Chapter 17 of Raspberry Jam is here in full — 241 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVII
Chapter 17 of Raspberry Jam is here in full — 241 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Alvord, you shock me--you amaze me! How dare you talk to me of love, when my husband hasn’t been dead a fortnight?” “What matter, Eunice? You never really loved Sanford--” “I did--I did!” “Not lately, anyhow.
Chapter 17 of Raspberry Jam is here in full — 241 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/48 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
affect with wonder
From this reading ““Alvord, you shock me--you amaze me!”
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading ““Not lately, anyhow.”
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading “How dare you talk to me of love, when my husband hasn’t been dead a fortnight?””
a period of fourteen consecutive days
From this reading “How dare you talk to me of love, when my husband hasn’t been dead a fortnight?””
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “How dare you talk to me of love, when my husband hasn’t been dead a fortnight?””
in the recent past
From this reading ““Not lately, anyhow.”
held dear
From this reading “You never really loved Sanford--” “I did--I did!””
the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
From this reading ““Alvord, you shock me--you amaze me!”
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 How dare you talk to me of love, when my husband hasn’t been dead a fortnight?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Alvord, you shock me--you amaze me!
affect with wonder
From this reading “Alvord, you shock me--you amaze me!
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading “Not lately, anyhow.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading How dare you talk to me of love, when my husband hasn’t been dead a fortnight?”
take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission
From this reading How dare you talk to me of love, when my husband hasn’t been dead a fortnight?”
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading How dare you talk to me of love, when my husband hasn’t been dead a fortnight?”
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading You never really loved Sanford--” “I did--I did!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What matter, Eunice?
a period of fourteen consecutive days
From this reading How dare you talk to me of love, when my husband hasn’t been dead a fortnight?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How dare you talk to me of love, when my husband hasn’t been dead a fortnight?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How dare you talk to me of love, when my husband hasn’t been dead a fortnight?”
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading How dare you talk to me of love, when my husband hasn’t been dead a fortnight?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading You never really loved Sanford--” “I did--I did!”
in the recent past
From this reading “Not lately, anyhow.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading How dare you talk to me of love, when my husband hasn’t been dead a fortnight?”
held dear
From this reading You never really loved Sanford--” “I did--I did!”
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “What matter, Eunice?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Alvord, you shock me--you amaze me!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading How dare you talk to me of love, when my husband hasn’t been dead a fortnight?”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading You never really loved Sanford--” “I did--I did!”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Not lately, anyhow.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading How dare you talk to me of love, when my husband hasn’t been dead a fortnight?”
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading You never really loved Sanford--” “I did--I did!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You never really loved Sanford--” “I did--I did!”
the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
From this reading “Alvord, you shock me--you amaze me!
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading How dare you talk to me of love, when my husband hasn’t been dead a fortnight?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading How dare you talk to me of love, when my husband hasn’t been dead a fortnight?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What matter, Eunice?
at the time that
From this reading How dare you talk to me of love, when my husband hasn’t been dead a fortnight?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Alvord, you shock me--you amaze me!
Chapter 17 of Raspberry Jam by Carolyn Wells holds 241 sentences, grouped into 49 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 17 holds 241 sentences of Raspberry Jam, unabridged, divided into 49 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 17 of Raspberry Jam by Carolyn Wells exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 241 sentences, grouped into 49 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 49 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 49 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 17 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.
Common questions about reading Raspberry Jam by Carolyn Wells on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 4530 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #5335 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #5335, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 377 minutes of reading across 906 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Raspberry Jam section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 17 chapters of Raspberry Jam to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Raspberry Jam, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
