Chapter 27 of Cicely is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 27 of Cicely is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MADAME GENTILLE. “Pourquoi me regardez vous comme cela? Est-ce que je vous ai fait quelque chose?—Non, répondit-il. Certes, il n’avait rien contre elle. Loin de là.”
Chapter 27 of Cicely is here in full — 350 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “choose” — pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading “Est-ce que je vous ai fait quelque chose?—Non, répondit-il.”
a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump
From this reading “Loin de là.””
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading “MADAME GENTILLE.”
negation of a word or group of words
From this reading “Est-ce que je vous ai fait quelque chose?—Non, répondit-il.”
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an agency of the United States Army responsible for providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized intelligence to tactical and operational and strategic level commanders
From this reading Est-ce que je vous ai fait quelque chose?—Non, répondit-il.
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From this reading “Pourquoi me regardez vous comme cela?
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From this reading Certes, il n’avait rien contre elle.
inflected form of “choose” — pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading Est-ce que je vous ai fait quelque chose?—Non, répondit-il.
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From this reading “Pourquoi me regardez vous comme cela?
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From this reading Certes, il n’avait rien contre elle.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading Loin de là.”
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From this reading Certes, il n’avait rien contre elle.
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From this reading Est-ce que je vous ai fait quelque chose?—Non, répondit-il.
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From this reading Est-ce que je vous ai fait quelque chose?—Non, répondit-il.
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From this reading MADAME GENTILLE.
a midwestern state in north-central United States
From this reading Certes, il n’avait rien contre elle.
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From this reading Est-ce que je vous ai fait quelque chose?—Non, répondit-il.
a cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump
From this reading Loin de là.”
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From this reading Loin de là.”
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading MADAME GENTILLE.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Pourquoi me regardez vous comme cela?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Certes, il n’avait rien contre elle.
negation of a word or group of words
From this reading Est-ce que je vous ai fait quelque chose?—Non, répondit-il.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Pourquoi me regardez vous comme cela?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Est-ce que je vous ai fait quelque chose?—Non, répondit-il.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Est-ce que je vous ai fait quelque chose?—Non, répondit-il.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Pourquoi me regardez vous comme cela?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Certes, il n’avait rien contre elle.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Est-ce que je vous ai fait quelque chose?—Non, répondit-il.
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From this reading “Pourquoi me regardez vous comme cela?
Chapter 27 of Cicely by Mrs. Molesworth holds 350 sentences, grouped into 70 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 27 holds 350 sentences of Cicely, unabridged, divided into 70 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 27 of Cicely by Mrs. Molesworth exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 350 sentences, grouped into 70 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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