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The Ambassadors

Chapter XXVII · Chapter 27

Chapter 27 of The Ambassadors is here in full — 226 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Henry James • Curated US English Learning Edition

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“Ah for that, so have I,” he said with encouraging assent; so that—as if she had answered everything—they were briefly sociable on it.

It threw him back on his other thought, with which he took another turn; stopping again, however, presently with something of a glow.

“You see Jim’s really immense.

I think it will be Jim who’ll do it.”

She wondered.

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Chapter XXVII Reading 1/45

The Ambassadors

Chapter XXVII · Chapter 27

Chapter 27 of The Ambassadors is here in full — 226 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/45 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

“Ah for that, so have I,” he said with encouraging assent; so that—as if she had answered everything—they were briefly sociable on it.

Line 2

It threw him back on his other thought, with which he took another turn; stopping again, however, presently with something of a glow.

Line 3

“You see Jim’s really immense.

Line 4

I think it will be Jim who’ll do it.”

Line 5

She wondered.

All words in this reading · 53

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a

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From this reading It threw him back on his other thought, with which he took another turn; stopping again, however, presently with something of a glow.

again

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From this reading It threw him back on his other thought, with which he took another turn; stopping again, however, presently with something of a glow.

Ah

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From this reading “Ah for that, so have I,” he said with encouraging assent; so that—as if she had answered everything—they were briefly sociable on it.

another

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From this reading It threw him back on his other thought, with which he took another turn; stopping again, however, presently with something of a glow.

answered

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From this reading “Ah for that, so have I,” he said with encouraging assent; so that—as if she had answered everything—they were briefly sociable on it.

as

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From this reading “Ah for that, so have I,” he said with encouraging assent; so that—as if she had answered everything—they were briefly sociable on it.

assent

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From this reading “Ah for that, so have I,” he said with encouraging assent; so that—as if she had answered everything—they were briefly sociable on it.

back

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From this reading It threw him back on his other thought, with which he took another turn; stopping again, however, presently with something of a glow.

be

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From this reading I think it will be Jim who’ll do it.”

briefly

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From this reading “Ah for that, so have I,” he said with encouraging assent; so that—as if she had answered everything—they were briefly sociable on it.

do

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From this reading I think it will be Jim who’ll do it.”

encouraging

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From this reading “Ah for that, so have I,” he said with encouraging assent; so that—as if she had answered everything—they were briefly sociable on it.

everything

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From this reading “Ah for that, so have I,” he said with encouraging assent; so that—as if she had answered everything—they were briefly sociable on it.

for

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From this reading “Ah for that, so have I,” he said with encouraging assent; so that—as if she had answered everything—they were briefly sociable on it.

glow

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From this reading It threw him back on his other thought, with which he took another turn; stopping again, however, presently with something of a glow.

had

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From this reading “Ah for that, so have I,” he said with encouraging assent; so that—as if she had answered everything—they were briefly sociable on it.

have

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From this reading “Ah for that, so have I,” he said with encouraging assent; so that—as if she had answered everything—they were briefly sociable on it.

he

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From this reading “Ah for that, so have I,” he said with encouraging assent; so that—as if she had answered everything—they were briefly sociable on it.

him

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From this reading It threw him back on his other thought, with which he took another turn; stopping again, however, presently with something of a glow.

his

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From this reading It threw him back on his other thought, with which he took another turn; stopping again, however, presently with something of a glow.

however

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From this reading It threw him back on his other thought, with which he took another turn; stopping again, however, presently with something of a glow.

I

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From this reading “Ah for that, so have I,” he said with encouraging assent; so that—as if she had answered everything—they were briefly sociable on it.

if

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From this reading “Ah for that, so have I,” he said with encouraging assent; so that—as if she had answered everything—they were briefly sociable on it.

immense

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From this reading “You see Jim’s really immense.

it

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From this reading “Ah for that, so have I,” he said with encouraging assent; so that—as if she had answered everything—they were briefly sociable on it.

Jim

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From this reading I think it will be Jim who’ll do it.”

Jim's

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From this reading “You see Jim’s really immense.

of

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From this reading It threw him back on his other thought, with which he took another turn; stopping again, however, presently with something of a glow.

on

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From this reading “Ah for that, so have I,” he said with encouraging assent; so that—as if she had answered everything—they were briefly sociable on it.

other

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From this reading It threw him back on his other thought, with which he took another turn; stopping again, however, presently with something of a glow.

presently

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From this reading It threw him back on his other thought, with which he took another turn; stopping again, however, presently with something of a glow.

really

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From this reading “You see Jim’s really immense.

said

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From this reading “Ah for that, so have I,” he said with encouraging assent; so that—as if she had answered everything—they were briefly sociable on it.

see

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From this reading “You see Jim’s really immense.

she

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From this reading “Ah for that, so have I,” he said with encouraging assent; so that—as if she had answered everything—they were briefly sociable on it.

so

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From this reading “Ah for that, so have I,” he said with encouraging assent; so that—as if she had answered everything—they were briefly sociable on it.

sociable

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From this reading “Ah for that, so have I,” he said with encouraging assent; so that—as if she had answered everything—they were briefly sociable on it.

something

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From this reading It threw him back on his other thought, with which he took another turn; stopping again, however, presently with something of a glow.

stopping

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From this reading It threw him back on his other thought, with which he took another turn; stopping again, however, presently with something of a glow.

that

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From this reading “Ah for that, so have I,” he said with encouraging assent; so that—as if she had answered everything—they were briefly sociable on it.

they

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From this reading “Ah for that, so have I,” he said with encouraging assent; so that—as if she had answered everything—they were briefly sociable on it.

think

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From this reading I think it will be Jim who’ll do it.”

thought

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From this reading It threw him back on his other thought, with which he took another turn; stopping again, however, presently with something of a glow.

threw

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From this reading It threw him back on his other thought, with which he took another turn; stopping again, however, presently with something of a glow.

took

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From this reading It threw him back on his other thought, with which he took another turn; stopping again, however, presently with something of a glow.

turn

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From this reading It threw him back on his other thought, with which he took another turn; stopping again, however, presently with something of a glow.

were

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From this reading “Ah for that, so have I,” he said with encouraging assent; so that—as if she had answered everything—they were briefly sociable on it.

which

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From this reading It threw him back on his other thought, with which he took another turn; stopping again, however, presently with something of a glow.

who'll

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From this reading I think it will be Jim who’ll do it.”

will

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From this reading I think it will be Jim who’ll do it.”

with

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From this reading “Ah for that, so have I,” he said with encouraging assent; so that—as if she had answered everything—they were briefly sociable on it.

wondered

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From this reading She wondered.

You

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From this reading “You see Jim’s really immense.

Chapter 27 of The Ambassadors by Henry James holds 226 sentences, grouped into 46 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.

What does chapter 27 of The Ambassadors contain?

Chapter 27 holds 226 sentences of The Ambassadors, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.

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