Chapter 14 of Tales of the Jazz Age is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Tales of the Jazz Age is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Darling, I’ll eat your biscuits.” “They’re beautiful, anyway,” insisted Roxanne. “They’re--they’re decorative,” suggested Harry. Jeffrey took him up wildly. “That’s the word.
Chapter 14 of Tales of the Jazz Age is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading ““They’re beautiful, anyway,” insisted Roxanne.”
plural of “biscuit” — small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda
From this reading ““Darling, I’ll eat your biscuits.””
a special loved one
From this reading ““Darling, I’ll eat your biscuits.””
serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose
From this reading ““They’re--they’re decorative,” suggested Harry.”
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading ““They’re--they’re decorative,” suggested Harry.”
past form of “insist” — be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading ““They’re beautiful, anyway,” insisted Roxanne.”
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading ““They’re--they’re decorative,” suggested Harry.”
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
From this reading “Jeffrey took him up wildly.”
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 to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading “They’re beautiful, anyway,” insisted Roxanne.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “They’re beautiful, anyway,” insisted Roxanne.
plural of “biscuit” — small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda
From this reading “Darling, I’ll eat your biscuits.”
a special loved one
From this reading “Darling, I’ll eat your biscuits.”
serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose
From this reading “They’re--they’re decorative,” suggested Harry.
take in solid food
From this reading “Darling, I’ll eat your biscuits.”
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading “They’re--they’re decorative,” suggested Harry.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Jeffrey took him up wildly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Darling, I’ll eat your biscuits.”
past form of “insist” — be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading “They’re beautiful, anyway,” insisted Roxanne.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jeffrey took him up wildly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They’re beautiful, anyway,” insisted Roxanne.
past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading “They’re--they’re decorative,” suggested Harry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That’s the word.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “That’s the word.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They’re beautiful, anyway,” insisted Roxanne.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading Jeffrey took him up wildly.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Jeffrey took him up wildly.
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
From this reading Jeffrey took him up wildly.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading “That’s the word.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Darling, I’ll eat your biscuits.”
Chapter 14 of Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald holds 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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 14 holds 422 sentences of Tales of the Jazz Age, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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