Chapter 14 of A Treatise on Domestic Economy is here in full — 19 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of A Treatise on Domestic Economy is here in full — 19 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ON HABITS OF SYSTEM AND ORDER. Question of the Equality of the Sexes, frivolous and useless. Relative Importance and Difficulty of the Duties a Woman is called to perform. Her Duties not trivial. More difficult than those of the Queen of a great Nation.
Chapter 14 of A Treatise on Domestic Economy is here in full — 19 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status
From this reading “Question of the Equality of the Sexes, frivolous and useless.”
not serious in content or attitude or behavior
From this reading “Question of the Equality of the Sexes, frivolous and useless.”
plural of “habit” — an established custom
From this reading “ON HABITS OF SYSTEM AND ORDER.”
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading “More difficult than those of the Queen of a great Nation.”
carry out or perform an action
From this reading “Relative Importance and Difficulty of the Duties a Woman is called to perform.”
a person related by blood or marriage
From this reading “Relative Importance and Difficulty of the Duties a Woman is called to perform.”
plural of “sex” — activities associated with sexual intercourse
From this reading “Question of the Equality of the Sexes, frivolous and useless.”
(informal) small and of little importance
From this reading “Her Duties not trivial.”
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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 Relative Importance and Difficulty of the Duties a Woman is called to perform.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ON HABITS OF SYSTEM AND ORDER.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Relative Importance and Difficulty of the Duties a Woman is called to perform.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading More difficult than those of the Queen of a great Nation.
an effort that is inconvenient
From this reading Relative Importance and Difficulty of the Duties a Woman is called to perform.
plural of “duty” — the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading Relative Importance and Difficulty of the Duties a Woman is called to perform.
the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status
From this reading Question of the Equality of the Sexes, frivolous and useless.
not serious in content or attitude or behavior
From this reading Question of the Equality of the Sexes, frivolous and useless.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading More difficult than those of the Queen of a great Nation.
plural of “habit” — an established custom
From this reading ON HABITS OF SYSTEM AND ORDER.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her Duties not trivial.
the quality of being important and worthy of note
From this reading Relative Importance and Difficulty of the Duties a Woman is called to perform.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Relative Importance and Difficulty of the Duties a Woman is called to perform.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading More difficult than those of the Queen of a great Nation.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading More difficult than those of the Queen of a great Nation.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Her Duties not trivial.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ON HABITS OF SYSTEM AND ORDER.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON HABITS OF SYSTEM AND ORDER.
(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading ON HABITS OF SYSTEM AND ORDER.
carry out or perform an action
From this reading Relative Importance and Difficulty of the Duties a Woman is called to perform.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading More difficult than those of the Queen of a great Nation.
challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
From this reading Question of the Equality of the Sexes, frivolous and useless.
a person related by blood or marriage
From this reading Relative Importance and Difficulty of the Duties a Woman is called to perform.
plural of “sex” — activities associated with sexual intercourse
From this reading Question of the Equality of the Sexes, frivolous and useless.
instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
From this reading ON HABITS OF SYSTEM AND ORDER.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading More difficult than those of the Queen of a great Nation.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Question of the Equality of the Sexes, frivolous and useless.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading More difficult than those of the Queen of a great Nation.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Relative Importance and Difficulty of the Duties a Woman is called to perform.
(informal) small and of little importance
From this reading Her Duties not trivial.
having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully
From this reading Question of the Equality of the Sexes, frivolous and useless.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Relative Importance and Difficulty of the Duties a Woman is called to perform.
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