Chapter 30 of Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance is here in full — 15 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 30 of Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance is here in full — 15 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Note 1. Author’s note_.--“Describe him as delirious, and the scene as adopted into his delirium.” _Note 2. Author’s note_.--“Make the whole scene very dreamlike and feverish.” _Note 3.
Chapter 30 of Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance is here in full — 15 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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acquired as your own by free choice
From this reading “Author’s note_.--“Describe him as delirious, and the scene as adopted into his delirium.””
possessive form of “author” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
experiencing delirium
From this reading “Author’s note_.--“Describe him as delirious, and the scene as adopted into his delirium.””
state of violent mental agitation
From this reading “Author’s note_.--“Describe him as delirious, and the scene as adopted into his delirium.””
give a description of
From this reading “Author’s note_.--“Describe him as delirious, and the scene as adopted into his delirium.””
resembling a dream
From this reading “Author’s note_.--“Make the whole scene very dreamlike and feverish.””
marked by intense agitation or emotion
From this reading “Author’s note_.--“Make the whole scene very dreamlike and feverish.””
a brief written record
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From this reading _Note 1.
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From this reading _Note 2.
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From this reading _Note 3.
acquired as your own by free choice
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Describe him as delirious, and the scene as adopted into his delirium.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Describe him as delirious, and the scene as adopted into his delirium.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Describe him as delirious, and the scene as adopted into his delirium.”
possessive form of “author” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Describe him as delirious, and the scene as adopted into his delirium.”
experiencing delirium
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Describe him as delirious, and the scene as adopted into his delirium.”
state of violent mental agitation
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Describe him as delirious, and the scene as adopted into his delirium.”
give a description of
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Describe him as delirious, and the scene as adopted into his delirium.”
resembling a dream
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the whole scene very dreamlike and feverish.”
marked by intense agitation or emotion
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the whole scene very dreamlike and feverish.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Describe him as delirious, and the scene as adopted into his delirium.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Describe him as delirious, and the scene as adopted into his delirium.”
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Describe him as delirious, and the scene as adopted into his delirium.”
engage in
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the whole scene very dreamlike and feverish.”
a brief written record
From this reading _Note 1.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Describe him as delirious, and the scene as adopted into his delirium.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Describe him as delirious, and the scene as adopted into his delirium.”
precisely as stated
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the whole scene very dreamlike and feverish.”
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the whole scene very dreamlike and feverish.”
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