Chapter 25 of Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance is here in full — 14 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 25 of Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance is here in full — 14 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Note 1. Author’s note_.--“Make the following scene emblematic of the world’s treatment of a dissenter.” _Note 2. Author’s note_.--“Yankee characteristics should be shown in the schoolmaster’s manners.” _Note 1.
Chapter 25 of Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance is here in full — 14 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessive form of “author” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
plural of “characteristic” — a prominent attribute or aspect of something
From this reading “Author’s note_.--“Yankee characteristics should be shown in the schoolmaster’s manners.””
a person who dissents from some established policy
From this reading “Author’s note_.--“Make the following scene emblematic of the world’s treatment of a dissenter.””
serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
From this reading “Author’s note_.--“Make the following scene emblematic of the world’s treatment of a dissenter.””
social deportment
From this reading “Author’s note_.--“Yankee characteristics should be shown in the schoolmaster’s manners.””
care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
From this reading “Author’s note_.--“Make the following scene emblematic of the world’s treatment of a dissenter.””
possessive form of “world” — everything that exists anywhere
an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
From this reading “Author’s note_.--“Yankee characteristics should be shown in the schoolmaster’s manners.””
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From this reading _Note 1.
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From this reading _Note 2.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the following scene emblematic of the world’s treatment of a dissenter.”
possessive form of “author” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the following scene emblematic of the world’s treatment of a dissenter.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Yankee characteristics should be shown in the schoolmaster’s manners.”
plural of “characteristic” — a prominent attribute or aspect of something
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Yankee characteristics should be shown in the schoolmaster’s manners.”
a person who dissents from some established policy
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the following scene emblematic of the world’s treatment of a dissenter.”
serving as a visible symbol for something abstract
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the following scene emblematic of the world’s treatment of a dissenter.”
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the following scene emblematic of the world’s treatment of a dissenter.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Yankee characteristics should be shown in the schoolmaster’s manners.”
engage in
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the following scene emblematic of the world’s treatment of a dissenter.”
social deportment
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Yankee characteristics should be shown in the schoolmaster’s manners.”
a brief written record
From this reading _Note 1.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the following scene emblematic of the world’s treatment of a dissenter.”
the place where some action occurs
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the following scene emblematic of the world’s treatment of a dissenter.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Yankee characteristics should be shown in the schoolmaster’s manners.”
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Yankee characteristics should be shown in the schoolmaster’s manners.”
inflected form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Yankee characteristics should be shown in the schoolmaster’s manners.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the following scene emblematic of the world’s treatment of a dissenter.”
care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the following scene emblematic of the world’s treatment of a dissenter.”
possessive form of “world” — everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the following scene emblematic of the world’s treatment of a dissenter.”
an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Yankee characteristics should be shown in the schoolmaster’s manners.”
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