Chapter 8 of My man Jeeves is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of My man Jeeves is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“You ought to be in some sort of a home, Reggie.” “Ass!” I cried. “Don’t you understand? Have you ever heard of twin-brothers who weren’t exactly alike?
Chapter 8 of My man Jeeves is here in full — 402 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
equally
From this reading “Have you ever heard of twin-brothers who weren’t exactly alike?”
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
From this reading ““Ass!””
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “I cried.”
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading “Have you ever heard of twin-brothers who weren’t exactly alike?”
where you live at a particular time
From this reading ““You ought to be in some sort of a home, Reggie.””
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading ““You ought to be in some sort of a home, Reggie.””
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading ““You ought to be in some sort of a home, Reggie.””
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading ““Don’t you understand?”
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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 “You ought to be in some sort of a home, Reggie.”
equally
From this reading Have you ever heard of twin-brothers who weren’t exactly alike?
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
From this reading “Ass!”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “You ought to be in some sort of a home, Reggie.”
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading I cried.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Don’t you understand?
at any time
From this reading Have you ever heard of twin-brothers who weren’t exactly alike?
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading Have you ever heard of twin-brothers who weren’t exactly alike?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have you ever heard of twin-brothers who weren’t exactly alike?
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Have you ever heard of twin-brothers who weren’t exactly alike?
where you live at a particular time
From this reading “You ought to be in some sort of a home, Reggie.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I cried.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “You ought to be in some sort of a home, Reggie.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “You ought to be in some sort of a home, Reggie.”
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “You ought to be in some sort of a home, Reggie.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You ought to be in some sort of a home, Reggie.”
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “You ought to be in some sort of a home, Reggie.”
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading “You ought to be in some sort of a home, Reggie.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “You ought to be in some sort of a home, Reggie.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Have you ever heard of twin-brothers who weren’t exactly alike?
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading “Don’t you understand?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Have you ever heard of twin-brothers who weren’t exactly alike?
which person or people
From this reading Have you ever heard of twin-brothers who weren’t exactly alike?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You ought to be in some sort of a home, Reggie.”
Chapter 8 of My man Jeeves by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse holds 402 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 8 holds 402 sentences of My man Jeeves, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of My man Jeeves by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 402 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.
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