect (1723-1796)
From this reading Bill was twirling the chambers of his revolver around.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading It was the day after Thanksgiving.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Jap halted in the door of their bedroom.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading His face was grim.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Going gunning for Jones?" he asked lightly.
the act of departing
From this reading "Going gunning for Jones?" he asked lightly.
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
From this reading His face was grim.
inflected form of “gun” — shoot with a gun
From this reading "Going gunning for Jones?" he asked lightly.
past form of “halt” — cause to stop
From this reading Jap halted in the door of their bedroom.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Going gunning for Jones?" he asked lightly.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Bill was twirling the chambers of his revolver around.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Jap halted in the door of their bedroom.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the day after Thanksgiving.
(offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent
From this reading Jap halted in the door of their bedroom.
United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
From this reading "Going gunning for Jones?" he asked lightly.
without good reason
From this reading "Going gunning for Jones?" he asked lightly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Bill was twirling the chambers of his revolver around.
a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
From this reading Bill was twirling the chambers of his revolver around.
fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
From this reading It was the day after Thanksgiving.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was the day after Thanksgiving.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Jap halted in the door of their bedroom.
-ing form of “twirl” — turn in a twisting or spinning motion
From this reading Bill was twirling the chambers of his revolver around.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the day after Thanksgiving.
Chapter 22 of Jap Herron by Mark (Spirit) [Dubious author] Twain holds 145 sentences, grouped into 29 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 22 holds 145 sentences of Jap Herron, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 22 of Jap Herron by Mark (Spirit) [Dubious author] Twain exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 145 sentences, grouped into 29 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 29 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 29 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 22 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Jap Herron, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
