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Chapter 1 of Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice is here in full — 386 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Yet you married Heitman Michael, for all that, and in the teeth of a number of other fine declarations." "Oh, no, not I," said this Dorothy, wondering. "I never married anybody. And Heitman Michael has never married anybody, either, old as he is. For he is twenty-eight, and looks every day of it!
Chapter 1 of Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice is here in full — 386 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 59/77 · 5 reading units · Lines 291–295
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any person at all
From this reading “"I never married anybody.”
plural of “declaration” — a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
From this reading “Yet you married Heitman Michael, for all that, and in the teeth of a number of other fine declarations."”
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading “For he is twenty-eight, and looks every day of it!”
joined in matrimony
From this reading “Yet you married Heitman Michael, for all that, and in the teeth of a number of other fine declarations."”
(Old Testament) the guardian archangel of the Jews
From this reading “Yet you married Heitman Michael, for all that, and in the teeth of a number of other fine declarations."”
the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
From this reading “Yet you married Heitman Michael, for all that, and in the teeth of a number of other fine declarations."”
the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
From this reading “Yet you married Heitman Michael, for all that, and in the teeth of a number of other fine declarations."”
showing curiosity
From this reading “"Oh, no, not I," said this Dorothy, wondering.”
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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 Yet you married Heitman Michael, for all that, and in the teeth of a number of other fine declarations."
(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 Yet you married Heitman Michael, for all that, and in the teeth of a number of other fine declarations."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Yet you married Heitman Michael, for all that, and in the teeth of a number of other fine declarations."
any person at all
From this reading "I never married anybody.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And Heitman Michael has never married anybody, either, old as he is.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading For he is twenty-eight, and looks every day of it!
plural of “declaration” — a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
From this reading Yet you married Heitman Michael, for all that, and in the teeth of a number of other fine declarations."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, no, not I," said this Dorothy, wondering.
one or the other of two
From this reading And Heitman Michael has never married anybody, either, old as he is.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading For he is twenty-eight, and looks every day of it!
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading Yet you married Heitman Michael, for all that, and in the teeth of a number of other fine declarations."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Yet you married Heitman Michael, for all that, and in the teeth of a number of other fine declarations."
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And Heitman Michael has never married anybody, either, old as he is.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And Heitman Michael has never married anybody, either, old as he is.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yet you married Heitman Michael, for all that, and in the teeth of a number of other fine declarations."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Oh, no, not I," said this Dorothy, wondering.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Yet you married Heitman Michael, for all that, and in the teeth of a number of other fine declarations."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And Heitman Michael has never married anybody, either, old as he is.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For he is twenty-eight, and looks every day of it!
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading For he is twenty-eight, and looks every day of it!
joined in matrimony
From this reading Yet you married Heitman Michael, for all that, and in the teeth of a number of other fine declarations."
(Old Testament) the guardian archangel of the Jews
From this reading Yet you married Heitman Michael, for all that, and in the teeth of a number of other fine declarations."
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "I never married anybody.
not any; not one
From this reading "Oh, no, not I," said this Dorothy, wondering.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Oh, no, not I," said this Dorothy, wondering.
the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
From this reading Yet you married Heitman Michael, for all that, and in the teeth of a number of other fine declarations."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Yet you married Heitman Michael, for all that, and in the teeth of a number of other fine declarations."
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, no, not I," said this Dorothy, wondering.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading And Heitman Michael has never married anybody, either, old as he is.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Yet you married Heitman Michael, for all that, and in the teeth of a number of other fine declarations."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Oh, no, not I," said this Dorothy, wondering.
the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
From this reading Yet you married Heitman Michael, for all that, and in the teeth of a number of other fine declarations."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Yet you married Heitman Michael, for all that, and in the teeth of a number of other fine declarations."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Yet you married Heitman Michael, for all that, and in the teeth of a number of other fine declarations."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Oh, no, not I," said this Dorothy, wondering.
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-seven and one
From this reading For he is twenty-eight, and looks every day of it!
showing curiosity
From this reading "Oh, no, not I," said this Dorothy, wondering.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet you married Heitman Michael, for all that, and in the teeth of a number of other fine declarations."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Yet you married Heitman Michael, for all that, and in the teeth of a number of other fine declarations."
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