Chapter 27 of Kangaroo is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of Kangaroo is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Somers was very pale, his face set. “Say you believe me. Say you believe me. And let us bring it to pass together. If I have you with me I know we can do it.
Chapter 27 of Kangaroo is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading ““Say you believe me.”
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “And let us bring it to pass together.”
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading “Somers was very pale, his face set.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “And let us bring it to pass together.”
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading “Somers was very pale, his face set.”
go across or through
From this reading “And let us bring it to pass together.”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “Somers was very pale, his face set.”
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading “And let us bring it to pass together.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And let us bring it to pass together.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading “Say you believe me.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading And let us bring it to pass together.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading If I have you with me I know we can do it.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading If I have you with me I know we can do it.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Somers was very pale, his face set.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If I have you with me I know we can do it.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Somers was very pale, his face set.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading If I have you with me I know we can do it.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If I have you with me I know we can do it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And let us bring it to pass together.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading If I have you with me I know we can do it.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading And let us bring it to pass together.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Say you believe me.
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading Somers was very pale, his face set.
go across or through
From this reading And let us bring it to pass together.
express in words
From this reading “Say you believe me.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Somers was very pale, his face set.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Somers was very pale, his face set.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And let us bring it to pass together.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading And let us bring it to pass together.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And let us bring it to pass together.
precisely as stated
From this reading Somers was very pale, his face set.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Somers was very pale, his face set.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading If I have you with me I know we can do it.
in the company of; together with
From this reading If I have you with me I know we can do it.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Say you believe me.
Chapter 27 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.
Chapter 27 holds 403 sentences of Kangaroo, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 27 of Kangaroo by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 403 sentences, grouped into 81 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 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Kangaroo, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
