Chapter 21 of A Treatise on Domestic Economy is here in full — 19 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of A Treatise on Domestic Economy is here in full — 19 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ON THE CARE OF THE SICK. Women frequently called upon to direct in Cases of Indisposition. Extremes to be avoided. Grand Cause of most Diseases, Excess in Eating and Drinking. Fasting useful.
Chapter 21 of A Treatise on Domestic Economy is here in full — 19 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “avoid” — stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
From this reading “Extremes to be avoided.”
plural of “disease” — an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
From this reading “Grand Cause of most Diseases, Excess in Eating and Drinking.”
the act of consuming liquids
From this reading “Grand Cause of most Diseases, Excess in Eating and Drinking.”
the act of consuming food
From this reading “Grand Cause of most Diseases, Excess in Eating and Drinking.”
a quantity much larger than is needed
From this reading “Grand Cause of most Diseases, Excess in Eating and Drinking.”
plural of “extreme” — the furthest or highest degree of something
From this reading “Extremes to be avoided.”
abstaining from food
From this reading “Fasting useful.”
being of use or service
From this reading “Fasting useful.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Grand Cause of most Diseases, Excess in Eating and Drinking.
past form of “avoid” — stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
From this reading Extremes to be avoided.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Extremes to be avoided.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Women frequently called upon to direct in Cases of Indisposition.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading ON THE CARE OF THE SICK.
plural of “case” — an occurrence of something
From this reading Women frequently called upon to direct in Cases of Indisposition.
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading Grand Cause of most Diseases, Excess in Eating and Drinking.
command with authority
From this reading Women frequently called upon to direct in Cases of Indisposition.
plural of “disease” — an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
From this reading Grand Cause of most Diseases, Excess in Eating and Drinking.
the act of consuming liquids
From this reading Grand Cause of most Diseases, Excess in Eating and Drinking.
the act of consuming food
From this reading Grand Cause of most Diseases, Excess in Eating and Drinking.
a quantity much larger than is needed
From this reading Grand Cause of most Diseases, Excess in Eating and Drinking.
plural of “extreme” — the furthest or highest degree of something
From this reading Extremes to be avoided.
abstaining from food
From this reading Fasting useful.
many times at short intervals
From this reading Women frequently called upon to direct in Cases of Indisposition.
of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
From this reading Grand Cause of most Diseases, Excess in Eating and Drinking.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Women frequently called upon to direct in Cases of Indisposition.
a slight illness
From this reading Women frequently called upon to direct in Cases of Indisposition.
used to form the superlative
From this reading Grand Cause of most Diseases, Excess in Eating and Drinking.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ON THE CARE OF THE SICK.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON THE CARE OF THE SICK.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading ON THE CARE OF THE SICK.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON THE CARE OF THE SICK.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Women frequently called upon to direct in Cases of Indisposition.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Women frequently called upon to direct in Cases of Indisposition.
being of use or service
From this reading Fasting useful.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Women frequently called upon to direct in Cases of Indisposition.
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