Chapter 23 of Jaquelina is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 23 of Jaquelina is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
At that loving call Jaquelina staggered across the floor to Ronald's bedside. She laid her wan, white face upon his own, and kissed him through a rain of bitter tears. "Oh! my poor, poor murdered love," she sobbed wildly. "If you should die your poor Lina must die too." Ronald's arm stole around the slender form lovingly.
Chapter 23 of Jaquelina is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person)
From this reading “At that loving call Jaquelina staggered across the floor to Ronald's bedside.”
with fondness; with love
From this reading “Ronald's arm stole around the slender form lovingly.”
killed unlawfully
From this reading “"Oh! my poor, poor murdered love," she sobbed wildly.”
being of delicate or slender build
From this reading “Ronald's arm stole around the slender form lovingly.”
inflected form of “sob” — weep convulsively
From this reading “"Oh! my poor, poor murdered love," she sobbed wildly.”
past form of “stagger” — walk as if unable to control one's movements
From this reading “At that loving call Jaquelina staggered across the floor to Ronald's bedside.”
(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
From this reading “She laid her wan, white face upon his own, and kissed him through a rain of bitter tears.”
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
From this reading “"Oh! my poor, poor murdered love," she sobbed wildly.”
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 “She laid her wan, white face upon his own, and kissed him through a rain of bitter tears.”
In this reading “Ronald's arm stole around the slender form lovingly.”
In this reading “At that loving call Jaquelina staggered across the floor to Ronald's bedside.”
In this reading “At that loving call Jaquelina staggered across the floor to Ronald's bedside.”
In this reading “She laid her wan, white face upon his own, and kissed him through a rain of bitter tears.”
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 She laid her wan, white face upon his own, and kissed him through a rain of bitter tears.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading At that loving call Jaquelina staggered across the floor to Ronald's bedside.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She laid her wan, white face upon his own, and kissed him through a rain of bitter tears.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading Ronald's arm stole around the slender form lovingly.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Ronald's arm stole around the slender form lovingly.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At that loving call Jaquelina staggered across the floor to Ronald's bedside.
space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person)
From this reading At that loving call Jaquelina staggered across the floor to Ronald's bedside.
marked by strong resentment or cynicism
From this reading She laid her wan, white face upon his own, and kissed him through a rain of bitter tears.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading At that loving call Jaquelina staggered across the floor to Ronald's bedside.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading "If you should die your poor Lina must die too."
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading She laid her wan, white face upon his own, and kissed him through a rain of bitter tears.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
From this reading At that loving call Jaquelina staggered across the floor to Ronald's bedside.
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
From this reading Ronald's arm stole around the slender form lovingly.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She laid her wan, white face upon his own, and kissed him through a rain of bitter tears.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She laid her wan, white face upon his own, and kissed him through a rain of bitter tears.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She laid her wan, white face upon his own, and kissed him through a rain of bitter tears.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If you should die your poor Lina must die too."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At that loving call Jaquelina staggered across the floor to Ronald's bedside.
past form of “kiss” — touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
From this reading She laid her wan, white face upon his own, and kissed him through a rain of bitter tears.
set down according to a plan
From this reading She laid her wan, white face upon his own, and kissed him through a rain of bitter tears.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "If you should die your poor Lina must die too."
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading "Oh! my poor, poor murdered love," she sobbed wildly.
feeling or showing love and affection
From this reading At that loving call Jaquelina staggered across the floor to Ronald's bedside.
with fondness; with love
From this reading Ronald's arm stole around the slender form lovingly.
killed unlawfully
From this reading "Oh! my poor, poor murdered love," she sobbed wildly.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "If you should die your poor Lina must die too."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Oh! my poor, poor murdered love," she sobbed wildly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She laid her wan, white face upon his own, and kissed him through a rain of bitter tears.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh! my poor, poor murdered love," she sobbed wildly.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading She laid her wan, white face upon his own, and kissed him through a rain of bitter tears.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading "Oh! my poor, poor murdered love," she sobbed wildly.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading She laid her wan, white face upon his own, and kissed him through a rain of bitter tears.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At that loving call Jaquelina staggered across the floor to Ronald's bedside.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She laid her wan, white face upon his own, and kissed him through a rain of bitter tears.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "If you should die your poor Lina must die too."
being of delicate or slender build
From this reading Ronald's arm stole around the slender form lovingly.
inflected form of “sob” — weep convulsively
From this reading "Oh! my poor, poor murdered love," she sobbed wildly.
past form of “stagger” — walk as if unable to control one's movements
From this reading At that loving call Jaquelina staggered across the floor to Ronald's bedside.
a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
From this reading Ronald's arm stole around the slender form lovingly.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading She laid her wan, white face upon his own, and kissed him through a rain of bitter tears.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At that loving call Jaquelina staggered across the floor to Ronald's bedside.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At that loving call Jaquelina staggered across the floor to Ronald's bedside.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading She laid her wan, white face upon his own, and kissed him through a rain of bitter tears.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At that loving call Jaquelina staggered across the floor to Ronald's bedside.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading "If you should die your poor Lina must die too."
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She laid her wan, white face upon his own, and kissed him through a rain of bitter tears.
(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
From this reading She laid her wan, white face upon his own, and kissed him through a rain of bitter tears.
a Caucasian
From this reading She laid her wan, white face upon his own, and kissed him through a rain of bitter tears.
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
From this reading "Oh! my poor, poor murdered love," she sobbed wildly.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "If you should die your poor Lina must die too."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "If you should die your poor Lina must die too."
Chapter 23 of Jaquelina by Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. Miller holds 109 sentences, grouped into 22 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 23 holds 109 sentences of Jaquelina, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 23 of Jaquelina by Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. Miller exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 109 sentences, grouped into 22 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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