Chapter 4 of Jean-Christophe Journey's End is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Jean-Christophe Journey's End is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"You people don't know anything at all...." Jacqueline's pretty pouting face, with its absorbed expression, Olivier's happy eyes that looked so far away, said only: "If you knew how boring we find you!... When shall we be left alone?" Even the presence of others could not embarrass them.
Chapter 4 of Jean-Christophe Journey's End is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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giving or marked by complete attention to
From this reading “Jacqueline's pretty pouting face, with its absorbed expression, Olivier's happy eyes that looked so far away, said only:”
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
From this reading “"If you knew how boring we find you!...”
cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
From this reading “Even the presence of others could not embarrass them.”
the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading “Jacqueline's pretty pouting face, with its absorbed expression, Olivier's happy eyes that looked so far away, said only:”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “Jacqueline's pretty pouting face, with its absorbed expression, Olivier's happy eyes that looked so far away, said only:”
-ing form of “pout” — be in a huff and display one's displeasure
From this reading “Jacqueline's pretty pouting face, with its absorbed expression, Olivier's happy eyes that looked so far away, said only:”
the state of being present; current existence
From this reading “Even the presence of others could not embarrass them.”
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading “Jacqueline's pretty pouting face, with its absorbed expression, Olivier's happy eyes that looked so far away, said only:”
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giving or marked by complete attention to
From this reading Jacqueline's pretty pouting face, with its absorbed expression, Olivier's happy eyes that looked so far away, said only:
(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 "You people don't know anything at all...."
Having no one else present.
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any thing at all
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in or near a particular place or position
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from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Jacqueline's pretty pouting face, with its absorbed expression, Olivier's happy eyes that looked so far away, said only:
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading When shall we be left alone?"
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
From this reading "If you knew how boring we find you!...
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Even the presence of others could not embarrass them.
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From this reading "You people don't know anything at all...."
cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
From this reading Even the presence of others could not embarrass them.
divisible by two
From this reading Even the presence of others could not embarrass them.
the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading Jacqueline's pretty pouting face, with its absorbed expression, Olivier's happy eyes that looked so far away, said only:
opinion or judgment
From this reading Jacqueline's pretty pouting face, with its absorbed expression, Olivier's happy eyes that looked so far away, said only:
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Jacqueline's pretty pouting face, with its absorbed expression, Olivier's happy eyes that looked so far away, said only:
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading Jacqueline's pretty pouting face, with its absorbed expression, Olivier's happy eyes that looked so far away, said only:
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading "If you knew how boring we find you!...
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Jacqueline's pretty pouting face, with its absorbed expression, Olivier's happy eyes that looked so far away, said only:
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on condition that; in the event that
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belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Jacqueline's pretty pouting face, with its absorbed expression, Olivier's happy eyes that looked so far away, said only:
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From this reading Jacqueline's pretty pouting face, with its absorbed expression, Olivier's happy eyes that looked so far away, said only:
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
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be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "You people don't know anything at all...."
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading When shall we be left alone?"
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading Jacqueline's pretty pouting face, with its absorbed expression, Olivier's happy eyes that looked so far away, said only:
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Even the presence of others could not embarrass them.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Even the presence of others could not embarrass them.
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From this reading Jacqueline's pretty pouting face, with its absorbed expression, Olivier's happy eyes that looked so far away, said only:
and nothing more
From this reading Jacqueline's pretty pouting face, with its absorbed expression, Olivier's happy eyes that looked so far away, said only:
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From this reading Even the presence of others could not embarrass them.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading "You people don't know anything at all...."
-ing form of “pout” — be in a huff and display one's displeasure
From this reading Jacqueline's pretty pouting face, with its absorbed expression, Olivier's happy eyes that looked so far away, said only:
the state of being present; current existence
From this reading Even the presence of others could not embarrass them.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading Jacqueline's pretty pouting face, with its absorbed expression, Olivier's happy eyes that looked so far away, said only:
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
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used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading When shall we be left alone?"
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Jacqueline's pretty pouting face, with its absorbed expression, Olivier's happy eyes that looked so far away, said only:
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Jacqueline's pretty pouting face, with its absorbed expression, Olivier's happy eyes that looked so far away, said only:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Even the presence of others could not embarrass them.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Even the presence of others could not embarrass them.
the speaker together with one or more other people
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at the time that
From this reading When shall we be left alone?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading Jacqueline's pretty pouting face, with its absorbed expression, Olivier's happy eyes that looked so far away, said only:
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You people don't know anything at all...."
Chapter 4 of Jean-Christophe Journey's End by Romain Rolland holds 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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.
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