Chapter 19 of An Introduction to Nature-Study is here in full — 287 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 19 of An Introduction to Nature-Study is here in full — 287 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
60. THE LIFE OF THE FROG. 1. =Manner of life.=—Where have you found frogs? Are they commonest in dry or in damp situations?
Chapter 19 of An Introduction to Nature-Study is here in full — 287 sentences across 58 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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slightly wet
From this reading “Are they commonest in dry or in damp situations?”
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
From this reading “Are they commonest in dry or in damp situations?”
set up or found
From this reading “=Manner of life.=—Where have you found frogs?”
any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
From this reading “THE LIFE OF THE FROG.”
plural of “frog” — any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
From this reading “=Manner of life.=—Where have you found frogs?”
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “THE LIFE OF THE FROG.”
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “=Manner of life.=—Where have you found frogs?”
plural of “situation” — the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
From this reading “Are they commonest in dry or in damp situations?”
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From this reading 1.
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From this reading 60.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are they commonest in dry or in damp situations?
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From this reading Are they commonest in dry or in damp situations?
slightly wet
From this reading Are they commonest in dry or in damp situations?
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
From this reading Are they commonest in dry or in damp situations?
set up or found
From this reading =Manner of life.=—Where have you found frogs?
any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
From this reading THE LIFE OF THE FROG.
plural of “frog” — any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
From this reading =Manner of life.=—Where have you found frogs?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading =Manner of life.=—Where have you found frogs?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Are they commonest in dry or in damp situations?
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading THE LIFE OF THE FROG.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading =Manner of life.=—Where have you found frogs?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE LIFE OF THE FROG.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Are they commonest in dry or in damp situations?
plural of “situation” — the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
From this reading Are they commonest in dry or in damp situations?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LIFE OF THE FROG.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Are they commonest in dry or in damp situations?
in or at the place that
From this reading =Manner of life.=—Where have you found frogs?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading =Manner of life.=—Where have you found frogs?
Chapter 19 of An Introduction to Nature-Study by E. (Ernest) Stenhouse holds 287 sentences, grouped into 58 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.
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