Chapter 10 of The Jungle Book is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Jungle Book is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Go and find out,” said Sea Vitch, shutting his eyes. “Run away. We’re busy here.” Kotick made his dolphin-jump in the air and shouted as loud as he could: “Clam-eater! Clam-eater!”
Chapter 10 of The Jungle Book is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading “Kotick made his dolphin-jump in the air and shouted as loud as he could: “Clam-eater!”
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading “We’re busy here.””
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading ““Go and find out,” said Sea Vitch, shutting his eyes.”
characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
From this reading “Kotick made his dolphin-jump in the air and shouted as loud as he could: “Clam-eater!”
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading ““Run away.”
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading ““Go and find out,” said Sea Vitch, shutting his eyes.”
in a vehement outcry
From this reading “Kotick made his dolphin-jump in the air and shouted as loud as he could: “Clam-eater!”
the act of closing something
From this reading ““Go and find out,” said Sea Vitch, shutting his eyes.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading Kotick made his dolphin-jump in the air and shouted as loud as he could: “Clam-eater!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Go and find out,” said Sea Vitch, shutting his eyes.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Kotick made his dolphin-jump in the air and shouted as loud as he could: “Clam-eater!
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “Run away.
actively or fully engaged or occupied
From this reading We’re busy here.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Kotick made his dolphin-jump in the air and shouted as loud as he could: “Clam-eater!
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Kotick made his dolphin-jump in the air and shouted as loud as he could: “Clam-eater!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Kotick made his dolphin-jump in the air and shouted as loud as he could: “Clam-eater!
opinion or judgment
From this reading “Go and find out,” said Sea Vitch, shutting his eyes.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading “Go and find out,” said Sea Vitch, shutting his eyes.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Go and find out,” said Sea Vitch, shutting his eyes.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Kotick made his dolphin-jump in the air and shouted as loud as he could: “Clam-eater!
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading We’re busy here.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Go and find out,” said Sea Vitch, shutting his eyes.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Kotick made his dolphin-jump in the air and shouted as loud as he could: “Clam-eater!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Kotick made his dolphin-jump in the air and shouted as loud as he could: “Clam-eater!
characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
From this reading Kotick made his dolphin-jump in the air and shouted as loud as he could: “Clam-eater!
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Kotick made his dolphin-jump in the air and shouted as loud as he could: “Clam-eater!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading “Go and find out,” said Sea Vitch, shutting his eyes.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “Run away.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Go and find out,” said Sea Vitch, shutting his eyes.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading “Go and find out,” said Sea Vitch, shutting his eyes.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading Kotick made his dolphin-jump in the air and shouted as loud as he could: “Clam-eater!
the act of closing something
From this reading “Go and find out,” said Sea Vitch, shutting his eyes.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Kotick made his dolphin-jump in the air and shouted as loud as he could: “Clam-eater!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Go and find out,” said Sea Vitch, shutting his eyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We’re busy here.”
Chapter 10 of The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling holds 182 sentences, grouped into 37 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 10 holds 182 sentences of The Jungle Book, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 182 sentences, grouped into 37 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 37 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 37 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 10 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.
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About 251 minutes of reading across 604 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Jungle Book section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Jungle Book, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
