Chapter 7 of Japonette is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Japonette is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She considered a moment, then turned and looked at him. "Jack," she said sweetly, "don’t follow me about?" "I? Follow _you_! That’s more madness, dear lady.
Chapter 7 of Japonette is here in full — 413 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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carefully weighed
From this reading “She considered a moment, then turned and looked at him.”
dearly loved
From this reading “That’s more madness, dear lady.”
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading “"Jack," she said sweetly, "don’t follow me about?"”
a small worthless amount
From this reading “"Jack," she said sweetly, "don’t follow me about?"”
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “That’s more madness, dear lady.”
obsolete terms for legal insanity
From this reading “That’s more madness, dear lady.”
in an affectionate or loving manner (“sweet” is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of “sweetly”)
From this reading “"Jack," she said sweetly, "don’t follow me about?"”
moved around an axis or center
From this reading “She considered a moment, then turned and looked at him.”
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.
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take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
In this reading “She considered a moment, then turned and looked at him.”
In this reading “That’s more madness, dear lady.”
In this reading “She considered a moment, then turned and looked at him.”
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 She considered a moment, then turned and looked at him.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "Jack," she said sweetly, "don’t follow me about?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She considered a moment, then turned and looked at him.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She considered a moment, then turned and looked at him.
carefully weighed
From this reading She considered a moment, then turned and looked at him.
dearly loved
From this reading That’s more madness, dear lady.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Jack," she said sweetly, "don’t follow me about?"
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading "Jack," she said sweetly, "don’t follow me about?"
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She considered a moment, then turned and looked at him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I?
a small worthless amount
From this reading "Jack," she said sweetly, "don’t follow me about?"
a polite name for any woman
From this reading That’s more madness, dear lady.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading She considered a moment, then turned and looked at him.
obsolete terms for legal insanity
From this reading That’s more madness, dear lady.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Jack," she said sweetly, "don’t follow me about?"
a particular point in time
From this reading She considered a moment, then turned and looked at him.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading That’s more madness, dear lady.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Jack," she said sweetly, "don’t follow me about?"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She considered a moment, then turned and looked at him.
in an affectionate or loving manner (“sweet” is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of “sweetly”)
From this reading "Jack," she said sweetly, "don’t follow me about?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That’s more madness, dear lady.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading She considered a moment, then turned and looked at him.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading She considered a moment, then turned and looked at him.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Follow _you_!
Chapter 7 of Japonette by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers holds 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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 413 sentences of Japonette, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Japonette by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 413 sentences, grouped into 83 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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