Chapter 10 of Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
We have had a very pleasant visit from Mr. R. His visits are always a great pleasure to us, both for the talk we have, and the music.
Chapter 10 of Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading “His visits are always a great pleasure to us, both for the talk we have, and the music.”
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading “His visits are always a great pleasure to us, both for the talk we have, and the music.”
an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
From this reading “His visits are always a great pleasure to us, both for the talk we have, and the music.”
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
From this reading “We have had a very pleasant visit from Mr. R.”
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading “His visits are always a great pleasure to us, both for the talk we have, and the music.”
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “His visits are always a great pleasure to us, both for the talk we have, and the music.”
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading “We have had a very pleasant visit from Mr. R.”
plural of “visit” — the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time
From this reading “His visits are always a great pleasure to us, both for the talk we have, and the music.”
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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 We have had a very pleasant visit from Mr. R.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading His visits are always a great pleasure to us, both for the talk we have, and the music.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His visits are always a great pleasure to us, both for the talk we have, and the music.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His visits are always a great pleasure to us, both for the talk we have, and the music.
the two together, not just one
From this reading His visits are always a great pleasure to us, both for the talk we have, and the music.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading His visits are always a great pleasure to us, both for the talk we have, and the music.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading We have had a very pleasant visit from Mr. R.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading His visits are always a great pleasure to us, both for the talk we have, and the music.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We have had a very pleasant visit from Mr. R.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have had a very pleasant visit from Mr. R.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His visits are always a great pleasure to us, both for the talk we have, and the music.
a form of address for a man
From this reading We have had a very pleasant visit from Mr. R.
an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
From this reading His visits are always a great pleasure to us, both for the talk we have, and the music.
affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings
From this reading We have had a very pleasant visit from Mr. R.
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading His visits are always a great pleasure to us, both for the talk we have, and the music.
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading We have had a very pleasant visit from Mr. R.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading His visits are always a great pleasure to us, both for the talk we have, and the music.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading His visits are always a great pleasure to us, both for the talk we have, and the music.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His visits are always a great pleasure to us, both for the talk we have, and the music.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading His visits are always a great pleasure to us, both for the talk we have, and the music.
precisely as stated
From this reading We have had a very pleasant visit from Mr. R.
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading We have had a very pleasant visit from Mr. R.
plural of “visit” — the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time
From this reading His visits are always a great pleasure to us, both for the talk we have, and the music.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We have had a very pleasant visit from Mr. R.
Chapter 10 of Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey by Orville Dewey holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
Chapter 10 holds 415 sentences of Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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