Chapter 14 of Current superstitions is here in full — 135 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Current superstitions is here in full — 135 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WARTS. CAUSES. 872. Blood from the warts on a cow's bag coming in contact with a person's hands will cause warts to appear on them. _New Hampshire._ 873.
Chapter 14 of Current superstitions is here in full — 135 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading “Blood from the warts on a cow's bag coming in contact with a person's hands will cause warts to appear on them.”
a flexible container with a single opening
From this reading “Blood from the warts on a cow's bag coming in contact with a person's hands will cause warts to appear on them.”
plural of “cause” — events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading “CAUSES.”
close interaction
From this reading “Blood from the warts on a cow's bag coming in contact with a person's hands will cause warts to appear on them.”
possessive form of “cow” — female of domestic cattle: "“moo-cow” is a child's term"
From this reading “Blood from the warts on a cow's bag coming in contact with a person's hands will cause warts to appear on them.”
a county of southern England on the English Channel
From this reading “_New Hampshire._ 873.”
possessive form of “person” — a human being
From this reading “Blood from the warts on a cow's bag coming in contact with a person's hands will cause warts to appear on them.”
plural of “wart” — any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
From this reading “WARTS.”
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From this reading 872.
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From this reading _New Hampshire._ 873.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Blood from the warts on a cow's bag coming in contact with a person's hands will cause warts to appear on them.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Blood from the warts on a cow's bag coming in contact with a person's hands will cause warts to appear on them.
a flexible container with a single opening
From this reading Blood from the warts on a cow's bag coming in contact with a person's hands will cause warts to appear on them.
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading Blood from the warts on a cow's bag coming in contact with a person's hands will cause warts to appear on them.
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading Blood from the warts on a cow's bag coming in contact with a person's hands will cause warts to appear on them.
plural of “cause” — events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading CAUSES.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Blood from the warts on a cow's bag coming in contact with a person's hands will cause warts to appear on them.
close interaction
From this reading Blood from the warts on a cow's bag coming in contact with a person's hands will cause warts to appear on them.
possessive form of “cow” — female of domestic cattle: "“moo-cow” is a child's term"
From this reading Blood from the warts on a cow's bag coming in contact with a person's hands will cause warts to appear on them.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Blood from the warts on a cow's bag coming in contact with a person's hands will cause warts to appear on them.
a county of southern England on the English Channel
From this reading _New Hampshire._ 873.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Blood from the warts on a cow's bag coming in contact with a person's hands will cause warts to appear on them.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Blood from the warts on a cow's bag coming in contact with a person's hands will cause warts to appear on them.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading _New Hampshire._ 873.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Blood from the warts on a cow's bag coming in contact with a person's hands will cause warts to appear on them.
possessive form of “person” — a human being
From this reading Blood from the warts on a cow's bag coming in contact with a person's hands will cause warts to appear on them.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Blood from the warts on a cow's bag coming in contact with a person's hands will cause warts to appear on them.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Blood from the warts on a cow's bag coming in contact with a person's hands will cause warts to appear on them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Blood from the warts on a cow's bag coming in contact with a person's hands will cause warts to appear on them.
plural of “wart” — any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
From this reading WARTS.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Blood from the warts on a cow's bag coming in contact with a person's hands will cause warts to appear on them.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Blood from the warts on a cow's bag coming in contact with a person's hands will cause warts to appear on them.
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