Chapter 21 of Light O' the Morning is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Light O' the Morning is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LETTERS. By the post on the following morning there came two letters for Nora. She hailed them with a cry of delight. “At last!” she said. Mrs. Hartrick was not in the room; she had a headache, and did not get up to breakfast.
Chapter 21 of Light O' the Morning is here in full — 181 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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eat an early morning meal
From this reading “Mrs. Hartrick was not in the room; she had a headache, and did not get up to breakfast.”
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading “She hailed them with a cry of delight.”
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading “She hailed them with a cry of delight.”
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading “By the post on the following morning there came two letters for Nora.”
past form of “hail” — praise vociferously
From this reading “She hailed them with a cry of delight.”
something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
From this reading “Mrs. Hartrick was not in the room; she had a headache, and did not get up to breakfast.”
the literary culture
From this reading “LETTERS.”
affix in a public place or for public notice
From this reading “By the post on the following morning there came two letters for Nora.”
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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 She hailed them with a cry of delight.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mrs. Hartrick was not in the room; she had a headache, and did not get up to breakfast.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “At last!” she said.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading Mrs. Hartrick was not in the room; she had a headache, and did not get up to breakfast.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By the post on the following morning there came two letters for Nora.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading By the post on the following morning there came two letters for Nora.
utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading She hailed them with a cry of delight.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading She hailed them with a cry of delight.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Mrs. Hartrick was not in the room; she had a headache, and did not get up to breakfast.
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading By the post on the following morning there came two letters for Nora.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading By the post on the following morning there came two letters for Nora.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Mrs. Hartrick was not in the room; she had a headache, and did not get up to breakfast.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mrs. Hartrick was not in the room; she had a headache, and did not get up to breakfast.
past form of “hail” — praise vociferously
From this reading She hailed them with a cry of delight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mrs. Hartrick was not in the room; she had a headache, and did not get up to breakfast.
something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
From this reading Mrs. Hartrick was not in the room; she had a headache, and did not get up to breakfast.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mrs. Hartrick was not in the room; she had a headache, and did not get up to breakfast.
immediately past
From this reading “At last!” she said.
the literary culture
From this reading LETTERS.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading By the post on the following morning there came two letters for Nora.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Mrs. Hartrick was not in the room; she had a headache, and did not get up to breakfast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading By the post on the following morning there came two letters for Nora.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Mrs. Hartrick was not in the room; she had a headache, and did not get up to breakfast.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She hailed them with a cry of delight.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading By the post on the following morning there came two letters for Nora.
affix in a public place or for public notice
From this reading By the post on the following morning there came two letters for Nora.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading Mrs. Hartrick was not in the room; she had a headache, and did not get up to breakfast.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “At last!” she said.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She hailed them with a cry of delight.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading By the post on the following morning there came two letters for Nora.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She hailed them with a cry of delight.
in or at that place or location
From this reading By the post on the following morning there came two letters for Nora.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mrs. Hartrick was not in the room; she had a headache, and did not get up to breakfast.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading By the post on the following morning there came two letters for Nora.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Mrs. Hartrick was not in the room; she had a headache, and did not get up to breakfast.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mrs. Hartrick was not in the room; she had a headache, and did not get up to breakfast.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She hailed them with a cry of delight.
Chapter 21 of Light O' the Morning by L. T. Meade holds 181 sentences, grouped into 37 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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