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Vailima Letters Being Correspondence

Chapter XXIV · Chapter 24

Chapter 24 of Vailima Letters Being Correspondence is here in full — 68 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Robert Louis Stevenson • Curated US English Learning Edition

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Being Correspondence

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_At Sea_, _S.S.

& Mariposa_, _Feb._ 19th, ’93.

MY DEAR COLVIN,—You will see from this heading that I am not dead yet nor likely to be.

I was pretty considerably out of sorts, and that is indeed one reason why Fanny, Belle, and I have started out for a month’s lark.

To be quite exact, I think it will be about five weeks before we get home.

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Vailima Letters Being Correspondence

Chapter XXIV · Chapter 24

Chapter 24 of Vailima Letters Being Correspondence is here in full — 68 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/13 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

_At Sea_, _S.S.

Line 2

& Mariposa_, _Feb._ 19th, ’93.

Line 3

MY DEAR COLVIN,—You will see from this heading that I am not dead yet nor likely to be.

Line 4

I was pretty considerably out of sorts, and that is indeed one reason why Fanny, Belle, and I have started out for a month’s lark.

Line 5

To be quite exact, I think it will be about five weeks before we get home.

Learner Dictionary

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Exact adjective US /ɪɡˈzækt/

Strictly particular and correct.

From this reading “To be quite exact, I think it will be about five weeks before we get home.”

All words in this reading · 57

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19th

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From this reading & Mariposa_, _Feb._ 19th, ’93.

93

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From this reading & Mariposa_, _Feb._ 19th, ’93.

a

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From this reading I was pretty considerably out of sorts, and that is indeed one reason why Fanny, Belle, and I have started out for a month’s lark.

about

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From this reading To be quite exact, I think it will be about five weeks before we get home.

am

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You will see from this heading that I am not dead yet nor likely to be.

and

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From this reading I was pretty considerably out of sorts, and that is indeed one reason why Fanny, Belle, and I have started out for a month’s lark.

At

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From this reading _At Sea_, _S.S.

be

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You will see from this heading that I am not dead yet nor likely to be.

before

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From this reading To be quite exact, I think it will be about five weeks before we get home.

Belle

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From this reading I was pretty considerably out of sorts, and that is indeed one reason why Fanny, Belle, and I have started out for a month’s lark.

COLVIN

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You will see from this heading that I am not dead yet nor likely to be.

considerably

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From this reading I was pretty considerably out of sorts, and that is indeed one reason why Fanny, Belle, and I have started out for a month’s lark.

dead

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You will see from this heading that I am not dead yet nor likely to be.

DEAR

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You will see from this heading that I am not dead yet nor likely to be.

exactadjectiveUS /ɪɡˈzækt/

Strictly particular and correct.

From this reading To be quite exact, I think it will be about five weeks before we get home.

Fanny

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From this reading I was pretty considerably out of sorts, and that is indeed one reason why Fanny, Belle, and I have started out for a month’s lark.

Feb

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From this reading & Mariposa_, _Feb._ 19th, ’93.

five

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From this reading To be quite exact, I think it will be about five weeks before we get home.

for

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From this reading I was pretty considerably out of sorts, and that is indeed one reason why Fanny, Belle, and I have started out for a month’s lark.

from

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You will see from this heading that I am not dead yet nor likely to be.

get

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From this reading To be quite exact, I think it will be about five weeks before we get home.

have

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From this reading I was pretty considerably out of sorts, and that is indeed one reason why Fanny, Belle, and I have started out for a month’s lark.

heading

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You will see from this heading that I am not dead yet nor likely to be.

home

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From this reading To be quite exact, I think it will be about five weeks before we get home.

I

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You will see from this heading that I am not dead yet nor likely to be.

indeed

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From this reading I was pretty considerably out of sorts, and that is indeed one reason why Fanny, Belle, and I have started out for a month’s lark.

is

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From this reading I was pretty considerably out of sorts, and that is indeed one reason why Fanny, Belle, and I have started out for a month’s lark.

it

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From this reading To be quite exact, I think it will be about five weeks before we get home.

lark

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From this reading I was pretty considerably out of sorts, and that is indeed one reason why Fanny, Belle, and I have started out for a month’s lark.

likely

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You will see from this heading that I am not dead yet nor likely to be.

Mariposa

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From this reading & Mariposa_, _Feb._ 19th, ’93.

month's

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From this reading I was pretty considerably out of sorts, and that is indeed one reason why Fanny, Belle, and I have started out for a month’s lark.

MY

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You will see from this heading that I am not dead yet nor likely to be.

nor

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You will see from this heading that I am not dead yet nor likely to be.

not

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You will see from this heading that I am not dead yet nor likely to be.

of

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From this reading I was pretty considerably out of sorts, and that is indeed one reason why Fanny, Belle, and I have started out for a month’s lark.

one

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From this reading I was pretty considerably out of sorts, and that is indeed one reason why Fanny, Belle, and I have started out for a month’s lark.

out

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From this reading I was pretty considerably out of sorts, and that is indeed one reason why Fanny, Belle, and I have started out for a month’s lark.

pretty

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From this reading I was pretty considerably out of sorts, and that is indeed one reason why Fanny, Belle, and I have started out for a month’s lark.

quite

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From this reading To be quite exact, I think it will be about five weeks before we get home.

reason

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From this reading I was pretty considerably out of sorts, and that is indeed one reason why Fanny, Belle, and I have started out for a month’s lark.

S

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From this reading _At Sea_, _S.S.

Sea

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From this reading _At Sea_, _S.S.

see

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You will see from this heading that I am not dead yet nor likely to be.

sorts

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From this reading I was pretty considerably out of sorts, and that is indeed one reason why Fanny, Belle, and I have started out for a month’s lark.

started

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From this reading I was pretty considerably out of sorts, and that is indeed one reason why Fanny, Belle, and I have started out for a month’s lark.

that

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You will see from this heading that I am not dead yet nor likely to be.

think

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From this reading To be quite exact, I think it will be about five weeks before we get home.

this

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You will see from this heading that I am not dead yet nor likely to be.

to

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You will see from this heading that I am not dead yet nor likely to be.

was

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From this reading I was pretty considerably out of sorts, and that is indeed one reason why Fanny, Belle, and I have started out for a month’s lark.

we

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From this reading To be quite exact, I think it will be about five weeks before we get home.

weeks

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From this reading To be quite exact, I think it will be about five weeks before we get home.

why

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From this reading I was pretty considerably out of sorts, and that is indeed one reason why Fanny, Belle, and I have started out for a month’s lark.

will

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You will see from this heading that I am not dead yet nor likely to be.

yet

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You will see from this heading that I am not dead yet nor likely to be.

You

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You will see from this heading that I am not dead yet nor likely to be.

Chapter 24 of Vailima Letters Being Correspondence by Robert Louis Stevenson holds 68 sentences, grouped into 14 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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