Chapter 14 of A Daughter of Jehu is here in full — 274 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of A Daughter of Jehu is here in full — 274 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PILOT "Dear Dan! but you don't think it is anything serious, John?" "Oh, no, Miss Kitty. He'll be fit as a fiddle in two-three days. All I mean, he give himself a little wrinch, like, and I thought let him rest up a day or two, that's all. Anybody has to rest once in a while; any hoss, I would say."
Chapter 14 of A Daughter of Jehu is here in full — 274 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/54 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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any person at all
From this reading “Anybody has to rest once in a while; any hoss, I would say."”
bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
From this reading “He'll be fit as a fiddle in two-three days.”
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading “He'll be fit as a fiddle in two-three days.”
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading “PILOT "Dear Dan! but you don't think it is anything serious, John?"”
the combined stakes of the betters
From this reading “"Oh, no, Miss Kitty.”
operate an airplane
From this reading “PILOT "Dear Dan! but you don't think it is anything serious, John?"”
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading “All I mean, he give himself a little wrinch, like, and I thought let him rest up a day or two, that's all.”
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading “PILOT "Dear Dan! but you don't think it is anything serious, John?"”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He'll be fit as a fiddle in two-three days.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading All I mean, he give himself a little wrinch, like, and I thought let him rest up a day or two, that's all.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All I mean, he give himself a little wrinch, like, and I thought let him rest up a day or two, that's all.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Anybody has to rest once in a while; any hoss, I would say."
any person at all
From this reading Anybody has to rest once in a while; any hoss, I would say."
any thing at all
From this reading PILOT "Dear Dan! but you don't think it is anything serious, John?"
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He'll be fit as a fiddle in two-three days.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He'll be fit as a fiddle in two-three days.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading PILOT "Dear Dan! but you don't think it is anything serious, John?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PILOT "Dear Dan! but you don't think it is anything serious, John?"
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading All I mean, he give himself a little wrinch, like, and I thought let him rest up a day or two, that's all.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading He'll be fit as a fiddle in two-three days.
dearly loved
From this reading PILOT "Dear Dan! but you don't think it is anything serious, John?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PILOT "Dear Dan! but you don't think it is anything serious, John?"
bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
From this reading He'll be fit as a fiddle in two-three days.
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading He'll be fit as a fiddle in two-three days.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading All I mean, he give himself a little wrinch, like, and I thought let him rest up a day or two, that's all.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Anybody has to rest once in a while; any hoss, I would say."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All I mean, he give himself a little wrinch, like, and I thought let him rest up a day or two, that's all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He'll be fit as a fiddle in two-three days.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All I mean, he give himself a little wrinch, like, and I thought let him rest up a day or two, that's all.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading All I mean, he give himself a little wrinch, like, and I thought let him rest up a day or two, that's all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Anybody has to rest once in a while; any hoss, I would say."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading All I mean, he give himself a little wrinch, like, and I thought let him rest up a day or two, that's all.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He'll be fit as a fiddle in two-three days.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading PILOT "Dear Dan! but you don't think it is anything serious, John?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading PILOT "Dear Dan! but you don't think it is anything serious, John?"
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading PILOT "Dear Dan! but you don't think it is anything serious, John?"
the combined stakes of the betters
From this reading "Oh, no, Miss Kitty.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading All I mean, he give himself a little wrinch, like, and I thought let him rest up a day or two, that's all.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading All I mean, he give himself a little wrinch, like, and I thought let him rest up a day or two, that's all.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading All I mean, he give himself a little wrinch, like, and I thought let him rest up a day or two, that's all.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading All I mean, he give himself a little wrinch, like, and I thought let him rest up a day or two, that's all.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "Oh, no, Miss Kitty.
not any; not one
From this reading "Oh, no, Miss Kitty.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, no, Miss Kitty.
on one occasion
From this reading Anybody has to rest once in a while; any hoss, I would say."
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading All I mean, he give himself a little wrinch, like, and I thought let him rest up a day or two, that's all.
operate an airplane
From this reading PILOT "Dear Dan! but you don't think it is anything serious, John?"
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading All I mean, he give himself a little wrinch, like, and I thought let him rest up a day or two, that's all.
express in words
From this reading Anybody has to rest once in a while; any hoss, I would say."
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading PILOT "Dear Dan! but you don't think it is anything serious, John?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All I mean, he give himself a little wrinch, like, and I thought let him rest up a day or two, that's all.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading PILOT "Dear Dan! but you don't think it is anything serious, John?"
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading All I mean, he give himself a little wrinch, like, and I thought let him rest up a day or two, that's all.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Anybody has to rest once in a while; any hoss, I would say."
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading All I mean, he give himself a little wrinch, like, and I thought let him rest up a day or two, that's all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He'll be fit as a fiddle in two-three days.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading All I mean, he give himself a little wrinch, like, and I thought let him rest up a day or two, that's all.
during the time that
From this reading Anybody has to rest once in a while; any hoss, I would say."
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Anybody has to rest once in a while; any hoss, I would say."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All I mean, he give himself a little wrinch, like, and I thought let him rest up a day or two, that's all.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading PILOT "Dear Dan! but you don't think it is anything serious, John?"
Chapter 14 of A Daughter of Jehu by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards holds 274 sentences, grouped into 55 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.
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