Chapter 4 of Juju is here in full — 232 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Juju is here in full — 232 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE FIRST VICTIM. In a second he was up again, and ran desperately until he reached my side. Blood was flowing down his cheeks from five deep scratches. "The pongo," he gasped. "Nearly did for me.
Chapter 4 of Juju is here in full — 232 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading “Blood was flowing down his cheeks from five deep scratches.”
plural of “cheek” — either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading “Blood was flowing down his cheeks from five deep scratches.”
with great urgency
From this reading “In a second he was up again, and ran desperately until he reached my side.”
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
From this reading “Blood was flowing down his cheeks from five deep scratches.”
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading “"The pongo," he gasped.”
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading “"Nearly did for me.”
plural of “scratch” — an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
From this reading “Blood was flowing down his cheeks from five deep scratches.”
an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
From this reading “THE FIRST VICTIM.”
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.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading In a second he was up again, and ran desperately until he reached my side.
anew
From this reading In a second he was up again, and ran desperately until he reached my side.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In a second he was up again, and ran desperately until he reached my side.
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading Blood was flowing down his cheeks from five deep scratches.
plural of “cheek” — either side of the face below the eyes
From this reading Blood was flowing down his cheeks from five deep scratches.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading Blood was flowing down his cheeks from five deep scratches.
with great urgency
From this reading In a second he was up again, and ran desperately until he reached my side.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Nearly did for me.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Blood was flowing down his cheeks from five deep scratches.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading THE FIRST VICTIM.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading Blood was flowing down his cheeks from five deep scratches.
the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
From this reading Blood was flowing down his cheeks from five deep scratches.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Nearly did for me.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Blood was flowing down his cheeks from five deep scratches.
past form of “gasp” — breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
From this reading "The pongo," he gasped.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In a second he was up again, and ran desperately until he reached my side.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Blood was flowing down his cheeks from five deep scratches.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In a second he was up again, and ran desperately until he reached my side.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Nearly did for me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading In a second he was up again, and ran desperately until he reached my side.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading "Nearly did for me.
type genus of the family Pongidae: orangutans
From this reading "The pongo," he gasped.
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading In a second he was up again, and ran desperately until he reached my side.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading In a second he was up again, and ran desperately until he reached my side.
plural of “scratch” — an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
From this reading Blood was flowing down his cheeks from five deep scratches.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading In a second he was up again, and ran desperately until he reached my side.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading In a second he was up again, and ran desperately until he reached my side.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FIRST VICTIM.
up to a particular time
From this reading In a second he was up again, and ran desperately until he reached my side.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading In a second he was up again, and ran desperately until he reached my side.
an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
From this reading THE FIRST VICTIM.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In a second he was up again, and ran desperately until he reached my side.
Chapter 4 of Juju by Murray Leinster holds 232 sentences, grouped into 47 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 4 holds 232 sentences of Juju, unabridged, divided into 47 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Juju by Murray Leinster exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 232 sentences, grouped into 47 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.
Work through the 47 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 162 minutes of reading across 390 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Juju, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
