Chapter XXIII of The Leopard's Spots, “The Old Old Story,” is here in full — 386 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XXIII
Chapter XXIII of The Leopard's Spots, “The Old Old Story,” is here in full — 386 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHEN Gaston arrived in Independence he went direct to St. Clare’s. “Where the Dickens have you been, Gaston?” “Jumping from Murphy to Manteo making love to hayseed statesmen.” “What luck?” “They’re all crazy.
Chapter XXIII of The Leopard's Spots, “The Old Old Story,” is here in full — 386 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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affected with madness or insanity
From this reading ““They’re all crazy.”
a word used in exclamations of confusion
From this reading ““Where the Dickens have you been, Gaston?””
command with authority
From this reading “WHEN Gaston arrived in Independence he went direct to St. Clare’s.”
freedom from control or influence of another or others
From this reading “WHEN Gaston arrived in Independence he went direct to St. Clare’s.”
the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump
From this reading ““Jumping from Murphy to Manteo making love to hayseed statesmen.””
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading ““What luck?””
an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
From this reading ““Jumping from Murphy to Manteo making love to hayseed statesmen.””
plural of “statesman” — a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs
From this reading ““Jumping from Murphy to Manteo making love to hayseed statesmen.””
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people
In this reading ““Jumping from Murphy to Manteo making love to hayseed statesmen.””
In this reading “WHEN Gaston arrived in Independence he went direct to St. Clare’s.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 “They’re all crazy.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading WHEN Gaston arrived in Independence he went direct to St. Clare’s.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Where the Dickens have you been, Gaston?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WHEN Gaston arrived in Independence he went direct to St. Clare’s.
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading “They’re all crazy.
a word used in exclamations of confusion
From this reading “Where the Dickens have you been, Gaston?”
command with authority
From this reading WHEN Gaston arrived in Independence he went direct to St. Clare’s.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Jumping from Murphy to Manteo making love to hayseed statesmen.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WHEN Gaston arrived in Independence he went direct to St. Clare’s.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Where the Dickens have you been, Gaston?”
a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
From this reading “Jumping from Murphy to Manteo making love to hayseed statesmen.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading WHEN Gaston arrived in Independence he went direct to St. Clare’s.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WHEN Gaston arrived in Independence he went direct to St. Clare’s.
freedom from control or influence of another or others
From this reading WHEN Gaston arrived in Independence he went direct to St. Clare’s.
the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump
From this reading “Jumping from Murphy to Manteo making love to hayseed statesmen.”
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “Jumping from Murphy to Manteo making love to hayseed statesmen.”
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading “What luck?”
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading “Jumping from Murphy to Manteo making love to hayseed statesmen.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Jumping from Murphy to Manteo making love to hayseed statesmen.”
an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
From this reading “Jumping from Murphy to Manteo making love to hayseed statesmen.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WHEN Gaston arrived in Independence he went direct to St. Clare’s.
plural of “statesman” — a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs
From this reading “Jumping from Murphy to Manteo making love to hayseed statesmen.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Where the Dickens have you been, Gaston?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They’re all crazy.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WHEN Gaston arrived in Independence he went direct to St. Clare’s.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading WHEN Gaston arrived in Independence he went direct to St. Clare’s.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What luck?”
at the time that
From this reading WHEN Gaston arrived in Independence he went direct to St. Clare’s.
in or at the place that
From this reading “Where the Dickens have you been, Gaston?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Where the Dickens have you been, Gaston?”
Chapter 23 of The Leopard's Spots by Thomas, Jr. Dixon holds 386 sentences, grouped into 78 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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 23 holds 386 sentences of The Leopard's Spots, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
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