Kangaroo

Chapter III

Chapter 3 of Kangaroo is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence • Curated US English Learning Edition

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Somers sat in front between Jack and Victoria Callcott, because he was so slight.

He made himself as small as he could, like the ham in the sandwich.

When he looked her way, he found Victoria watching him under her lashes, and as she met his eyes, she flared into smile that filled him with wonder.

She had such a charming, innocent look, like an innocent girl, naive and a little gawky.

Yet the strange exposed smile she gave him in the dusk.

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Chapter III Reading 1/80

Kangaroo

Chapter III

Chapter 3 of Kangaroo is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

Somers sat in front between Jack and Victoria Callcott, because he was so slight.

Line 2

He made himself as small as he could, like the ham in the sandwich.

/hiː meɪd hɪmˈself æz smɔːl æz hiː kʊd laɪk ðə hæm ɪn ðə ˈsændwɪtʃ/

Line 3

When he looked her way, he found Victoria watching him under her lashes, and as she met his eyes, she flared into smile that filled him with wonder.

/wen hiː lʊkt hɜːr weɪ hiː faʊnd vɪkˈtɔːriə ˈwɑːtʃɪŋ hɪm ˈʌndər hɜːr ˈlæʃɪz ənd æz ʃiː met hɪz aɪz ʃiː flerd ˈɪntuː smaɪl ðæt fɪld hɪm wɪð ˈwʌndər/

Line 4

She had such a charming, innocent look, like an innocent girl, naive and a little gawky.

/ʃiː hæd sʌtʃ ə ˈtʃɑːrmɪŋ ˈɪnəsənt lʊk laɪk æn ˈɪnəsənt ɡɜːrl ˌnaɪˈiːv ənd ə ˈlɪtəl ˈɡɔːki/

Line 5

Yet the strange exposed smile she gave him in the dusk.

/jet ðə streɪndʒ ɪkˈspoʊzd smaɪl ʃiː ɡeɪv hɪm ɪn ðə dʌsk/

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dusk noun US /dʌsk/

the time of day immediately following sunset

From this reading “Yet the strange exposed smile she gave him in the dusk.”

flared verb US /flerd/

past form of “flare” — burn brightly

From this reading “When he looked her way, he found Victoria watching him under her lashes, and as she met his eyes, she flared into smile that filled him with wonder.”

gawky adjective US /ˈɡɔːki/

lacking grace in movement or posture

From this reading “She had such a charming, innocent look, like an innocent girl, naive and a little gawky.”

ham noun US /hæm/

meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)

From this reading “He made himself as small as he could, like the ham in the sandwich.”

lashes noun US /ˈlæʃɪz/

plural of “lash” — any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids

From this reading “When he looked her way, he found Victoria watching him under her lashes, and as she met his eyes, she flared into smile that filled him with wonder.”

naive adjective US /ˌnaɪˈiːv/

marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience

From this reading “She had such a charming, innocent look, like an innocent girl, naive and a little gawky.”

sandwich noun US /ˈsændwɪtʃ/

two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them

From this reading “He made himself as small as he could, like the ham in the sandwich.”

Victoria noun US /vɪkˈtɔːriə/

queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)

From this reading “Somers sat in front between Jack and Victoria Callcott, because he was so slight.”

Word partnerships in these lines

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 front preposition + noun

at or in the front

In this reading “Somers sat in front between Jack and Victoria Callcott, because he was so slight.”

innocent girl adjective + noun

In this reading “She had such a charming, innocent look, like an innocent girl, naive and a little gawky.”

in the dusk preposition + article + noun counted as “in … dusk”

In this reading “Yet the strange exposed smile she gave him in the dusk.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading She had such a charming, innocent look, like an innocent girl, naive and a little gawky.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading She had such a charming, innocent look, like an innocent girl, naive and a little gawky.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Somers sat in front between Jack and Victoria Callcott, because he was so slight.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading He made himself as small as he could, like the ham in the sandwich.

becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/

for the reason that

From this reading Somers sat in front between Jack and Victoria Callcott, because he was so slight.

betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading Somers sat in front between Jack and Victoria Callcott, because he was so slight.

Callcott

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From this reading Somers sat in front between Jack and Victoria Callcott, because he was so slight.

charmingadjectiveUS /ˈtʃɑːrmɪŋ/

pleasing or delighting

From this reading She had such a charming, innocent look, like an innocent girl, naive and a little gawky.

couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading He made himself as small as he could, like the ham in the sandwich.

dusknounUS /dʌsk/

the time of day immediately following sunset

From this reading Yet the strange exposed smile she gave him in the dusk.

exposedadjectiveUS /ɪkˈspoʊzd/

with no protection or shield

From this reading Yet the strange exposed smile she gave him in the dusk.

eyesnounUS /aɪz/

opinion or judgment

From this reading When he looked her way, he found Victoria watching him under her lashes, and as she met his eyes, she flared into smile that filled him with wonder.

filledadjectiveUS /fɪld/

(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with

From this reading When he looked her way, he found Victoria watching him under her lashes, and as she met his eyes, she flared into smile that filled him with wonder.

flaredverbUS /flerd/

past form of “flare” — burn brightly

From this reading When he looked her way, he found Victoria watching him under her lashes, and as she met his eyes, she flared into smile that filled him with wonder.

foundverbUS /faʊnd/

set up or found

From this reading When he looked her way, he found Victoria watching him under her lashes, and as she met his eyes, she flared into smile that filled him with wonder.

frontnounUS /frʌnt/

the side that is forward or prominent

From this reading Somers sat in front between Jack and Victoria Callcott, because he was so slight.

gaveverbUS /ɡeɪv/

inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading Yet the strange exposed smile she gave him in the dusk.

gawkyadjectiveUS /ˈɡɔːki/

lacking grace in movement or posture

From this reading She had such a charming, innocent look, like an innocent girl, naive and a little gawky.

girlnounUS /ɡɜːrl/

a young female

From this reading She had such a charming, innocent look, like an innocent girl, naive and a little gawky.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading She had such a charming, innocent look, like an innocent girl, naive and a little gawky.

hamnounUS /hæm/

meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)

From this reading He made himself as small as he could, like the ham in the sandwich.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Somers sat in front between Jack and Victoria Callcott, because he was so slight.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading When he looked her way, he found Victoria watching him under her lashes, and as she met his eyes, she flared into smile that filled him with wonder.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading When he looked her way, he found Victoria watching him under her lashes, and as she met his eyes, she flared into smile that filled him with wonder.

himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading He made himself as small as he could, like the ham in the sandwich.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading When he looked her way, he found Victoria watching him under her lashes, and as she met his eyes, she flared into smile that filled him with wonder.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Somers sat in front between Jack and Victoria Callcott, because he was so slight.

innocentadjectiveUS /ˈɪnəsənt/

free from evil or guilt

From this reading She had such a charming, innocent look, like an innocent girl, naive and a little gawky.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading When he looked her way, he found Victoria watching him under her lashes, and as she met his eyes, she flared into smile that filled him with wonder.

JacknounUS /dʒæk/

a small worthless amount

From this reading Somers sat in front between Jack and Victoria Callcott, because he was so slight.

lashesnounUS /ˈlæʃɪz/

plural of “lash” — any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids

From this reading When he looked her way, he found Victoria watching him under her lashes, and as she met his eyes, she flared into smile that filled him with wonder.

likeverbUS /laɪk/

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading He made himself as small as he could, like the ham in the sandwich.

littleadjectiveUS /ˈlɪtəl/

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading She had such a charming, innocent look, like an innocent girl, naive and a little gawky.

lookverbUS /lʊk/

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading She had such a charming, innocent look, like an innocent girl, naive and a little gawky.

lookedverbUS /lʊkt/

past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading When he looked her way, he found Victoria watching him under her lashes, and as she met his eyes, she flared into smile that filled him with wonder.

madeadjectiveUS /meɪd/

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading He made himself as small as he could, like the ham in the sandwich.

metverbUS /met/

inflected form of “meet” — come together

From this reading When he looked her way, he found Victoria watching him under her lashes, and as she met his eyes, she flared into smile that filled him with wonder.

naiveadjectiveUS /ˌnaɪˈiːv/

marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience

From this reading She had such a charming, innocent look, like an innocent girl, naive and a little gawky.

sandwichnounUS /ˈsændwɪtʃ/

two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them

From this reading He made himself as small as he could, like the ham in the sandwich.

satnounUS /sæt/

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading Somers sat in front between Jack and Victoria Callcott, because he was so slight.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading When he looked her way, he found Victoria watching him under her lashes, and as she met his eyes, she flared into smile that filled him with wonder.

slightnounUS /slaɪt/

a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)

From this reading Somers sat in front between Jack and Victoria Callcott, because he was so slight.

smalladjectiveUS /smɔːl/

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading He made himself as small as he could, like the ham in the sandwich.

smileverbUS /smaɪl/

change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure

From this reading When he looked her way, he found Victoria watching him under her lashes, and as she met his eyes, she flared into smile that filled him with wonder.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Somers sat in front between Jack and Victoria Callcott, because he was so slight.

Somers

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Somers sat in front between Jack and Victoria Callcott, because he was so slight.

strangeadjectiveUS /streɪndʒ/

being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

From this reading Yet the strange exposed smile she gave him in the dusk.

suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading She had such a charming, innocent look, like an innocent girl, naive and a little gawky.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading When he looked her way, he found Victoria watching him under her lashes, and as she met his eyes, she flared into smile that filled him with wonder.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading He made himself as small as he could, like the ham in the sandwich.

underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading When he looked her way, he found Victoria watching him under her lashes, and as she met his eyes, she flared into smile that filled him with wonder.

VictorianounUS /vɪkˈtɔːriə/

queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)

From this reading Somers sat in front between Jack and Victoria Callcott, because he was so slight.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Somers sat in front between Jack and Victoria Callcott, because he was so slight.

watchingnounUS /ˈwɑːtʃɪŋ/

the act of observing; taking a patient look

From this reading When he looked her way, he found Victoria watching him under her lashes, and as she met his eyes, she flared into smile that filled him with wonder.

waynounUS /weɪ/

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading When he looked her way, he found Victoria watching him under her lashes, and as she met his eyes, she flared into smile that filled him with wonder.

WhenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading When he looked her way, he found Victoria watching him under her lashes, and as she met his eyes, she flared into smile that filled him with wonder.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading When he looked her way, he found Victoria watching him under her lashes, and as she met his eyes, she flared into smile that filled him with wonder.

wondernounUS /ˈwʌndər/

the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

From this reading When he looked her way, he found Victoria watching him under her lashes, and as she met his eyes, she flared into smile that filled him with wonder.

YetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading Yet the strange exposed smile she gave him in the dusk.

Chapter 3 of Kangaroo by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence holds 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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.

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