Chapter 23 of The Awkward Age is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 23 of The Awkward Age is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Money?” Mitchy smiled. “A handsome present.” They were face to face again with more mute interchange. “She doesn’t want HIM to have lost--!”
Chapter 23 of The Awkward Age is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 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.
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
From this reading ““A handsome present.””
a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams
From this reading “They were face to face again with more mute interchange.”
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading ““She doesn’t want HIM to have lost--!””
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading ““Money?””
expressed without speech
From this reading “They were face to face again with more mute interchange.”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading ““A handsome present.””
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading “Mitchy smiled.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading ““She doesn’t want HIM to have lost--!””
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 “A handsome present.”
anew
From this reading They were face to face again with more mute interchange.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “She doesn’t want HIM to have lost--!”
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading They were face to face again with more mute interchange.
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
From this reading “A handsome present.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “She doesn’t want HIM to have lost--!”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “She doesn’t want HIM to have lost--!”
a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams
From this reading They were face to face again with more mute interchange.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading “She doesn’t want HIM to have lost--!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mitchy smiled.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading “Money?”
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading They were face to face again with more mute interchange.
expressed without speech
From this reading They were face to face again with more mute interchange.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “A handsome present.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She doesn’t want HIM to have lost--!”
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Mitchy smiled.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were face to face again with more mute interchange.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They were face to face again with more mute interchange.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “She doesn’t want HIM to have lost--!”
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were face to face again with more mute interchange.
in the company of; together with
From this reading They were face to face again with more mute interchange.
Chapter 23 of The Awkward Age by Henry James holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 23 holds 410 sentences of The Awkward Age, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 23 of The Awkward Age by Henry James exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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