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Jean of the Lazy A

Chapter XXIV · Chapter 24

Chapter 24 of Jean of the Lazy A is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By B. M. Bower • Curated US English Learning Edition

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THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

Jean had sat and listened to the wheels of the Golden State Limited clank over the cryptic phrase that meant so much.

"Letter-in-the-chaps!

Letter-in-the chaps!" was what they had said while the train pounded across the desert and slid through arroyas and deep cuts which leveled hills for its passing.

"Letter-in-the-chaps!

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Jean of the Lazy A

Chapter XXIV · Chapter 24

Chapter 24 of Jean of the Lazy A is here in full — 110 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/22 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

Line 2

Jean had sat and listened to the wheels of the Golden State Limited clank over the cryptic phrase that meant so much.

Line 3

"Letter-in-the-chaps!

Line 4

Letter-in-the chaps!" was what they had said while the train pounded across the desert and slid through arroyas and deep cuts which leveled hills for its passing.

Line 5

"Letter-in-the-chaps!

All words in this reading · 64

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across

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From this reading Letter-in-the chaps!" was what they had said while the train pounded across the desert and slid through arroyas and deep cuts which leveled hills for its passing.

and

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From this reading Jean had sat and listened to the wheels of the Golden State Limited clank over the cryptic phrase that meant so much.

arroyas

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From this reading Letter-in-the chaps!" was what they had said while the train pounded across the desert and slid through arroyas and deep cuts which leveled hills for its passing.

by

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

CHAPS

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

clank

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From this reading Jean had sat and listened to the wheels of the Golden State Limited clank over the cryptic phrase that meant so much.

cryptic

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From this reading Jean had sat and listened to the wheels of the Golden State Limited clank over the cryptic phrase that meant so much.

cuts

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From this reading Letter-in-the chaps!" was what they had said while the train pounded across the desert and slid through arroyas and deep cuts which leveled hills for its passing.

deep

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From this reading Letter-in-the chaps!" was what they had said while the train pounded across the desert and slid through arroyas and deep cuts which leveled hills for its passing.

desert

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From this reading Letter-in-the chaps!" was what they had said while the train pounded across the desert and slid through arroyas and deep cuts which leveled hills for its passing.

drag

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

eventually

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

fairly

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

for

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From this reading Letter-in-the chaps!" was what they had said while the train pounded across the desert and slid through arroyas and deep cuts which leveled hills for its passing.

go

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

Golden

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From this reading Jean had sat and listened to the wheels of the Golden State Limited clank over the cryptic phrase that meant so much.

had

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From this reading Jean had sat and listened to the wheels of the Golden State Limited clank over the cryptic phrase that meant so much.

hills

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From this reading Letter-in-the chaps!" was what they had said while the train pounded across the desert and slid through arroyas and deep cuts which leveled hills for its passing.

hours

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

IN

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

into

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

is

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

its

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From this reading Letter-in-the chaps!" was what they had said while the train pounded across the desert and slid through arroyas and deep cuts which leveled hills for its passing.

Jean

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From this reading Jean had sat and listened to the wheels of the Golden State Limited clank over the cryptic phrase that meant so much.

LETTER

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

Letter-in-the

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From this reading Letter-in-the chaps!" was what they had said while the train pounded across the desert and slid through arroyas and deep cuts which leveled hills for its passing.

Letter-in-the-chaps

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From this reading "Letter-in-the-chaps!

leveled

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From this reading Letter-in-the chaps!" was what they had said while the train pounded across the desert and slid through arroyas and deep cuts which leveled hills for its passing.

Limited

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From this reading Jean had sat and listened to the wheels of the Golden State Limited clank over the cryptic phrase that meant so much.

listened

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From this reading Jean had sat and listened to the wheels of the Golden State Limited clank over the cryptic phrase that meant so much.

maddened

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

may

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

meant

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From this reading Jean had sat and listened to the wheels of the Golden State Limited clank over the cryptic phrase that meant so much.

much

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From this reading Jean had sat and listened to the wheels of the Golden State Limited clank over the cryptic phrase that meant so much.

must

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

of

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

one

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

over

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From this reading Jean had sat and listened to the wheels of the Golden State Limited clank over the cryptic phrase that meant so much.

pace

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

passing

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From this reading Letter-in-the chaps!" was what they had said while the train pounded across the desert and slid through arroyas and deep cuts which leveled hills for its passing.

past

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

phrase

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From this reading Jean had sat and listened to the wheels of the Golden State Limited clank over the cryptic phrase that meant so much.

pounded

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From this reading Letter-in-the chaps!" was what they had said while the train pounded across the desert and slid through arroyas and deep cuts which leveled hills for its passing.

said

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From this reading Letter-in-the chaps!" was what they had said while the train pounded across the desert and slid through arroyas and deep cuts which leveled hills for its passing.

sat

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From this reading Jean had sat and listened to the wheels of the Golden State Limited clank over the cryptic phrase that meant so much.

slid

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From this reading Letter-in-the chaps!" was what they had said while the train pounded across the desert and slid through arroyas and deep cuts which leveled hills for its passing.

sluggishly

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

snail's

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

so

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

State

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From this reading Jean had sat and listened to the wheels of the Golden State Limited clank over the cryptic phrase that meant so much.

that

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

THE

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

them

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

themselves

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

they

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

Though

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From this reading THE LETTER IN THE CHAPS Though hours may drag themselves into the past so sluggishly that one is fairly maddened by the snail's pace of them, into the past they must go eventually.

through

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From this reading Letter-in-the chaps!" was what they had said while the train pounded across the desert and slid through arroyas and deep cuts which leveled hills for its passing.

to

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From this reading Jean had sat and listened to the wheels of the Golden State Limited clank over the cryptic phrase that meant so much.

train

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From this reading Letter-in-the chaps!" was what they had said while the train pounded across the desert and slid through arroyas and deep cuts which leveled hills for its passing.

was

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From this reading Letter-in-the chaps!" was what they had said while the train pounded across the desert and slid through arroyas and deep cuts which leveled hills for its passing.

what

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From this reading Letter-in-the chaps!" was what they had said while the train pounded across the desert and slid through arroyas and deep cuts which leveled hills for its passing.

wheels

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From this reading Jean had sat and listened to the wheels of the Golden State Limited clank over the cryptic phrase that meant so much.

which

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From this reading Letter-in-the chaps!" was what they had said while the train pounded across the desert and slid through arroyas and deep cuts which leveled hills for its passing.

while

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From this reading Letter-in-the chaps!" was what they had said while the train pounded across the desert and slid through arroyas and deep cuts which leveled hills for its passing.

Chapter 24 of Jean of the Lazy A by B. M. Bower holds 110 sentences, grouped into 22 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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Without: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Jean of the Lazy A; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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