Chapter I
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TWO POWERFUL ROMANCES BY WILHELMINE VON HILLERN. ONLY A GIRL. FROM THE GERMAN, BY MRS. A. L. WISTER. _12mo.
A Twofold Life
Chapter I
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TWO
POWERFUL
ROMANCES
BY
WILHELMINE
VON
HILLERN.
ONLY
A
GIRL.
FROM
THE
GERMAN,
BY
MRS.
A.
L.
WISTER.
_12mo.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
A Twofold Life
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of A Twofold Life is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Line 1
TWO
POWERFUL
ROMANCES
BY
WILHELMINE
VON
HILLERN.
Line 2
ONLY
A
GIRL.
/ˈoʊnli ə ɡɜːrl/
Line 3
FROM
THE
GERMAN,
BY
MRS.
/frʌm ðə ˈdʒɜːrmən baɪ ˈmɪsɪz/
Line 4
A.
L.
WISTER.
Line 5
_12mo.
Learner Dictionary
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a person of German nationality
From this reading “FROM THE GERMAN, BY MRS.”
a young female
From this reading “ONLY A GIRL.”
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading “FROM THE GERMAN, BY MRS.”
and nothing more
From this reading “ONLY A GIRL.”
having great power or force or potency or effect
From this reading “TWO POWERFUL ROMANCES BY WILHELMINE VON HILLERN.”
romances
noun
US /roʊˈmænsɪz/
plural of “romance” — a relationship between two lovers
From this reading “TWO POWERFUL ROMANCES BY WILHELMINE VON HILLERN.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading “TWO POWERFUL ROMANCES BY WILHELMINE VON HILLERN.”
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All words in this reading · 18
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12
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From this reading _12mo.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading ONLY A GIRL.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading TWO POWERFUL ROMANCES BY WILHELMINE VON HILLERN.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading FROM THE GERMAN, BY MRS.
a person of German nationality
From this reading FROM THE GERMAN, BY MRS.
a young female
From this reading ONLY A GIRL.
HILLERN
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From this reading TWO POWERFUL ROMANCES BY WILHELMINE VON HILLERN.
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading A. L. WISTER.
monounUS /moʊ/
an indefinitely short time
From this reading _12mo.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading FROM THE GERMAN, BY MRS.
and nothing more
From this reading ONLY A GIRL.
having great power or force or potency or effect
From this reading TWO POWERFUL ROMANCES BY WILHELMINE VON HILLERN.
ROMANCESnounUS /roʊˈmænsɪz/
plural of “romance” — a relationship between two lovers
From this reading TWO POWERFUL ROMANCES BY WILHELMINE VON HILLERN.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FROM THE GERMAN, BY MRS.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading TWO POWERFUL ROMANCES BY WILHELMINE VON HILLERN.
VON
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From this reading TWO POWERFUL ROMANCES BY WILHELMINE VON HILLERN.
WILHELMINE
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From this reading TWO POWERFUL ROMANCES BY WILHELMINE VON HILLERN.
WISTERnoun
United States writer (1860-1938)
From this reading A. L. WISTER.
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- Powerful
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- Romances
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- Hillern
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