Chapter 12 of The Honor of the Name is here in full — 226 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Honor of the Name is here in full — 226 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Marquis de Courtornieu idolized his daughter. Everyone spoke of that as an incontestable and uncontested fact. When persons spoke to him of his daughter, they always said: “You, who adore your daughter----” And when he spoke of himself, _he_ said: “I who adore Blanche.”
Chapter 12 of The Honor of the Name is here in full — 226 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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love intensely
From this reading ““You, who adore your daughter----” And when he spoke of himself, _he_ said:”
a female human offspring
From this reading “The Marquis de Courtornieu idolized his daughter.”
every person
From this reading “Everyone spoke of that as an incontestable and uncontested fact.”
regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)
From this reading “The Marquis de Courtornieu idolized his daughter.”
humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937)
From this reading “The Marquis de Courtornieu idolized his daughter.”
plural of “person” — a human being
From this reading “When persons spoke to him of his daughter, they always said:”
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading “Everyone spoke of that as an incontestable and uncontested fact.”
not disputed and not made the object of contention or competition
From this reading “Everyone spoke of that as an incontestable and uncontested fact.”
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love intensely
From this reading “You, who adore your daughter----” And when he spoke of himself, _he_ said:
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading When persons spoke to him of his daughter, they always said:
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Everyone spoke of that as an incontestable and uncontested fact.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Everyone spoke of that as an incontestable and uncontested fact.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Everyone spoke of that as an incontestable and uncontested fact.
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From this reading “I who adore Blanche.”
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From this reading The Marquis de Courtornieu idolized his daughter.
a female human offspring
From this reading The Marquis de Courtornieu idolized his daughter.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading The Marquis de Courtornieu idolized his daughter.
every person
From this reading Everyone spoke of that as an incontestable and uncontested fact.
a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
From this reading Everyone spoke of that as an incontestable and uncontested fact.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “You, who adore your daughter----” And when he spoke of himself, _he_ said:
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When persons spoke to him of his daughter, they always said:
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “You, who adore your daughter----” And when he spoke of himself, _he_ said:
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Marquis de Courtornieu idolized his daughter.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I who adore Blanche.”
regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)
From this reading The Marquis de Courtornieu idolized his daughter.
incapable of being contested or disputed
From this reading Everyone spoke of that as an incontestable and uncontested fact.
humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937)
From this reading The Marquis de Courtornieu idolized his daughter.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Everyone spoke of that as an incontestable and uncontested fact.
plural of “person” — a human being
From this reading When persons spoke to him of his daughter, they always said:
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading When persons spoke to him of his daughter, they always said:
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading Everyone spoke of that as an incontestable and uncontested fact.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Everyone spoke of that as an incontestable and uncontested fact.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Marquis de Courtornieu idolized his daughter.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When persons spoke to him of his daughter, they always said:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When persons spoke to him of his daughter, they always said:
not disputed and not made the object of contention or competition
From this reading Everyone spoke of that as an incontestable and uncontested fact.
at the time that
From this reading When persons spoke to him of his daughter, they always said:
which person or people
From this reading “You, who adore your daughter----” And when he spoke of himself, _he_ said:
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You, who adore your daughter----” And when he spoke of himself, _he_ said:
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You, who adore your daughter----” And when he spoke of himself, _he_ said:
Chapter 12 of The Honor of the Name by Emile Gaboriau holds 226 sentences, grouped into 46 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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