Chapter 27 of The Puppet Crown is here in full — 192 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXVII
Chapter 27 of The Puppet Crown is here in full — 192 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Madame, like a statue of expectancy, riveted her gaze on the throne. Hers at last! Her dreams were realized. She was no longer a duchess by patent; she was a queen by right of inheritance; she was now to be a power among the great. The kingdom of her forefathers was hers.
Chapter 27 of The Puppet Crown is here in full — 192 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right
From this reading “She was no longer a duchess by patent; she was a queen by right of inheritance; she was now to be a power among the great.”
an expectation
From this reading “Madame, like a statue of expectancy, riveted her gaze on the throne.”
plural of “forefather” — the founder of a family
From this reading “The kingdom of her forefathers was hers.”
hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
From this reading “She was no longer a duchess by patent; she was a queen by right of inheritance; she was now to be a power among the great.”
a domain in which something is dominant
From this reading “The kingdom of her forefathers was hers.”
obtain a patent for
From this reading “She was no longer a duchess by patent; she was a queen by right of inheritance; she was now to be a power among the great.”
past form of “rivet” — direct one's attention on something
From this reading “Madame, like a statue of expectancy, riveted her gaze on the throne.”
a sculpture representing a human or animal
From this reading “Madame, like a statue of expectancy, riveted her gaze on the throne.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Madame, like a statue of expectancy, riveted her gaze on the throne.
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading She was no longer a duchess by patent; she was a queen by right of inheritance; she was now to be a power among the great.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Hers at last!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She was no longer a duchess by patent; she was a queen by right of inheritance; she was now to be a power among the great.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She was no longer a duchess by patent; she was a queen by right of inheritance; she was now to be a power among the great.
plural of “dream” — a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
From this reading Her dreams were realized.
the wife of a duke or a woman holding ducal title in her own right
From this reading She was no longer a duchess by patent; she was a queen by right of inheritance; she was now to be a power among the great.
an expectation
From this reading Madame, like a statue of expectancy, riveted her gaze on the throne.
plural of “forefather” — the founder of a family
From this reading The kingdom of her forefathers was hers.
a long fixed look
From this reading Madame, like a statue of expectancy, riveted her gaze on the throne.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading She was no longer a duchess by patent; she was a queen by right of inheritance; she was now to be a power among the great.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Madame, like a statue of expectancy, riveted her gaze on the throne.
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading Hers at last!
hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
From this reading She was no longer a duchess by patent; she was a queen by right of inheritance; she was now to be a power among the great.
a domain in which something is dominant
From this reading The kingdom of her forefathers was hers.
immediately past
From this reading Hers at last!
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Madame, like a statue of expectancy, riveted her gaze on the throne.
for more time
From this reading She was no longer a duchess by patent; she was a queen by right of inheritance; she was now to be a power among the great.
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading Madame, like a statue of expectancy, riveted her gaze on the throne.
not any; not one
From this reading She was no longer a duchess by patent; she was a queen by right of inheritance; she was now to be a power among the great.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading She was no longer a duchess by patent; she was a queen by right of inheritance; she was now to be a power among the great.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Madame, like a statue of expectancy, riveted her gaze on the throne.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Madame, like a statue of expectancy, riveted her gaze on the throne.
obtain a patent for
From this reading She was no longer a duchess by patent; she was a queen by right of inheritance; she was now to be a power among the great.
possession of controlling influence
From this reading She was no longer a duchess by patent; she was a queen by right of inheritance; she was now to be a power among the great.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading She was no longer a duchess by patent; she was a queen by right of inheritance; she was now to be a power among the great.
successfully completed or brought to an end
From this reading Her dreams were realized.
precisely, exactly
From this reading She was no longer a duchess by patent; she was a queen by right of inheritance; she was now to be a power among the great.
past form of “rivet” — direct one's attention on something
From this reading Madame, like a statue of expectancy, riveted her gaze on the throne.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was no longer a duchess by patent; she was a queen by right of inheritance; she was now to be a power among the great.
a sculpture representing a human or animal
From this reading Madame, like a statue of expectancy, riveted her gaze on the throne.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Madame, like a statue of expectancy, riveted her gaze on the throne.
the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.
From this reading Madame, like a statue of expectancy, riveted her gaze on the throne.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was no longer a duchess by patent; she was a queen by right of inheritance; she was now to be a power among the great.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was no longer a duchess by patent; she was a queen by right of inheritance; she was now to be a power among the great.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Her dreams were realized.
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