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Jose: Our Little Portuguese Cousin
Jose: Our Little Portuguese Cousin

Chapter X

Chapter 10 of Jose: Our Little Portuguese Cousin is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Edith A. (Edith Augusta) Sawyer • Curated US English Learning Edition
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ON ST.
ANTONIO'S DAY "--in my soul is naught but gayety."
--_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.
On the morning of St. Antonio's day, the thirteenth of June, the family was up early to eat with Antonio and Jose the holiday breakfast of _estofado_--stewed meat and vegetables.
At six o'clock they gathered on the wide stone doorstep to see the brothers start.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Jose: Our Little Portuguese Cousin

Chapter X

Chapter 10 of Jose: Our Little Portuguese Cousin is here in full — 136 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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ON ST.
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ANTONIO'S DAY "--in my soul is naught but gayety."
Line 3
--_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.
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On the morning of St. Antonio's day, the thirteenth of June, the family was up early to eat with Antonio and Jose the holiday breakfast of _estofado_--stewed meat and vegetables.
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At six o'clock they gathered on the wide stone doorstep to see the brothers start.
/æt sɪks əˈklɑːk ðeɪ ˈɡæðərd ɑːn ðə waɪd stoʊn ˈdɔːrstep tuː siː ðə ˈbrʌðərz stɑːrt/

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doorstep noun US /ˈdɔːrstep/

the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway

From this reading “At six o'clock they gathered on the wide stone doorstep to see the brothers start.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
naught noun US /nɔːt/

a quantity of no importance

From this reading “ANTONIO'S DAY "--in my soul is naught but gayety."”

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Portugal noun US /ˈpɔːrtʃəɡəl/

a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)

From this reading “--_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Portugal's noun US /ˈpɔːrtʃəɡəlz/

possessive form of “portugal” — a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)

From this reading “--_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
stewed adjective US /stuːd/

cooked in hot water

From this reading “On the morning of St. Antonio's day, the thirteenth of June, the family was up early to eat with Antonio and Jose the holiday breakfast of _estofado_--stewed meat and vegetables.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
thirteenth adjective US /ˈθɜːr.tiːnθ/

Constituting number thirteen in a sequence.

From this reading “On the morning of St. Antonio's day, the thirteenth of June, the family was up early to eat with Antonio and Jose the holiday breakfast of _estofado_--stewed meat and vegetables.”

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vegetables noun US /ˈvedʒtəbəlz/

plural of “vegetable” — edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant

From this reading “On the morning of St. Antonio's day, the thirteenth of June, the family was up early to eat with Antonio and Jose the holiday breakfast of _estofado_--stewed meat and vegetables.”

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warrior noun US /ˈwɔːriər/

someone engaged in or experienced in warfare

From this reading “--_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

Word partnerships in these lines

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first time adjective + noun

In this reading “--_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.”

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great warrior adjective + noun

In this reading “--_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.”

604 times in 426,211 chapters
At six preposition + noun

In this reading “At six o'clock they gathered on the wide stone doorstep to see the brothers start.”

6,384 times in 426,211 chapters

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1109

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From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

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Affonso

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From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

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alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(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 --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading On the morning of St. Antonio's day, the thirteenth of June, the family was up early to eat with Antonio and Jose the holiday breakfast of _estofado_--stewed meat and vegetables.

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Antonio

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From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

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ANTONIO'S

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From this reading ANTONIO'S DAY "--in my soul is naught but gayety."

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AtprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading At six o'clock they gathered on the wide stone doorstep to see the brothers start.

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bornadjectiveUS /bɔːrn/

brought into existence

From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
breakfastverbUS /ˈbrekfəst/

eat an early morning meal

From this reading On the morning of St. Antonio's day, the thirteenth of June, the family was up early to eat with Antonio and Jose the holiday breakfast of _estofado_--stewed meat and vegetables.

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brothersnounUS /ˈbrʌðərz/

plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else

From this reading At six o'clock they gathered on the wide stone doorstep to see the brothers start.

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butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading ANTONIO'S DAY "--in my soul is naught but gayety."

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citynounUS /ˈsɪti/

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
countrynounUS /ˈkʌntri/

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
DAYnounUS /deɪ/

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading ANTONIO'S DAY "--in my soul is naught but gayety."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
doorstepnounUS /ˈdɔːrstep/

the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway

From this reading At six o'clock they gathered on the wide stone doorstep to see the brothers start.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
earlyadjectiveUS /ˈɜːrli/

at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

From this reading On the morning of St. Antonio's day, the thirteenth of June, the family was up early to eat with Antonio and Jose the holiday breakfast of _estofado_--stewed meat and vegetables.

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eatverbUS /iːt/

take in solid food

From this reading On the morning of St. Antonio's day, the thirteenth of June, the family was up early to eat with Antonio and Jose the holiday breakfast of _estofado_--stewed meat and vegetables.

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estofado

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From this reading On the morning of St. Antonio's day, the thirteenth of June, the family was up early to eat with Antonio and Jose the holiday breakfast of _estofado_--stewed meat and vegetables.

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familynounUS /ˈfæməli/

a social unit living together

From this reading On the morning of St. Antonio's day, the thirteenth of June, the family was up early to eat with Antonio and Jose the holiday breakfast of _estofado_--stewed meat and vegetables.

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Ferreira

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From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

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firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

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FORprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
gatheredadjectiveUS /ˈɡæðərd/

brought together in one place

From this reading At six o'clock they gathered on the wide stone doorstep to see the brothers start.

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gayety

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From this reading ANTONIO'S DAY "--in my soul is naught but gayety."

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greatadjectiveUS /ɡreɪt/

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

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Guimarães

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From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

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Henriquez

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From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

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heronounUS /ˈhɪroʊ/

a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength

From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

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hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
holidaynounUS /ˈhɑːlədeɪ/

leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure

From this reading On the morning of St. Antonio's day, the thirteenth of June, the family was up early to eat with Antonio and Jose the holiday breakfast of _estofado_--stewed meat and vegetables.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading ANTONIO'S DAY "--in my soul is naught but gayety."

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isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading ANTONIO'S DAY "--in my soul is naught but gayety."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
Jose

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From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

Pending verification
JunenounUS /dʒuːn/

the month following May and preceding July

From this reading On the morning of St. Antonio's day, the thirteenth of June, the family was up early to eat with Antonio and Jose the holiday breakfast of _estofado_--stewed meat and vegetables.

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kingnounUS /kɪŋ/

a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

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lifenounUS /laɪf/

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

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madeadjectiveUS /meɪd/

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
meatnounUS /miːt/

the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food

From this reading On the morning of St. Antonio's day, the thirteenth of June, the family was up early to eat with Antonio and Jose the holiday breakfast of _estofado_--stewed meat and vegetables.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
morningnounUS /ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading On the morning of St. Antonio's day, the thirteenth of June, the family was up early to eat with Antonio and Jose the holiday breakfast of _estofado_--stewed meat and vegetables.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading ANTONIO'S DAY "--in my soul is naught but gayety."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
naughtnounUS /nɔːt/

a quantity of no importance

From this reading ANTONIO'S DAY "--in my soul is naught but gayety."

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o'clockadverbUS /əˈklɑːk/

according to the clock

From this reading At six o'clock they gathered on the wide stone doorstep to see the brothers start.

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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
oldadjectiveUS /oʊld/

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading ON ST.

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PortugalnounUS /ˈpɔːrtʃəɡəl/

a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)

From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Portugal'snounUS /ˈpɔːrtʃəɡəlz/

possessive form of “portugal” — a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)

From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
seeverbUS /siː/

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
sixnounUS /sɪks/

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

From this reading At six o'clock they gathered on the wide stone doorstep to see the brothers start.

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soulnounUS /soʊl/

the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life

From this reading ANTONIO'S DAY "--in my soul is naught but gayety."

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ST

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From this reading ON ST.

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startverbUS /stɑːrt/

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading At six o'clock they gathered on the wide stone doorstep to see the brothers start.

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stewedadjectiveUS /stuːd/

cooked in hot water

From this reading On the morning of St. Antonio's day, the thirteenth of June, the family was up early to eat with Antonio and Jose the holiday breakfast of _estofado_--stewed meat and vegetables.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
stonenounUS /stoʊn/

a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

From this reading At six o'clock they gathered on the wide stone doorstep to see the brothers start.

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thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading At six o'clock they gathered on the wide stone doorstep to see the brothers start.

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thirteenthadjectiveUS /ˈθɜːr.tiːnθ/

Constituting number thirteen in a sequence.

From this reading On the morning of St. Antonio's day, the thirteenth of June, the family was up early to eat with Antonio and Jose the holiday breakfast of _estofado_--stewed meat and vegetables.

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timenounUS /taɪm/

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
unitedadjectiveUS /juːˈnaɪtɪd/

characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity

From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
upadjectiveUS /ʌp/

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading On the morning of St. Antonio's day, the thirteenth of June, the family was up early to eat with Antonio and Jose the holiday breakfast of _estofado_--stewed meat and vegetables.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
vegetablesnounUS /ˈvedʒtəbəlz/

plural of “vegetable” — edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant

From this reading On the morning of St. Antonio's day, the thirteenth of June, the family was up early to eat with Antonio and Jose the holiday breakfast of _estofado_--stewed meat and vegetables.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
warriornounUS /ˈwɔːriər/

someone engaged in or experienced in warfare

From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading --_Antonio Ferreira._ FOR the first time in all his life, Jose was to see Guimarães, the old city where Portugal's hero king, Affonso Henriquez, was born in 1109, the great warrior who made of Portugal a united country.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
wideadjectiveUS /waɪd/

having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

From this reading At six o'clock they gathered on the wide stone doorstep to see the brothers start.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading On the morning of St. Antonio's day, the thirteenth of June, the family was up early to eat with Antonio and Jose the holiday breakfast of _estofado_--stewed meat and vegetables.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Chapter 10 of Jose: Our Little Portuguese Cousin by Edith A. (Edith Augusta) Sawyer holds 136 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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How do I study chapter 10 of Jose: Our Little Portuguese Cousin?

Work through the 28 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 28 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 10 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 10 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

Questions about reading Jose: Our Little Portuguese Cousin

Common questions about reading Jose: Our Little Portuguese Cousin by Edith A. (Edith Augusta) Sawyer on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Jose: Our Little Portuguese Cousin?

Yes. All 1015 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #45797 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Jose: Our Little Portuguese Cousin is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #45797, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Jose: Our Little Portuguese Cousin take to read?

About 84 minutes of reading across 203 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Jose: Our Little Portuguese Cousin section by section

How to work through Jose: Our Little Portuguese Cousin section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 11 chapters of Jose: Our Little Portuguese Cousin to begin.

  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

Vocabulary met early in Jose: Our Little Portuguese Cousin

Words and structures a reader meets early in Jose: Our Little Portuguese Cousin, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Volume
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Jose: Our Little Portuguese Cousin; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Illustrated
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Jose: Our Little Portuguese Cousin; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Full-page
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Jose: Our Little Portuguese Cousin; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Plates
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Jose: Our Little Portuguese Cousin; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.