Chapter 4 of Jaquelina is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Jaquelina is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern. She heard a voice exclaim in profound surprise: "By Jove, it's a woman!" "Yes," cried the girl, bravely, "and if you are men you will suffer me to pass. Only cowards would molest a woman!"
Chapter 4 of Jaquelina is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
in a courageous manner
From this reading “"Yes," cried the girl, bravely, "and if you are men you will suffer me to pass.”
plural of “coward” — a person who shows fear or timidity
From this reading “Only cowards would molest a woman!"”
come out into view, as from concealment
From this reading “Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.”
utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading “She heard a voice exclaim in profound surprise:”
light in a transparent protective case
From this reading “Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.”
horrible in fierceness or savagery
From this reading “Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.”
having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading
From this reading “Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.”
harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to
From this reading “Only cowards would molest a woman!"”
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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In this reading “Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.”
In this reading “Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.”
become less in amount or intensity
In this reading “Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.”
In this reading “Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.”
In this reading “"Yes," cried the girl, bravely, "and if you are men you will suffer me to pass.”
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 Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Yes," cried the girl, bravely, "and if you are men you will suffer me to pass.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Yes," cried the girl, bravely, "and if you are men you will suffer me to pass.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.
in a courageous manner
From this reading "Yes," cried the girl, bravely, "and if you are men you will suffer me to pass.
a lantern with a single opening and a sliding panel that can be closed to conceal the light
From this reading Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "By Jove, it's a woman!"
plural of “coward” — a person who shows fear or timidity
From this reading Only cowards would molest a woman!"
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Yes," cried the girl, bravely, "and if you are men you will suffer me to pass.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.
come out into view, as from concealment
From this reading Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.
utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading She heard a voice exclaim in profound surprise:
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.
gleam or glow intermittently
From this reading Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.
a young female
From this reading "Yes," cried the girl, bravely, "and if you are men you will suffer me to pass.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading She heard a voice exclaim in profound surprise:
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Yes," cried the girl, bravely, "and if you are men you will suffer me to pass.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She heard a voice exclaim in profound surprise:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "By Jove, it's a woman!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.
(Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus
From this reading "By Jove, it's a woman!"
light in a transparent protective case
From this reading Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.
horrible in fierceness or savagery
From this reading Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.
having its true character concealed with the intent of misleading
From this reading Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Yes," cried the girl, bravely, "and if you are men you will suffer me to pass.
the force of workers available
From this reading "Yes," cried the girl, bravely, "and if you are men you will suffer me to pass.
harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to
From this reading Only cowards would molest a woman!"
and nothing more
From this reading Only cowards would molest a woman!"
go across or through
From this reading "Yes," cried the girl, bravely, "and if you are men you will suffer me to pass.
showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth
From this reading She heard a voice exclaim in profound surprise:
cut with a saw
From this reading Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She heard a voice exclaim in profound surprise:
undergo or be subjected to
From this reading "Yes," cried the girl, bravely, "and if you are men you will suffer me to pass.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading She heard a voice exclaim in profound surprise:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Yes," cried the girl, bravely, "and if you are men you will suffer me to pass.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading She heard a voice exclaim in profound surprise:
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Yes," cried the girl, bravely, "and if you are men you will suffer me to pass.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Before the lurid flash died away, Jaquelina saw a second masked figure emerge from behind a tree with a bull's-eye lantern.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading "By Jove, it's a woman!"
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Only cowards would molest a woman!"
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes," cried the girl, bravely, "and if you are men you will suffer me to pass.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Yes," cried the girl, bravely, "and if you are men you will suffer me to pass.
Chapter 4 of Jaquelina by Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. Miller holds 111 sentences, grouped into 23 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 111 sentences of Jaquelina, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Jaquelina by Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. Miller exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 111 sentences, grouped into 23 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 23 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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