Chapter 5 of Jupiter Lights is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Jupiter Lights is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Your brother lives in Canada, I believe?" said Eve, coldly. "Canada?--what gave you that idea? He loathes Canada. He has charge of a mine on Lake Superior. He has always worked tremendously hard, poor old Paul!
Chapter 5 of Jupiter Lights is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada
From this reading “"Your brother lives in Canada, I believe?" said Eve, coldly.”
lacking warmth of feeling; in a cold, unemotional manner
From this reading “"Your brother lives in Canada, I believe?" said Eve, coldly.”
(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
From this reading “"Your brother lives in Canada, I believe?" said Eve, coldly.”
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading “He has charge of a mine on Lake Superior.”
United States feminist (1885-1977)
From this reading “He has always worked tremendously hard, poor old Paul!”
of high or superior quality or performance
From this reading “He has charge of a mine on Lake Superior.”
extremely
From this reading “He has always worked tremendously hard, poor old Paul!”
past form of “work” — exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading “He has always worked tremendously hard, poor old Paul!”
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 “He has charge of a mine on Lake Superior.”
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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 He has charge of a mine on Lake Superior.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading He has always worked tremendously hard, poor old Paul!
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading "Your brother lives in Canada, I believe?" said Eve, coldly.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading "Your brother lives in Canada, I believe?" said Eve, coldly.
a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada
From this reading "Your brother lives in Canada, I believe?" said Eve, coldly.
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
From this reading He has charge of a mine on Lake Superior.
lacking warmth of feeling; in a cold, unemotional manner
From this reading "Your brother lives in Canada, I believe?" said Eve, coldly.
(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
From this reading "Your brother lives in Canada, I believe?" said Eve, coldly.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "Canada?--what gave you that idea?
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading He has always worked tremendously hard, poor old Paul!
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He has charge of a mine on Lake Superior.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He loathes Canada.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Your brother lives in Canada, I believe?" said Eve, coldly.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "Canada?--what gave you that idea?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Your brother lives in Canada, I believe?" said Eve, coldly.
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading He has charge of a mine on Lake Superior.
plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading "Your brother lives in Canada, I believe?" said Eve, coldly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He loathes Canada.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading He has charge of a mine on Lake Superior.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He has charge of a mine on Lake Superior.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading He has always worked tremendously hard, poor old Paul!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He has charge of a mine on Lake Superior.
United States feminist (1885-1977)
From this reading He has always worked tremendously hard, poor old Paul!
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading He has always worked tremendously hard, poor old Paul!
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Your brother lives in Canada, I believe?" said Eve, coldly.
of high or superior quality or performance
From this reading He has charge of a mine on Lake Superior.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Canada?--what gave you that idea?
extremely
From this reading He has always worked tremendously hard, poor old Paul!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Canada?--what gave you that idea?
past form of “work” — exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading He has always worked tremendously hard, poor old Paul!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Canada?--what gave you that idea?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Your brother lives in Canada, I believe?" said Eve, coldly.
Chapter 5 of Jupiter Lights by Constance Fenimore Woolson holds 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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 5 holds 420 sentences of Jupiter Lights, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Jupiter Lights by Constance Fenimore Woolson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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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