Chapter 10 of Mr. Jacobs is here in full — 12 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Mr. Jacobs is here in full — 12 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The afternoon mail brought me a postal-card: "I shall want you after all. Please ride night and day for a week. It is a matter of life and death." Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.
Chapter 10 of Mr. Jacobs is here in full — 12 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
From this reading “Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.”
marked by continuous change or effective action
From this reading “Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.”
a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
From this reading “Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.”
a prescribed selection of foods
From this reading “Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.”
refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
From this reading “Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.”
the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
From this reading “The afternoon mail brought me a postal-card:”
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading “Please ride night and day for a week.”
inflected form of “ride” — sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading “Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.”
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In this reading “Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.”
In this reading “Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.”
In this reading “Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.”
In this reading “Please ride night and day for a week.”
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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 The afternoon mail brought me a postal-card:
later than; following
From this reading "I shall want you after all.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading The afternoon mail brought me a postal-card:
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "I shall want you after all.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Please ride night and day for a week.
the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
From this reading Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading The afternoon mail brought me a postal-card:
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.
marked by continuous change or effective action
From this reading Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.
a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
From this reading Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Please ride night and day for a week.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading It is a matter of life and death."
a prescribed selection of foods
From this reading Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.
refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
From this reading Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Please ride night and day for a week.
greater in size or importance or degree
From this reading Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I shall want you after all.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is a matter of life and death."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is a matter of life and death."
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading It is a matter of life and death."
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.
the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
From this reading The afternoon mail brought me a postal-card:
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading It is a matter of life and death."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The afternoon mail brought me a postal-card:
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Please ride night and day for a week.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is a matter of life and death."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.
above and across; more than
From this reading Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading Please ride night and day for a week.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The afternoon mail brought me a postal-card:
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading Please ride night and day for a week.
inflected form of “ride” — sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "I shall want you after all.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Changing horses every five or six miles, I rode over the greater part of Asia, subsisting on a light but elegant diet of chocolate caramels.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The afternoon mail brought me a postal-card:
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "I shall want you after all.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading Please ride night and day for a week.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I shall want you after all.
Chapter 10 of Mr. Jacobs by Arlo Bates holds 12 sentences, grouped into 3 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 10 holds 12 sentences of Mr. Jacobs, unabridged, divided into 3 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Mr. Jacobs by Arlo Bates exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 12 sentences, grouped into 3 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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