Chapter 24 of A Daughter of Jehu is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of A Daughter of Jehu is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HASTE TO THE WEDDING! Well! that is really all. Tom had come home: those four little words hold the rest of Kitty Ross's story. "The Duke of Lee Would married be To a gentlewoman of high quality." And "How happy would that gentlewoman be To be blessed with the Duke's good company!"
Chapter 24 of A Daughter of Jehu is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/27 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
From this reading “And "How happy would that gentlewoman be To be blessed with the Duke's good company!"”
possessive form of “duke” — a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading “And "How happy would that gentlewoman be To be blessed with the Duke's good company!"”
a woman of refinement
From this reading “"The Duke of Lee Would married be To a gentlewoman of high quality."”
the combined stakes of the betters
From this reading “Tom had come home: those four little words hold the rest of Kitty Ross's story.”
United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
From this reading “"The Duke of Lee Would married be To a gentlewoman of high quality."”
an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
From this reading “"The Duke of Lee Would married be To a gentlewoman of high quality."”
possessive form of “ross” — Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
From this reading “Tom had come home: those four little words hold the rest of Kitty Ross's story.”
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
From this reading “HASTE TO THE WEDDING!”
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the quality of being superior
In this reading “"The Duke of Lee Would married be To a gentlewoman of high quality."”
become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
In this reading “Tom had come home: those four little words hold the rest of Kitty Ross's story.”
In this reading “And "How happy would that gentlewoman be To be blessed with the Duke's good company!"”
In this reading “Tom had come home: those four little words hold the rest of Kitty Ross's story.”
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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 "The Duke of Lee Would married be To a gentlewoman of high quality."
(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 Well! that is really all.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And "How happy would that gentlewoman be To be blessed with the Duke's good company!"
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "The Duke of Lee Would married be To a gentlewoman of high quality."
highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
From this reading And "How happy would that gentlewoman be To be blessed with the Duke's good company!"
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Tom had come home: those four little words hold the rest of Kitty Ross's story.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading And "How happy would that gentlewoman be To be blessed with the Duke's good company!"
a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading "The Duke of Lee Would married be To a gentlewoman of high quality."
possessive form of “duke” — a British peer of the highest rank
From this reading And "How happy would that gentlewoman be To be blessed with the Duke's good company!"
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading Tom had come home: those four little words hold the rest of Kitty Ross's story.
a woman of refinement
From this reading "The Duke of Lee Would married be To a gentlewoman of high quality."
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading And "How happy would that gentlewoman be To be blessed with the Duke's good company!"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Tom had come home: those four little words hold the rest of Kitty Ross's story.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading And "How happy would that gentlewoman be To be blessed with the Duke's good company!"
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading HASTE TO THE WEDDING!
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading "The Duke of Lee Would married be To a gentlewoman of high quality."
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Tom had come home: those four little words hold the rest of Kitty Ross's story.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading Tom had come home: those four little words hold the rest of Kitty Ross's story.
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From this reading And "How happy would that gentlewoman be To be blessed with the Duke's good company!"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Well! that is really all.
the combined stakes of the betters
From this reading Tom had come home: those four little words hold the rest of Kitty Ross's story.
United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
From this reading "The Duke of Lee Would married be To a gentlewoman of high quality."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Tom had come home: those four little words hold the rest of Kitty Ross's story.
joined in matrimony
From this reading "The Duke of Lee Would married be To a gentlewoman of high quality."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Tom had come home: those four little words hold the rest of Kitty Ross's story.
an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
From this reading "The Duke of Lee Would married be To a gentlewoman of high quality."
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading Well! that is really all.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading Tom had come home: those four little words hold the rest of Kitty Ross's story.
possessive form of “ross” — Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
From this reading Tom had come home: those four little words hold the rest of Kitty Ross's story.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading Tom had come home: those four little words hold the rest of Kitty Ross's story.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Well! that is really all.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HASTE TO THE WEDDING!
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Tom had come home: those four little words hold the rest of Kitty Ross's story.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HASTE TO THE WEDDING!
male cat
From this reading Tom had come home: those four little words hold the rest of Kitty Ross's story.
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
From this reading HASTE TO THE WEDDING!
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well! that is really all.
in the company of; together with
From this reading And "How happy would that gentlewoman be To be blessed with the Duke's good company!"
the words that are spoken
From this reading Tom had come home: those four little words hold the rest of Kitty Ross's story.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "The Duke of Lee Would married be To a gentlewoman of high quality."
Chapter 24 of A Daughter of Jehu by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards holds 138 sentences, grouped into 28 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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