Chapter 17 of Peg O' My Heart is here in full — 79 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Peg O' My Heart is here in full — 79 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him. She met all his arguments with counter-arguments. Nothing would move her for hours. "Why should I go to a man I have never seen and hate the name of?" "He's your uncle, Peg."
Chapter 17 of Peg O' My Heart is here in full — 79 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “argument” — a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
From this reading “She met all his arguments with counter-arguments.”
permission to do something
From this reading “PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him.”
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading “"Why should I go to a man I have never seen and hate the name of?"”
plural of “leaf” — the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
From this reading “PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “Nothing would move her for hours.”
a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
From this reading “PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him.”
make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading “PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him.”
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading “"He's your uncle, Peg."”
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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 PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him.
(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 She met all his arguments with counter-arguments.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Why should I go to a man I have never seen and hate the name of?"
plural of “argument” — a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
From this reading She met all his arguments with counter-arguments.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him.
permission to do something
From this reading PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She met all his arguments with counter-arguments.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "Why should I go to a man I have never seen and hate the name of?"
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him.
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading "Why should I go to a man I have never seen and hate the name of?"
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Why should I go to a man I have never seen and hate the name of?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He's your uncle, Peg."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She met all his arguments with counter-arguments.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading Nothing would move her for hours.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Why should I go to a man I have never seen and hate the name of?"
go away from a place
From this reading PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him.
plural of “leaf” — the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
From this reading PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "Why should I go to a man I have never seen and hate the name of?"
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading She met all his arguments with counter-arguments.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Nothing would move her for hours.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "Why should I go to a man I have never seen and hate the name of?"
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "Why should I go to a man I have never seen and hate the name of?"
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing would move her for hours.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Why should I go to a man I have never seen and hate the name of?"
a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
From this reading PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Why should I go to a man I have never seen and hate the name of?"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "Why should I go to a man I have never seen and hate the name of?"
make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading "He's your uncle, Peg."
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why should I go to a man I have never seen and hate the name of?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading PEG LEAVES HER FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME O'Connell had a hard struggle with Peg before she would consent to leave him.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "He's your uncle, Peg."
Chapter 17 of Peg O' My Heart by J. Hartley Manners holds 79 sentences, grouped into 16 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.
Chapter 17 holds 79 sentences of Peg O' My Heart, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
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