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Read “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë in English. Tap any word for its meaning, hear how it sounds, and save it to a memory-driven review schedule.
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DICTIONARY
TRANSLATION
apreciar, atesorar
to feel warm affection for; to hold something dear.
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The opening
How “Jane Eyre” begins
There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.
We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning; but since dinner ( Mrs. Reed, when there was no company, dined early) the cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so sombre, and a rain so penetrating, that further outdoor exercise was now out of the question.
I was glad of it: I never liked long walks, especially on chilly afternoons: dreadful to me was the coming home in the raw twilight, with nipped fingers and toes, and a heart saddened by the chidings of Bessie, the nurse, and humbled by the consciousness of my physical inferiority to Eliza, John, and Georgiana Reed.
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Vocabulary
Words to know before you start
The 30 words you will meet most often in “Jane Eyre” at level B2 and above, with how many times each one appears.
- master
- seek
- temple
- thus
- strike
- bear
- approach
- dare
- candle
- tone
- soul
- exclaim
- proceed
- glance
- scarcely
- tear
- presence
- observe
- mere
- address
- circumstance
- existence
- cheek
- fortune
- gaze
- demand
- wander
- inquire
- presently
- moor
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Grammar
Grammar you will meet in “Jane Eyre”
How much of each kind of grammar “Jane Eyre” uses, counted in the sentences the Reader marks: per 10,000 words, compared with the other books in the library.
- Perfect tenses
- Passive voice
- Relative clauses
- Modal verbs
- Phrasal verbs
- -ing forms and to-infinitives
- Reported speech
- Conditionals
Constructions to look for
- Phrasal verbs with 'out' (find out, carry out, work out) A name casually written on a slip of paper has enabled me to find her out.
- try to do I tried to walk again: I dragged my exhausted limbs slowly towards it.
- I used to … What tricks Theodore and I used to play on our Miss Wilsons, and Mrs.
Counted the way the Reader shows it: one card per construction in a sentence. Open the book in the Reader and tap a highlighted phrase to see the rule.
Library
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About the book
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