Chapter 24 of Jocelyn is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of Jocelyn is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
When four o’clock sounded at last, he walked into the hall of the Mansions. As he mounted the stairs his sensations were not enviable. Would she be in? Would she see him? Alone?
Chapter 24 of Jocelyn is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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causing envy
From this reading “As he mounted the stairs his sensations were not enviable.”
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading “When four o’clock sounded at last, he walked into the hall of the Mansions.”
plural of “mansion” — (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
From this reading “When four o’clock sounded at last, he walked into the hall of the Mansions.”
assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support
From this reading “As he mounted the stairs his sensations were not enviable.”
according to the clock
plural of “sensation” — an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
From this reading “As he mounted the stairs his sensations were not enviable.”
past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way
From this reading “When four o’clock sounded at last, he walked into the hall of the Mansions.”
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading “As he mounted the stairs his sensations were not enviable.”
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 “When four o’clock sounded at last, he walked into the hall of the Mansions.”
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Having no one else present.
From this reading Alone?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As he mounted the stairs his sensations were not enviable.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When four o’clock sounded at last, he walked into the hall of the Mansions.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Would she be in?
causing envy
From this reading As he mounted the stairs his sensations were not enviable.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading When four o’clock sounded at last, he walked into the hall of the Mansions.
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
From this reading When four o’clock sounded at last, he walked into the hall of the Mansions.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When four o’clock sounded at last, he walked into the hall of the Mansions.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Would she see him?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading As he mounted the stairs his sensations were not enviable.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Would she be in?
moving to the inside of something
From this reading When four o’clock sounded at last, he walked into the hall of the Mansions.
immediately past
From this reading When four o’clock sounded at last, he walked into the hall of the Mansions.
plural of “mansion” — (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
From this reading When four o’clock sounded at last, he walked into the hall of the Mansions.
assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support
From this reading As he mounted the stairs his sensations were not enviable.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading As he mounted the stairs his sensations were not enviable.
according to the clock
From this reading When four o’clock sounded at last, he walked into the hall of the Mansions.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When four o’clock sounded at last, he walked into the hall of the Mansions.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Would she see him?
plural of “sensation” — an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
From this reading As he mounted the stairs his sensations were not enviable.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Would she be in?
past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way
From this reading When four o’clock sounded at last, he walked into the hall of the Mansions.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading As he mounted the stairs his sensations were not enviable.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When four o’clock sounded at last, he walked into the hall of the Mansions.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading When four o’clock sounded at last, he walked into the hall of the Mansions.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading As he mounted the stairs his sensations were not enviable.
at the time that
From this reading When four o’clock sounded at last, he walked into the hall of the Mansions.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would she be in?
Chapter 24 of Jocelyn by John Galsworthy holds 195 sentences, grouped into 39 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 24 holds 195 sentences of Jocelyn, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 24 of Jocelyn by John Galsworthy exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 195 sentences, grouped into 39 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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