Chapter 68 of Condensed Novels is here in full — 50 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter LXVIII
Chapter 68 of Condensed Novels is here in full — 50 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
COUNT MOSCOW'S NARRATIVE. I am a foreigner. Observe! To be a foreigner in England is to be mysterious, suspicious, intriguing. M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.
Chapter 68 of Condensed Novels is here in full — 50 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889)
From this reading “M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.”
guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense
From this reading “M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.”
a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
From this reading “I am a foreigner.”
disturbingly provocative
From this reading “To be a foreigner in England is to be mysterious, suspicious, intriguing.”
possessive form of “moscow” — a city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation
From this reading “COUNT MOSCOW'S NARRATIVE.”
plural of “occurrence” — an event that happens
From this reading “M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.”
asked for
From this reading “M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.”
openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
From this reading “To be a foreigner in England is to be mysterious, suspicious, intriguing.”
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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 am a foreigner.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am a foreigner.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To be a foreigner in England is to be mysterious, suspicious, intriguing.
definite but not specified or identified
From this reading M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.
English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889)
From this reading M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.
guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense
From this reading M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.
determine the number or amount of
From this reading COUNT MOSCOW'S NARRATIVE.
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading To be a foreigner in England is to be mysterious, suspicious, intriguing.
a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
From this reading I am a foreigner.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.
the aggregate of past events
From this reading M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am a foreigner.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading To be a foreigner in England is to be mysterious, suspicious, intriguing.
disturbingly provocative
From this reading To be a foreigner in England is to be mysterious, suspicious, intriguing.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To be a foreigner in England is to be mysterious, suspicious, intriguing.
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.
possessive form of “moscow” — a city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation
From this reading COUNT MOSCOW'S NARRATIVE.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.
of an obscure nature
From this reading To be a foreigner in England is to be mysterious, suspicious, intriguing.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading COUNT MOSCOW'S NARRATIVE.
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
From this reading Observe!
plural of “occurrence” — an event that happens
From this reading M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.
asked for
From this reading M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.
openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
From this reading To be a foreigner in England is to be mysterious, suspicious, intriguing.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To be a foreigner in England is to be mysterious, suspicious, intriguing.
in the company of; together with
From this reading M. Collins has requested the history of my complicity with certain occurrences.
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