Chapter XXVI of Bernard Brooks' Adventures, “Professor Puffer Once More,” is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXVI
Chapter XXVI of Bernard Brooks' Adventures, “Professor Puffer Once More,” is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“What brings you here, Bernard Brooks?” demanded Professor Puffer sternly. “You have no business in Mr. Cunningham’s room.” “I am in the employ of Mr. Cunningham,” said Bernard. “How can that be? You are too young to be his valet.”
Chapter XXVI of Bernard Brooks' Adventures, “Professor Puffer Once More,” is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver (1813-1878)
From this reading ““What brings you here, Bernard Brooks?” demanded Professor Puffer sternly.”
United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963)
From this reading ““What brings you here, Bernard Brooks?” demanded Professor Puffer sternly.”
United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1922)
From this reading ““You have no business in Mr. Cunningham’s room.””
possessive form of “cunningham” — United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1922)
put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
From this reading ““I am in the employ of Mr. Cunningham,” said Bernard.”
delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver
From this reading ““What brings you here, Bernard Brooks?” demanded Professor Puffer sternly.”
with sternness; in a severe manner
From this reading ““What brings you here, Bernard Brooks?” demanded Professor Puffer sternly.”
a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
From this reading “You are too young to be his valet.””
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Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “You are too young to be his valet.””
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “I am in the employ of Mr. Cunningham,” said Bernard.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are too young to be his valet.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “How can that be?
French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver (1813-1878)
From this reading “What brings you here, Bernard Brooks?” demanded Professor Puffer sternly.
third-person singular of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “What brings you here, Bernard Brooks?” demanded Professor Puffer sternly.
United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963)
From this reading “What brings you here, Bernard Brooks?” demanded Professor Puffer sternly.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading “You have no business in Mr. Cunningham’s room.”
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “How can that be?
United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1922)
From this reading “I am in the employ of Mr. Cunningham,” said Bernard.
possessive form of “cunningham” — United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1922)
From this reading “You have no business in Mr. Cunningham’s room.”
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading “What brings you here, Bernard Brooks?” demanded Professor Puffer sternly.
put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
From this reading “I am in the employ of Mr. Cunningham,” said Bernard.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You have no business in Mr. Cunningham’s room.”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “What brings you here, Bernard Brooks?” demanded Professor Puffer sternly.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading You are too young to be his valet.”
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From this reading “How can that be?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I am in the employ of Mr. Cunningham,” said Bernard.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “You have no business in Mr. Cunningham’s room.”
a form of address for a man
From this reading “You have no business in Mr. Cunningham’s room.”
not any; not one
From this reading “You have no business in Mr. Cunningham’s room.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I am in the employ of Mr. Cunningham,” said Bernard.
someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
From this reading “What brings you here, Bernard Brooks?” demanded Professor Puffer sternly.
delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver
From this reading “What brings you here, Bernard Brooks?” demanded Professor Puffer sternly.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading “You have no business in Mr. Cunningham’s room.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “I am in the employ of Mr. Cunningham,” said Bernard.
with sternness; in a severe manner
From this reading “What brings you here, Bernard Brooks?” demanded Professor Puffer sternly.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “How can that be?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I am in the employ of Mr. Cunningham,” said Bernard.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You are too young to be his valet.”
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading You are too young to be his valet.”
a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
From this reading You are too young to be his valet.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What brings you here, Bernard Brooks?” demanded Professor Puffer sternly.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What brings you here, Bernard Brooks?” demanded Professor Puffer sternly.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading You are too young to be his valet.”
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