Chapter 29 of Kangaroo is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of Kangaroo is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Jaz laughed, looking back at Richard’s intense eyes. “What a man you are, Mr Somers!” he said. “Come and live in Sydney and you won’t find it such a big jump from anywhere else.” “No, I wouldn’t want to live in Sydney. I’d want to go back in the bush near one of the little townships.
Chapter 29 of Kangaroo is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or in or to any place
From this reading ““Come and live in Sydney and you won’t find it such a big jump from anywhere else.””
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading “I’d want to go back in the bush near one of the little townships.”
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
From this reading “Jaz laughed, looking back at Richard’s intense eyes.”
move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading ““Come and live in Sydney and you won’t find it such a big jump from anywhere else.””
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading “Jaz laughed, looking back at Richard’s intense eyes.”
possessive form of “richards” — English literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden and contributed to the development of Basic English (1893-1979)
the largest Australian city located in southeastern Australia on the Tasman Sea; state capital of New South Wales; Australia's chief port
From this reading ““Come and live in Sydney and you won’t find it such a big jump from anywhere else.””
plural of “township” — an administrative division of a county
From this reading “I’d want to go back in the bush near one of the little townships.”
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.
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belong to an earlier time
In this reading “I’d want to go back in the bush near one of the little townships.”
live in the house where one works
In this reading ““Come and live in Sydney and you won’t find it such a big jump from anywhere else.””
In this reading ““Come and live in Sydney and you won’t find it such a big jump from anywhere else.””
In this reading “I’d want to go back in the bush near one of the little townships.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “What a man you are, Mr Somers!” he said.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Come and live in Sydney and you won’t find it such a big jump from anywhere else.”
at or in or to any place
From this reading “Come and live in Sydney and you won’t find it such a big jump from anywhere else.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “What a man you are, Mr Somers!” he said.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Jaz laughed, looking back at Richard’s intense eyes.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Jaz laughed, looking back at Richard’s intense eyes.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Come and live in Sydney and you won’t find it such a big jump from anywhere else.”
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading I’d want to go back in the bush near one of the little townships.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “Come and live in Sydney and you won’t find it such a big jump from anywhere else.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Come and live in Sydney and you won’t find it such a big jump from anywhere else.”
opinion or judgment
From this reading Jaz laughed, looking back at Richard’s intense eyes.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading “Come and live in Sydney and you won’t find it such a big jump from anywhere else.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Come and live in Sydney and you won’t find it such a big jump from anywhere else.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I’d want to go back in the bush near one of the little townships.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “What a man you are, Mr Somers!” he said.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “No, I wouldn’t want to live in Sydney.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’d want to go back in the bush near one of the little townships.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Come and live in Sydney and you won’t find it such a big jump from anywhere else.”
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
From this reading Jaz laughed, looking back at Richard’s intense eyes.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Come and live in Sydney and you won’t find it such a big jump from anywhere else.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jaz laughed, looking back at Richard’s intense eyes.
move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “Come and live in Sydney and you won’t find it such a big jump from anywhere else.”
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading Jaz laughed, looking back at Richard’s intense eyes.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading I’d want to go back in the bush near one of the little townships.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading “Come and live in Sydney and you won’t find it such a big jump from anywhere else.”
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading Jaz laughed, looking back at Richard’s intense eyes.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “What a man you are, Mr Somers!” he said.
a form of address for a man
From this reading “What a man you are, Mr Somers!” he said.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading I’d want to go back in the bush near one of the little townships.
not any; not one
From this reading “No, I wouldn’t want to live in Sydney.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I’d want to go back in the bush near one of the little townships.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I’d want to go back in the bush near one of the little townships.
possessive form of “richards” — English literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden and contributed to the development of Basic English (1893-1979)
From this reading Jaz laughed, looking back at Richard’s intense eyes.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “What a man you are, Mr Somers!” he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What a man you are, Mr Somers!” he said.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading “Come and live in Sydney and you won’t find it such a big jump from anywhere else.”
the largest Australian city located in southeastern Australia on the Tasman Sea; state capital of New South Wales; Australia's chief port
From this reading “Come and live in Sydney and you won’t find it such a big jump from anywhere else.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I’d want to go back in the bush near one of the little townships.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “No, I wouldn’t want to live in Sydney.
plural of “township” — an administrative division of a county
From this reading I’d want to go back in the bush near one of the little townships.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “No, I wouldn’t want to live in Sydney.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What a man you are, Mr Somers!” he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Come and live in Sydney and you won’t find it such a big jump from anywhere else.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No, I wouldn’t want to live in Sydney.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What a man you are, Mr Somers!” he said.
Chapter 29 of Kangaroo by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence holds 387 sentences, grouped into 78 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 29 holds 387 sentences of Kangaroo, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 29 of Kangaroo by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 387 sentences, grouped into 78 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 78 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 78 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 29 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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How to work through Kangaroo section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Kangaroo, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
