Chapter 11 of Light O' the Morning is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Light O' the Morning is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A FEATHER-BED HOUSE. Before she went to sleep that night Nora wrote a tiny note to her father: “DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England. Do, dear dad; this is the last wish of Nora before she goes away. “YOUR COLLEEN.”
Chapter 11 of Light O' the Morning is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an Irish girl
From this reading ““YOUR COLLEEN.””
a small house with a single story
From this reading ““DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.”
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading ““DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.”
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading ““DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.”
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading “Do, dear dad; this is the last wish of Nora before she goes away.”
a reason for wanting something done
From this reading ““DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.”
very small
From this reading “Before she went to sleep that night Nora wrote a tiny note to her father:”
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading “Before she went to sleep that night Nora wrote a tiny note to her father:”
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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 A FEATHER-BED HOUSE.
anew
From this reading “DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.
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From this reading “DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Do, dear dad; this is the last wish of Nora before she goes away.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading “DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Before she went to sleep that night Nora wrote a tiny note to her father:
an Irish girl
From this reading “YOUR COLLEEN.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.
a small house with a single story
From this reading “DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading “DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.
dearly loved
From this reading Do, dear dad; this is the last wish of Nora before she goes away.
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
From this reading “DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do, dear dad; this is the last wish of Nora before she goes away.
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading “DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Before she went to sleep that night Nora wrote a tiny note to her father:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A FEATHER-BED HOUSE.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading Do, dear dad; this is the last wish of Nora before she goes away.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Before she went to sleep that night Nora wrote a tiny note to her father:
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading A FEATHER-BED HOUSE.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Do, dear dad; this is the last wish of Nora before she goes away.
immediately past
From this reading Do, dear dad; this is the last wish of Nora before she goes away.
go away from a place
From this reading “DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading “DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading “DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Before she went to sleep that night Nora wrote a tiny note to her father:
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From this reading Before she went to sleep that night Nora wrote a tiny note to her father:
a brief written record
From this reading Before she went to sleep that night Nora wrote a tiny note to her father:
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading “DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.
a reason for wanting something done
From this reading “DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Before she went to sleep that night Nora wrote a tiny note to her father:
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading Before she went to sleep that night Nora wrote a tiny note to her father:
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Before she went to sleep that night Nora wrote a tiny note to her father:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Do, dear dad; this is the last wish of Nora before she goes away.
very small
From this reading Before she went to sleep that night Nora wrote a tiny note to her father:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Before she went to sleep that night Nora wrote a tiny note to her father:
up to a particular time
From this reading “DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Before she went to sleep that night Nora wrote a tiny note to her father:
hope for; have a wish
From this reading Do, dear dad; this is the last wish of Nora before she goes away.
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading Before she went to sleep that night Nora wrote a tiny note to her father:
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “DEAREST DAD: “For the sake of your Light o' the Morning, leave poor Andy Neil in his little cottage until I come back again from England.
Chapter 11 of Light O' the Morning by L. T. Meade holds 103 sentences, grouped into 21 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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