Chapter 6 of Class of '29 is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of Class of '29 is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CASE WORKER. You sold _all_ your father's books? TED. I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others. CASE WORKER.
Chapter 6 of Class of '29 is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the sacred writings of the Christian religions
From this reading “I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.”
at or constituting a border or edge
From this reading “I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.”
plural of “notation” — a technical system of symbols used to represent special things
From this reading “I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.”
a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University
From this reading “I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.”
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
From this reading “I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.”
disposed of to a purchaser
From this reading “You sold _all_ your father's books?”
a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
From this reading “TED.”
a person who works at a specific occupation
From this reading “CASE WORKER.”
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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 I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading You sold _all_ your father's books?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.
the sacred writings of the Christian religions
From this reading I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading You sold _all_ your father's books?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.
an occurrence of something
From this reading CASE WORKER.
a social unit living together
From this reading I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading You sold _all_ your father's books?
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.
at or constituting a border or edge
From this reading I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.
plural of “notation” — a technical system of symbols used to represent special things
From this reading I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.
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From this reading I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.
a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University
From this reading I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
From this reading I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.
disposed of to a purchaser
From this reading You sold _all_ your father's books?
not in physical motion
From this reading I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.
a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
From this reading TED.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.
during the time that
From this reading I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I still have the family Bible, a set of Shakespeare with the marginal notations made by father while he was at Oxford, and a few others.
a person who works at a specific occupation
From this reading CASE WORKER.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You sold _all_ your father's books?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You sold _all_ your father's books?
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