Chapter 26 of The Honorable Miss is here in full — 89 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 26 of The Honorable Miss is here in full — 89 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WE WILL RETURN TO OUR SECLUSION. "I am mad," said Bertram to himself. "Mad, as ever was the proverbial March hare. That girl who passed us in the darkness was Josephine Hart. Yes, that girl was Nina, and I must, I will, see her again."
Chapter 26 of The Honorable Miss is here in full — 89 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/17 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading “That girl who passed us in the darkness was Josephine Hart.”
swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes
From this reading “"Mad, as ever was the proverbial March hare.”
United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961)
From this reading “That girl who passed us in the darkness was Josephine Hart.”
roused to anger
From this reading “"I am mad," said Bertram to himself.”
march in a procession
From this reading “"Mad, as ever was the proverbial March hare.”
the Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea
From this reading “Yes, that girl was Nina, and I must, I will, see her again."”
of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb
From this reading “"Mad, as ever was the proverbial March hare.”
the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
From this reading “WE WILL RETURN TO OUR SECLUSION.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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anew
From this reading Yes, that girl was Nina, and I must, I will, see her again."
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I am mad," said Bertram to himself.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Yes, that girl was Nina, and I must, I will, see her again."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Mad, as ever was the proverbial March hare.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I am mad," said Bertram to himself.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading That girl who passed us in the darkness was Josephine Hart.
at any time
From this reading "Mad, as ever was the proverbial March hare.
a young female
From this reading That girl who passed us in the darkness was Josephine Hart.
swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes
From this reading "Mad, as ever was the proverbial March hare.
United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961)
From this reading That girl who passed us in the darkness was Josephine Hart.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Yes, that girl was Nina, and I must, I will, see her again."
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading "I am mad," said Bertram to himself.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I am mad," said Bertram to himself.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That girl who passed us in the darkness was Josephine Hart.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That girl who passed us in the darkness was Josephine Hart.
roused to anger
From this reading "I am mad," said Bertram to himself.
march in a procession
From this reading "Mad, as ever was the proverbial March hare.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Yes, that girl was Nina, and I must, I will, see her again."
the Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea
From this reading Yes, that girl was Nina, and I must, I will, see her again."
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading WE WILL RETURN TO OUR SECLUSION.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading That girl who passed us in the darkness was Josephine Hart.
of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb
From this reading "Mad, as ever was the proverbial March hare.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading WE WILL RETURN TO OUR SECLUSION.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I am mad," said Bertram to himself.
the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
From this reading WE WILL RETURN TO OUR SECLUSION.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Yes, that girl was Nina, and I must, I will, see her again."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That girl who passed us in the darkness was Josephine Hart.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Mad, as ever was the proverbial March hare.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WE WILL RETURN TO OUR SECLUSION.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That girl who passed us in the darkness was Josephine Hart.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Mad, as ever was the proverbial March hare.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading WE WILL RETURN TO OUR SECLUSION.
which person or people
From this reading That girl who passed us in the darkness was Josephine Hart.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading WE WILL RETURN TO OUR SECLUSION.
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, that girl was Nina, and I must, I will, see her again."
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