Chapter 19 of Cord and Creese is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIX
Chapter 19 of Cord and Creese is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THIS MUST END. The note which accompanied Langhetti’s journal was as follows: “HALIFAX, December 18, 1848. “TERESUOLA VIA DOLCISSIMA,--I send you my journal, _sorella carissima_. I have been silent for a long time.
Chapter 19 of Cord and Creese is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having companions or an escort
From this reading “The note which accompanied Langhetti’s journal was as follows:”
the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading ““HALIFAX, December 18, 1848.”
third-person singular of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading “The note which accompanied Langhetti’s journal was as follows:”
provincial capital and largest city of Nova Scotia
From this reading ““HALIFAX, December 18, 1848.”
a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
From this reading “The note which accompanied Langhetti’s journal was as follows:”
a brief written record
From this reading “The note which accompanied Langhetti’s journal was as follows:”
cause to go somewhere
From this reading ““TERESUOLA VIA DOLCISSIMA,--I send you my journal, _sorella carissima_.”
by way of; passing through
From this reading ““TERESUOLA VIA DOLCISSIMA,--I send you my journal, _sorella carissima_.”
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From this reading “HALIFAX, December 18, 1848.
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From this reading “HALIFAX, December 18, 1848.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I have been silent for a long time.
having companions or an escort
From this reading The note which accompanied Langhetti’s journal was as follows:
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The note which accompanied Langhetti’s journal was as follows:
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I have been silent for a long time.
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From this reading “TERESUOLA VIA DOLCISSIMA,--I send you my journal, _sorella carissima_.
the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading “HALIFAX, December 18, 1848.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “TERESUOLA VIA DOLCISSIMA,--I send you my journal, _sorella carissima_.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading THIS MUST END.
third-person singular of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading The note which accompanied Langhetti’s journal was as follows:
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I have been silent for a long time.
provincial capital and largest city of Nova Scotia
From this reading “HALIFAX, December 18, 1848.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have been silent for a long time.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “TERESUOLA VIA DOLCISSIMA,--I send you my journal, _sorella carissima_.
a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
From this reading The note which accompanied Langhetti’s journal was as follows:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The note which accompanied Langhetti’s journal was as follows:
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading I have been silent for a long time.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading THIS MUST END.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “TERESUOLA VIA DOLCISSIMA,--I send you my journal, _sorella carissima_.
a brief written record
From this reading The note which accompanied Langhetti’s journal was as follows:
cause to go somewhere
From this reading “TERESUOLA VIA DOLCISSIMA,--I send you my journal, _sorella carissima_.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading I have been silent for a long time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “TERESUOLA VIA DOLCISSIMA,--I send you my journal, _sorella carissima_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “TERESUOLA VIA DOLCISSIMA,--I send you my journal, _sorella carissima_.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The note which accompanied Langhetti’s journal was as follows:
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THIS MUST END.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading I have been silent for a long time.
by way of; passing through
From this reading “TERESUOLA VIA DOLCISSIMA,--I send you my journal, _sorella carissima_.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The note which accompanied Langhetti’s journal was as follows:
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The note which accompanied Langhetti’s journal was as follows:
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “TERESUOLA VIA DOLCISSIMA,--I send you my journal, _sorella carissima_.
Chapter 19 of Cord and Creese by James De Mille holds 81 sentences, grouped into 17 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 19 holds 81 sentences of Cord and Creese, unabridged, divided into 17 reading sections.
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