Chapter 3 of A Debt of Honor is here in full — 72 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of A Debt of Honor is here in full — 72 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BRADLEY WENTWORTH. “ARE you back, Gerald?” “Yes, father, and I am going to surprise you. I have brought company with me.” “Company!
Chapter 3 of A Debt of Honor is here in full — 72 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/14 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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in or to or toward a former location
From this reading ““ARE you back, Gerald?””
United States politician who was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles (1917-1998)
From this reading “BRADLEY WENTWORTH.”
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “I have brought company with me.””
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading “I have brought company with me.””
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading ““Yes, father, and I am going to surprise you.”
the act of departing
From this reading ““Yes, father, and I am going to surprise you.”
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading ““Yes, father, and I am going to surprise you.”
an affirmative
From this reading ““Yes, father, and I am going to surprise you.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “Yes, father, and I am going to surprise you.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Yes, father, and I am going to surprise you.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “ARE you back, Gerald?”
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “ARE you back, Gerald?”
United States politician who was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles (1917-1998)
From this reading BRADLEY WENTWORTH.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading I have brought company with me.”
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading I have brought company with me.”
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “Yes, father, and I am going to surprise you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “ARE you back, Gerald?”
the act of departing
From this reading “Yes, father, and I am going to surprise you.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have brought company with me.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Yes, father, and I am going to surprise you.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I have brought company with me.”
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading “Yes, father, and I am going to surprise you.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Yes, father, and I am going to surprise you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BRADLEY WENTWORTH.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I have brought company with me.”
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, father, and I am going to surprise you.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “ARE you back, Gerald?”
Chapter 3 of A Debt of Honor by Horatio, Jr. Alger holds 72 sentences, grouped into 15 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 3 holds 72 sentences of A Debt of Honor, unabridged, divided into 15 reading sections.
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