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Jean of the Lazy A

Chapter XXV · Chapter 25

Chapter 25 of Jean of the Lazy A is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By B. M. Bower • Curated US English Learning Edition

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LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows.

The clouds hung leaden and gray close over the earth; the smoke from the engine trailed a funereal plume across the grease-wood covered plain.

Away in the distance a low line of hills stretched vaguely, as though they were placed there to hold up the sky that was so heavy and dank.

Alongside the track every ditch ran full of clay-colored water that wrapped little, ragged wreaths of dirty foam around every obstruction, like the tawdry finery of the slums.

From the smoking-room where he had been for the past two hours with Art Osgood, Lite came unsteadily down the aisle, heralded as it were by the muffled scream of the whistle at a country crossing.

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Chapter XXV Reading 1/21

Jean of the Lazy A B. M. Bower

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Chapter XXV

Chapter 25

Chapter 25 of Jean of the Lazy A is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows. The clouds hung leaden and gray close over the earth; the smoke from the engine trailed a funereal plume across the grease-wood covered plain. Away in the distance a low line of hills stretched vaguely, as though they were placed there to hold up the sky that was so heavy and dank. Alongside the track every ditch ran full of clay-colored water that wrapped little, ragged wreaths of dirty foam around every obstruction, like the tawdry finery of the slums. From the smoking-room where he had been for the past two hours with Art Osgood, Lite came unsteadily down the aisle, heralded as it were by the muffled scream of the whistle at a country crossing.

Jean of the Lazy A

Chapter XXV · Chapter 25

Chapter 25 of Jean of the Lazy A is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/21 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows.

Line 2

The clouds hung leaden and gray close over the earth; the smoke from the engine trailed a funereal plume across the grease-wood covered plain.

Line 3

Away in the distance a low line of hills stretched vaguely, as though they were placed there to hold up the sky that was so heavy and dank.

Line 4

Alongside the track every ditch ran full of clay-colored water that wrapped little, ragged wreaths of dirty foam around every obstruction, like the tawdry finery of the slums.

Line 5

From the smoking-room where he had been for the past two hours with Art Osgood, Lite came unsteadily down the aisle, heralded as it were by the muffled scream of the whistle at a country crossing.

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a

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From this reading The clouds hung leaden and gray close over the earth; the smoke from the engine trailed a funereal plume across the grease-wood covered plain.

across

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aisle

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From this reading From the smoking-room where he had been for the past two hours with Art Osgood, Lite came unsteadily down the aisle, heralded as it were by the muffled scream of the whistle at a country crossing.

Alongside

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From this reading Alongside the track every ditch ran full of clay-colored water that wrapped little, ragged wreaths of dirty foam around every obstruction, like the tawdry finery of the slums.

and

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From this reading The clouds hung leaden and gray close over the earth; the smoke from the engine trailed a funereal plume across the grease-wood covered plain.

around

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From this reading Alongside the track every ditch ran full of clay-colored water that wrapped little, ragged wreaths of dirty foam around every obstruction, like the tawdry finery of the slums.

Art

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From this reading From the smoking-room where he had been for the past two hours with Art Osgood, Lite came unsteadily down the aisle, heralded as it were by the muffled scream of the whistle at a country crossing.

as

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From this reading Away in the distance a low line of hills stretched vaguely, as though they were placed there to hold up the sky that was so heavy and dank.

at

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From this reading LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows.

Away

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From this reading Away in the distance a low line of hills stretched vaguely, as though they were placed there to hold up the sky that was so heavy and dank.

BACKGROUND

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From this reading LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows.

been

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From this reading From the smoking-room where he had been for the past two hours with Art Osgood, Lite came unsteadily down the aisle, heralded as it were by the muffled scream of the whistle at a country crossing.

by

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From this reading From the smoking-room where he had been for the past two hours with Art Osgood, Lite came unsteadily down the aisle, heralded as it were by the muffled scream of the whistle at a country crossing.

came

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From this reading From the smoking-room where he had been for the past two hours with Art Osgood, Lite came unsteadily down the aisle, heralded as it were by the muffled scream of the whistle at a country crossing.

car

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From this reading LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows.

clay-colored

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From this reading Alongside the track every ditch ran full of clay-colored water that wrapped little, ragged wreaths of dirty foam around every obstruction, like the tawdry finery of the slums.

close

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From this reading The clouds hung leaden and gray close over the earth; the smoke from the engine trailed a funereal plume across the grease-wood covered plain.

clouds

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From this reading The clouds hung leaden and gray close over the earth; the smoke from the engine trailed a funereal plume across the grease-wood covered plain.

COMES

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From this reading LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows.

country

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From this reading From the smoking-room where he had been for the past two hours with Art Osgood, Lite came unsteadily down the aisle, heralded as it were by the muffled scream of the whistle at a country crossing.

covered

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From this reading The clouds hung leaden and gray close over the earth; the smoke from the engine trailed a funereal plume across the grease-wood covered plain.

crossing

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From this reading From the smoking-room where he had been for the past two hours with Art Osgood, Lite came unsteadily down the aisle, heralded as it were by the muffled scream of the whistle at a country crossing.

dank

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From this reading Away in the distance a low line of hills stretched vaguely, as though they were placed there to hold up the sky that was so heavy and dank.

desert

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From this reading LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows.

dirty

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From this reading Alongside the track every ditch ran full of clay-colored water that wrapped little, ragged wreaths of dirty foam around every obstruction, like the tawdry finery of the slums.

dismal

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From this reading LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows.

distance

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From this reading Away in the distance a low line of hills stretched vaguely, as though they were placed there to hold up the sky that was so heavy and dank.

ditch

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From this reading Alongside the track every ditch ran full of clay-colored water that wrapped little, ragged wreaths of dirty foam around every obstruction, like the tawdry finery of the slums.

down

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From this reading From the smoking-room where he had been for the past two hours with Art Osgood, Lite came unsteadily down the aisle, heralded as it were by the muffled scream of the whistle at a country crossing.

drear

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From this reading LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows.

dripping

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From this reading LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows.

earth

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From this reading The clouds hung leaden and gray close over the earth; the smoke from the engine trailed a funereal plume across the grease-wood covered plain.

engine

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From this reading The clouds hung leaden and gray close over the earth; the smoke from the engine trailed a funereal plume across the grease-wood covered plain.

every

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From this reading Alongside the track every ditch ran full of clay-colored water that wrapped little, ragged wreaths of dirty foam around every obstruction, like the tawdry finery of the slums.

finery

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From this reading Alongside the track every ditch ran full of clay-colored water that wrapped little, ragged wreaths of dirty foam around every obstruction, like the tawdry finery of the slums.

foam

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From this reading Alongside the track every ditch ran full of clay-colored water that wrapped little, ragged wreaths of dirty foam around every obstruction, like the tawdry finery of the slums.

For

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From this reading LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows.

from

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From this reading The clouds hung leaden and gray close over the earth; the smoke from the engine trailed a funereal plume across the grease-wood covered plain.

full

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From this reading Alongside the track every ditch ran full of clay-colored water that wrapped little, ragged wreaths of dirty foam around every obstruction, like the tawdry finery of the slums.

funereal

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From this reading The clouds hung leaden and gray close over the earth; the smoke from the engine trailed a funereal plume across the grease-wood covered plain.

gray

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From this reading The clouds hung leaden and gray close over the earth; the smoke from the engine trailed a funereal plume across the grease-wood covered plain.

grease-wood

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From this reading The clouds hung leaden and gray close over the earth; the smoke from the engine trailed a funereal plume across the grease-wood covered plain.

had

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From this reading LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows.

he

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From this reading From the smoking-room where he had been for the past two hours with Art Osgood, Lite came unsteadily down the aisle, heralded as it were by the muffled scream of the whistle at a country crossing.

heavy

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From this reading Away in the distance a low line of hills stretched vaguely, as though they were placed there to hold up the sky that was so heavy and dank.

heralded

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From this reading From the smoking-room where he had been for the past two hours with Art Osgood, Lite came unsteadily down the aisle, heralded as it were by the muffled scream of the whistle at a country crossing.

hills

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From this reading Away in the distance a low line of hills stretched vaguely, as though they were placed there to hold up the sky that was so heavy and dank.

hold

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From this reading Away in the distance a low line of hills stretched vaguely, as though they were placed there to hold up the sky that was so heavy and dank.

hours

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From this reading LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows.

hung

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From this reading The clouds hung leaden and gray close over the earth; the smoke from the engine trailed a funereal plume across the grease-wood covered plain.

in

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From this reading Away in the distance a low line of hills stretched vaguely, as though they were placed there to hold up the sky that was so heavy and dank.

it

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From this reading From the smoking-room where he had been for the past two hours with Art Osgood, Lite came unsteadily down the aisle, heralded as it were by the muffled scream of the whistle at a country crossing.

Jean

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From this reading LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows.

leaden

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From this reading The clouds hung leaden and gray close over the earth; the smoke from the engine trailed a funereal plume across the grease-wood covered plain.

like

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From this reading Alongside the track every ditch ran full of clay-colored water that wrapped little, ragged wreaths of dirty foam around every obstruction, like the tawdry finery of the slums.

line

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From this reading Away in the distance a low line of hills stretched vaguely, as though they were placed there to hold up the sky that was so heavy and dank.

LITE

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From this reading LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows.

little

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From this reading Alongside the track every ditch ran full of clay-colored water that wrapped little, ragged wreaths of dirty foam around every obstruction, like the tawdry finery of the slums.

low

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From this reading Away in the distance a low line of hills stretched vaguely, as though they were placed there to hold up the sky that was so heavy and dank.

muffled

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From this reading From the smoking-room where he had been for the past two hours with Art Osgood, Lite came unsteadily down the aisle, heralded as it were by the muffled scream of the whistle at a country crossing.

obstruction

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From this reading Alongside the track every ditch ran full of clay-colored water that wrapped little, ragged wreaths of dirty foam around every obstruction, like the tawdry finery of the slums.

OF

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From this reading LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows.

Osgood

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From this reading From the smoking-room where he had been for the past two hours with Art Osgood, Lite came unsteadily down the aisle, heralded as it were by the muffled scream of the whistle at a country crossing.

OUT

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From this reading LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows.

over

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From this reading The clouds hung leaden and gray close over the earth; the smoke from the engine trailed a funereal plume across the grease-wood covered plain.

past

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From this reading From the smoking-room where he had been for the past two hours with Art Osgood, Lite came unsteadily down the aisle, heralded as it were by the muffled scream of the whistle at a country crossing.

placed

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From this reading Away in the distance a low line of hills stretched vaguely, as though they were placed there to hold up the sky that was so heavy and dank.

plain

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From this reading The clouds hung leaden and gray close over the earth; the smoke from the engine trailed a funereal plume across the grease-wood covered plain.

plume

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From this reading The clouds hung leaden and gray close over the earth; the smoke from the engine trailed a funereal plume across the grease-wood covered plain.

ragged

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From this reading Alongside the track every ditch ran full of clay-colored water that wrapped little, ragged wreaths of dirty foam around every obstruction, like the tawdry finery of the slums.

rain

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From this reading LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows.

ran

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From this reading Alongside the track every ditch ran full of clay-colored water that wrapped little, ragged wreaths of dirty foam around every obstruction, like the tawdry finery of the slums.

sat

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From this reading LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows.

scream

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From this reading From the smoking-room where he had been for the past two hours with Art Osgood, Lite came unsteadily down the aisle, heralded as it were by the muffled scream of the whistle at a country crossing.

sky

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From this reading Away in the distance a low line of hills stretched vaguely, as though they were placed there to hold up the sky that was so heavy and dank.

slums

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From this reading Alongside the track every ditch ran full of clay-colored water that wrapped little, ragged wreaths of dirty foam around every obstruction, like the tawdry finery of the slums.

smoke

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From this reading The clouds hung leaden and gray close over the earth; the smoke from the engine trailed a funereal plume across the grease-wood covered plain.

smoking-room

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From this reading From the smoking-room where he had been for the past two hours with Art Osgood, Lite came unsteadily down the aisle, heralded as it were by the muffled scream of the whistle at a country crossing.

so

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From this reading Away in the distance a low line of hills stretched vaguely, as though they were placed there to hold up the sky that was so heavy and dank.

staring

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From this reading LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows.

streaked

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From this reading LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows.

stretched

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From this reading Away in the distance a low line of hills stretched vaguely, as though they were placed there to hold up the sky that was so heavy and dank.

stretches

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From this reading LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows.

tawdry

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From this reading Alongside the track every ditch ran full of clay-colored water that wrapped little, ragged wreaths of dirty foam around every obstruction, like the tawdry finery of the slums.

that

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From this reading LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows.

THE

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From this reading LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows.

there

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From this reading Away in the distance a low line of hills stretched vaguely, as though they were placed there to hold up the sky that was so heavy and dank.

they

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From this reading Away in the distance a low line of hills stretched vaguely, as though they were placed there to hold up the sky that was so heavy and dank.

though

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From this reading Away in the distance a low line of hills stretched vaguely, as though they were placed there to hold up the sky that was so heavy and dank.

to

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From this reading Away in the distance a low line of hills stretched vaguely, as though they were placed there to hold up the sky that was so heavy and dank.

track

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From this reading Alongside the track every ditch ran full of clay-colored water that wrapped little, ragged wreaths of dirty foam around every obstruction, like the tawdry finery of the slums.

trailed

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From this reading The clouds hung leaden and gray close over the earth; the smoke from the engine trailed a funereal plume across the grease-wood covered plain.

two

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From this reading From the smoking-room where he had been for the past two hours with Art Osgood, Lite came unsteadily down the aisle, heralded as it were by the muffled scream of the whistle at a country crossing.

under

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From this reading LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows.

unsteadily

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From this reading From the smoking-room where he had been for the past two hours with Art Osgood, Lite came unsteadily down the aisle, heralded as it were by the muffled scream of the whistle at a country crossing.

up

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From this reading Away in the distance a low line of hills stretched vaguely, as though they were placed there to hold up the sky that was so heavy and dank.

vaguely

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From this reading Away in the distance a low line of hills stretched vaguely, as though they were placed there to hold up the sky that was so heavy and dank.

was

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From this reading Away in the distance a low line of hills stretched vaguely, as though they were placed there to hold up the sky that was so heavy and dank.

water

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From this reading Alongside the track every ditch ran full of clay-colored water that wrapped little, ragged wreaths of dirty foam around every obstruction, like the tawdry finery of the slums.

were

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From this reading Away in the distance a low line of hills stretched vaguely, as though they were placed there to hold up the sky that was so heavy and dank.

where

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From this reading From the smoking-room where he had been for the past two hours with Art Osgood, Lite came unsteadily down the aisle, heralded as it were by the muffled scream of the whistle at a country crossing.

whistle

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From this reading From the smoking-room where he had been for the past two hours with Art Osgood, Lite came unsteadily down the aisle, heralded as it were by the muffled scream of the whistle at a country crossing.

windows

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From this reading LITE COMES OUT OF THE BACKGROUND For hours Jean had sat staring out at the drear stretches of desert dripping under the dismal rain that streaked the car windows.

with

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From this reading From the smoking-room where he had been for the past two hours with Art Osgood, Lite came unsteadily down the aisle, heralded as it were by the muffled scream of the whistle at a country crossing.

wrapped

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From this reading Alongside the track every ditch ran full of clay-colored water that wrapped little, ragged wreaths of dirty foam around every obstruction, like the tawdry finery of the slums.

wreaths

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From this reading Alongside the track every ditch ran full of clay-colored water that wrapped little, ragged wreaths of dirty foam around every obstruction, like the tawdry finery of the slums.

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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: 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.