Chapter 11 of My man Jeeves is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of My man Jeeves is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Jeeves projected himself into the room with the tea. I was jolly glad to see him. There’s nothing like having a bit of business arranged for one when one isn’t certain of one’s lines. With the teapot to fool about with I felt happier. “Tea, tea, tea—what?
Chapter 11 of My man Jeeves is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 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.
disposed or placed in a particular kind of order
From this reading “There’s nothing like having a bit of business arranged for one when one isn’t certain of one’s lines.”
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading “With the teapot to fool about with I felt happier.”
comparative of “happy” — enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “With the teapot to fool about with I felt happier.”
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading “I was jolly glad to see him.”
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading “There’s nothing like having a bit of business arranged for one when one isn’t certain of one’s lines.”
extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
From this reading “Jeeves projected himself into the room with the tea.”
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading “Jeeves projected himself into the room with the tea.”
pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle
From this reading “With the teapot to fool about with I felt happier.”
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 There’s nothing like having a bit of business arranged for one when one isn’t certain of one’s lines.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading With the teapot to fool about with I felt happier.
disposed or placed in a particular kind of order
From this reading There’s nothing like having a bit of business arranged for one when one isn’t certain of one’s lines.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading There’s nothing like having a bit of business arranged for one when one isn’t certain of one’s lines.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading There’s nothing like having a bit of business arranged for one when one isn’t certain of one’s lines.
definite but not specified or identified
From this reading There’s nothing like having a bit of business arranged for one when one isn’t certain of one’s lines.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading With the teapot to fool about with I felt happier.
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading With the teapot to fool about with I felt happier.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There’s nothing like having a bit of business arranged for one when one isn’t certain of one’s lines.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading I was jolly glad to see him.
comparative of “happy” — enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading With the teapot to fool about with I felt happier.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading There’s nothing like having a bit of business arranged for one when one isn’t certain of one’s lines.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I was jolly glad to see him.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Jeeves projected himself into the room with the tea.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was jolly glad to see him.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Jeeves projected himself into the room with the tea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There’s nothing like having a bit of business arranged for one when one isn’t certain of one’s lines.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jeeves projected himself into the room with the tea.
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading I was jolly glad to see him.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading There’s nothing like having a bit of business arranged for one when one isn’t certain of one’s lines.
plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another
From this reading There’s nothing like having a bit of business arranged for one when one isn’t certain of one’s lines.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There’s nothing like having a bit of business arranged for one when one isn’t certain of one’s lines.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There’s nothing like having a bit of business arranged for one when one isn’t certain of one’s lines.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There’s nothing like having a bit of business arranged for one when one isn’t certain of one’s lines.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There’s nothing like having a bit of business arranged for one when one isn’t certain of one’s lines.
extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
From this reading Jeeves projected himself into the room with the tea.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Jeeves projected himself into the room with the tea.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I was jolly glad to see him.
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading Jeeves projected himself into the room with the tea.
pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle
From this reading With the teapot to fool about with I felt happier.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Jeeves projected himself into the room with the tea.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There’s nothing like having a bit of business arranged for one when one isn’t certain of one’s lines.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I was jolly glad to see him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was jolly glad to see him.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Tea, tea, tea—what?
at the time that
From this reading There’s nothing like having a bit of business arranged for one when one isn’t certain of one’s lines.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Jeeves projected himself into the room with the tea.
Chapter 11 of My man Jeeves by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse holds 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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 11 holds 414 sentences of My man Jeeves, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of My man Jeeves by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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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