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Chapter 2 of Night watches [complete] is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Night watches [complete] is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“She turned and looked up at me. Beautiful blue eyes she'd got, with long, curling lashes, and teeth like pearls. “'Father is so silly,' she ses, shaking her 'ead and looking down; 'and it's so unreasonable, because, as a matter of fact, I don't like young men. Oh, I beg your pardon, I didn't mean that. I didn't mean to be rude.'
Chapter 2 of Night watches [complete] is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 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.
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading “Oh, I beg your pardon, I didn't mean that.”
a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target
From this reading “Beautiful blue eyes she'd got, with long, curling lashes, and teeth like pearls.”
plural of “lash” — any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
From this reading “Beautiful blue eyes she'd got, with long, curling lashes, and teeth like pearls.”
plural of “pearl” — a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
From this reading “Beautiful blue eyes she'd got, with long, curling lashes, and teeth like pearls.”
socially incorrect in behavior
From this reading “I didn't mean to be rude.'”
the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements
From this reading ““'Father is so silly,' she ses, shaking her 'ead and looking down; 'and it's so unreasonable, because, as a matter of fact, I don't like young men.”
ludicrous, foolish
From this reading ““'Father is so silly,' she ses, shaking her 'ead and looking down; 'and it's so unreasonable, because, as a matter of fact, I don't like young men.”
not reasonable; not showing good judgment
From this reading ““'Father is so silly,' she ses, shaking her 'ead and looking down; 'and it's so unreasonable, because, as a matter of fact, I don't like young men.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 “'Father is so silly,' she ses, shaking her 'ead and looking down; 'and it's so unreasonable, because, as a matter of fact, I don't like young men.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “She turned and looked up at me.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “'Father is so silly,' she ses, shaking her 'ead and looking down; 'and it's so unreasonable, because, as a matter of fact, I don't like young men.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “She turned and looked up at me.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I didn't mean to be rude.'
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading Beautiful blue eyes she'd got, with long, curling lashes, and teeth like pearls.
for the reason that
From this reading “'Father is so silly,' she ses, shaking her 'ead and looking down; 'and it's so unreasonable, because, as a matter of fact, I don't like young men.
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading Oh, I beg your pardon, I didn't mean that.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading Beautiful blue eyes she'd got, with long, curling lashes, and teeth like pearls.
a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target
From this reading Beautiful blue eyes she'd got, with long, curling lashes, and teeth like pearls.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, I beg your pardon, I didn't mean that.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “'Father is so silly,' she ses, shaking her 'ead and looking down; 'and it's so unreasonable, because, as a matter of fact, I don't like young men.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “'Father is so silly,' she ses, shaking her 'ead and looking down; 'and it's so unreasonable, because, as a matter of fact, I don't like young men.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “'Father is so silly,' she ses, shaking her 'ead and looking down; 'and it's so unreasonable, because, as a matter of fact, I don't like young men.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Beautiful blue eyes she'd got, with long, curling lashes, and teeth like pearls.
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading “'Father is so silly,' she ses, shaking her 'ead and looking down; 'and it's so unreasonable, because, as a matter of fact, I don't like young men.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “'Father is so silly,' she ses, shaking her 'ead and looking down; 'and it's so unreasonable, because, as a matter of fact, I don't like young men.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Beautiful blue eyes she'd got, with long, curling lashes, and teeth like pearls.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “'Father is so silly,' she ses, shaking her 'ead and looking down; 'and it's so unreasonable, because, as a matter of fact, I don't like young men.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “'Father is so silly,' she ses, shaking her 'ead and looking down; 'and it's so unreasonable, because, as a matter of fact, I don't like young men.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “'Father is so silly,' she ses, shaking her 'ead and looking down; 'and it's so unreasonable, because, as a matter of fact, I don't like young men.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “'Father is so silly,' she ses, shaking her 'ead and looking down; 'and it's so unreasonable, because, as a matter of fact, I don't like young men.
plural of “lash” — any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
From this reading Beautiful blue eyes she'd got, with long, curling lashes, and teeth like pearls.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Beautiful blue eyes she'd got, with long, curling lashes, and teeth like pearls.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Beautiful blue eyes she'd got, with long, curling lashes, and teeth like pearls.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “She turned and looked up at me.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading “'Father is so silly,' she ses, shaking her 'ead and looking down; 'and it's so unreasonable, because, as a matter of fact, I don't like young men.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “'Father is so silly,' she ses, shaking her 'ead and looking down; 'and it's so unreasonable, because, as a matter of fact, I don't like young men.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “She turned and looked up at me.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading Oh, I beg your pardon, I didn't mean that.
the force of workers available
From this reading “'Father is so silly,' she ses, shaking her 'ead and looking down; 'and it's so unreasonable, because, as a matter of fact, I don't like young men.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “'Father is so silly,' she ses, shaking her 'ead and looking down; 'and it's so unreasonable, because, as a matter of fact, I don't like young men.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, I beg your pardon, I didn't mean that.
accept an excuse for
From this reading Oh, I beg your pardon, I didn't mean that.
plural of “pearl” — a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
From this reading Beautiful blue eyes she'd got, with long, curling lashes, and teeth like pearls.
socially incorrect in behavior
From this reading I didn't mean to be rude.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “'Father is so silly,' she ses, shaking her 'ead and looking down; 'and it's so unreasonable, because, as a matter of fact, I don't like young men.
the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements
From this reading “'Father is so silly,' she ses, shaking her 'ead and looking down; 'and it's so unreasonable, because, as a matter of fact, I don't like young men.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She turned and looked up at me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Beautiful blue eyes she'd got, with long, curling lashes, and teeth like pearls.
ludicrous, foolish
From this reading “'Father is so silly,' she ses, shaking her 'ead and looking down; 'and it's so unreasonable, because, as a matter of fact, I don't like young men.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “'Father is so silly,' she ses, shaking her 'ead and looking down; 'and it's so unreasonable, because, as a matter of fact, I don't like young men.
the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
From this reading Beautiful blue eyes she'd got, with long, curling lashes, and teeth like pearls.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Oh, I beg your pardon, I didn't mean that.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I didn't mean to be rude.'
moved around an axis or center
From this reading “She turned and looked up at me.
not reasonable; not showing good judgment
From this reading “'Father is so silly,' she ses, shaking her 'ead and looking down; 'and it's so unreasonable, because, as a matter of fact, I don't like young men.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “She turned and looked up at me.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Beautiful blue eyes she'd got, with long, curling lashes, and teeth like pearls.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading “'Father is so silly,' she ses, shaking her 'ead and looking down; 'and it's so unreasonable, because, as a matter of fact, I don't like young men.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Oh, I beg your pardon, I didn't mean that.
Chapter 2 of Night watches [complete] by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs holds 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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.
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