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Jean of the Lazy A
Jean of the Lazy A

Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

Chapter 18 of Jean of the Lazy A is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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A NEW KIND OF PICTURE "What you doing now?"
Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.
Jean smiled abstractedly up at him.
"Why, I'm--why-y, I'm becoming a famous scenario writer!
Do you want me to go and plaster my face with grease-paint, and become a mere common leading lady again?"
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Jean of the Lazy A

Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

Chapter 18 of Jean of the Lazy A is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/37 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
A NEW KIND OF PICTURE "What you doing now?"
Line 2
Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.
Line 3
Jean smiled abstractedly up at him.
Line 4
"Why, I'm--why-y, I'm becoming a famous scenario writer!
Line 5
Do you want me to go and plaster my face with grease-paint, and become a mere common leading lady again?"

All words in this reading · 69

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.

A

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From this reading A NEW KIND OF PICTURE "What you doing now?"

abstractedly

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From this reading Jean smiled abstractedly up at him.

again

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From this reading Do you want me to go and plaster my face with grease-paint, and become a mere common leading lady again?"

an

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

and

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

around

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

at

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From this reading Jean smiled abstractedly up at him.

atlas

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

away

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

back

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

become

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From this reading Do you want me to go and plaster my face with grease-paint, and become a mere common leading lady again?"

becoming

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From this reading "Why, I'm--why-y, I'm becoming a famous scenario writer!

Burns

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

came

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

common

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From this reading Do you want me to go and plaster my face with grease-paint, and become a mere common leading lady again?"

corner

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

dear

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

Do

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From this reading Do you want me to go and plaster my face with grease-paint, and become a mere common leading lady again?"

doing

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From this reading A NEW KIND OF PICTURE "What you doing now?"

doorstep

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

face

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From this reading Do you want me to go and plaster my face with grease-paint, and become a mere common leading lady again?"

famous

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From this reading "Why, I'm--why-y, I'm becoming a famous scenario writer!

far

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

for

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

found

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

go

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From this reading Do you want me to go and plaster my face with grease-paint, and become a mere common leading lady again?"

Grant

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

grease-paint

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From this reading Do you want me to go and plaster my face with grease-paint, and become a mere common leading lady again?"

half

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

hat

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

head

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

her

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

him

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From this reading Jean smiled abstractedly up at him.

hour

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

house

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

I'm

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From this reading "Why, I'm--why-y, I'm becoming a famous scenario writer!

Jean

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From this reading Jean smiled abstractedly up at him.

KIND

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From this reading A NEW KIND OF PICTURE "What you doing now?"

knees

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

lady

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From this reading Do you want me to go and plaster my face with grease-paint, and become a mere common leading lady again?"

later

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

leading

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From this reading Do you want me to go and plaster my face with grease-paint, and become a mere common leading lady again?"

life

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

looking

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

me

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From this reading Do you want me to go and plaster my face with grease-paint, and become a mere common leading lady again?"

mere

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From this reading Do you want me to go and plaster my face with grease-paint, and become a mere common leading lady again?"

my

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From this reading Do you want me to go and plaster my face with grease-paint, and become a mere common leading lady again?"

NEW

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From this reading A NEW KIND OF PICTURE "What you doing now?"

now

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From this reading A NEW KIND OF PICTURE "What you doing now?"

OF

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From this reading A NEW KIND OF PICTURE "What you doing now?"

old

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

on

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

PICTURE

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From this reading A NEW KIND OF PICTURE "What you doing now?"

plaster

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From this reading Do you want me to go and plaster my face with grease-paint, and become a mere common leading lady again?"

Robert

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

scenario

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From this reading "Why, I'm--why-y, I'm becoming a famous scenario writer!

scribbling

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

sitting

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

smiled

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From this reading Jean smiled abstractedly up at him.

the

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

to

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From this reading Do you want me to go and plaster my face with grease-paint, and become a mere common leading lady again?"

up

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From this reading Jean smiled abstractedly up at him.

want

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From this reading Do you want me to go and plaster my face with grease-paint, and become a mere common leading lady again?"

What

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From this reading A NEW KIND OF PICTURE "What you doing now?"

Why

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From this reading "Why, I'm--why-y, I'm becoming a famous scenario writer!

why-y

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From this reading "Why, I'm--why-y, I'm becoming a famous scenario writer!

with

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From this reading Robert Grant Burns came around the corner of the house looking for her, half an hour later, and found her sitting on the doorstep with the old atlas on her knees and her hat far back on her head, scribbling away for dear life.

writer

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From this reading "Why, I'm--why-y, I'm becoming a famous scenario writer!

you

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From this reading A NEW KIND OF PICTURE "What you doing now?"

Chapter 18 of Jean of the Lazy A by B. M. Bower holds 188 sentences, grouped into 38 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

What does chapter 18 of Jean of the Lazy A contain?

Chapter 18 holds 188 sentences of Jean of the Lazy A, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 18 of Jean of the Lazy A by B. M. Bower exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 188 sentences, grouped into 38 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.

How do I study chapter 18 of Jean of the Lazy A?

Work through the 38 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 38 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.

Can chapter 18 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 18 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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Is this the complete text of Jean of the Lazy A?

Yes. All 4093 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #538 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #538, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 341 minutes of reading across 819 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Jean of the Lazy A

Words and structures a reader meets early in Jean of the Lazy A, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Without
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Jean of the Lazy A; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Going
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Jean of the Lazy A; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Psychological
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Jean of the Lazy A; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Discussion
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