Chapter 1 of Justice is here in full — 299 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Justice is here in full — 299 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FROME. [Hastily] Yes, quite--and what prevented you? RUTH. I was outside his office when he was taken away. It nearly broke my heart.
Chapter 1 of Justice is here in full — 299 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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lacking funds
From this reading “It nearly broke my heart.”
in a hurried or hasty manner
From this reading “[Hastily] Yes, quite--and what prevented you?”
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading “It nearly broke my heart.”
place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
From this reading “I was outside his office when he was taken away.”
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading “I was outside his office when he was taken away.”
past form of “prevent” — keep from happening or arising; make impossible
From this reading “[Hastily] Yes, quite--and what prevented you?”
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading “RUTH.”
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading “I was outside his office when he was taken away.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [Hastily] Yes, quite--and what prevented you?
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I was outside his office when he was taken away.
lacking funds
From this reading It nearly broke my heart.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FROME.
in a hurried or hasty manner
From this reading [Hastily] Yes, quite--and what prevented you?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I was outside his office when he was taken away.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading It nearly broke my heart.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I was outside his office when he was taken away.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was outside his office when he was taken away.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It nearly broke my heart.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It nearly broke my heart.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading It nearly broke my heart.
place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
From this reading I was outside his office when he was taken away.
relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
From this reading I was outside his office when he was taken away.
past form of “prevent” — keep from happening or arising; make impossible
From this reading [Hastily] Yes, quite--and what prevented you?
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading [Hastily] Yes, quite--and what prevented you?
United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
From this reading RUTH.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading I was outside his office when he was taken away.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was outside his office when he was taken away.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading [Hastily] Yes, quite--and what prevented you?
at the time that
From this reading I was outside his office when he was taken away.
an affirmative
From this reading [Hastily] Yes, quite--and what prevented you?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading [Hastily] Yes, quite--and what prevented you?
Chapter 1 of Justice by John Galsworthy holds 299 sentences, grouped into 60 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.
Chapter 1 holds 299 sentences of Justice, unabridged, divided into 60 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Justice by John Galsworthy exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 299 sentences, grouped into 60 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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About 73 minutes of reading across 176 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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