Chapter 16 of Faces and Places is here in full — 346 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 16 of Faces and Places is here in full — 346 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SOME PREACHERS I HAVE KNOWN. MR. MOODY. I heard Mr. Moody preach twice when he paid his first visit to this country. Borrowing an idea from another profession, he had a series of rehearsals before he came to London.
Chapter 16 of Faces and Places is here in full — 346 sentences across 70 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
From this reading “Borrowing an idea from another profession, he had a series of rehearsals before he came to London.”
United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998)
From this reading “MOODY.”
deliver a sermon
From this reading “I heard Mr. Moody preach twice when he paid his first visit to this country.”
plural of “preacher” — someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel
From this reading “SOME PREACHERS I HAVE KNOWN.”
the body of people in a learned occupation
From this reading “Borrowing an idea from another profession, he had a series of rehearsals before he came to London.”
plural of “rehearsal” — a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert)
From this reading “Borrowing an idea from another profession, he had a series of rehearsals before he came to London.”
similar things placed in order or happening one after another
From this reading “Borrowing an idea from another profession, he had a series of rehearsals before he came to London.”
two times
From this reading “I heard Mr. Moody preach twice when he paid his first visit to this country.”
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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 Borrowing an idea from another profession, he had a series of rehearsals before he came to London.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Borrowing an idea from another profession, he had a series of rehearsals before he came to London.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Borrowing an idea from another profession, he had a series of rehearsals before he came to London.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Borrowing an idea from another profession, he had a series of rehearsals before he came to London.
the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
From this reading Borrowing an idea from another profession, he had a series of rehearsals before he came to London.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Borrowing an idea from another profession, he had a series of rehearsals before he came to London.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading I heard Mr. Moody preach twice when he paid his first visit to this country.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading I heard Mr. Moody preach twice when he paid his first visit to this country.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Borrowing an idea from another profession, he had a series of rehearsals before he came to London.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Borrowing an idea from another profession, he had a series of rehearsals before he came to London.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading SOME PREACHERS I HAVE KNOWN.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I heard Mr. Moody preach twice when he paid his first visit to this country.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading I heard Mr. Moody preach twice when he paid his first visit to this country.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I heard Mr. Moody preach twice when he paid his first visit to this country.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading SOME PREACHERS I HAVE KNOWN.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading Borrowing an idea from another profession, he had a series of rehearsals before he came to London.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading SOME PREACHERS I HAVE KNOWN.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading Borrowing an idea from another profession, he had a series of rehearsals before he came to London.
United States tennis player who dominated women's tennis in the 1920s and 1930s (1905-1998)
From this reading MOODY.
a form of address for a man
From this reading MR.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Borrowing an idea from another profession, he had a series of rehearsals before he came to London.
marked by the reception of pay
From this reading I heard Mr. Moody preach twice when he paid his first visit to this country.
deliver a sermon
From this reading I heard Mr. Moody preach twice when he paid his first visit to this country.
plural of “preacher” — someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel
From this reading SOME PREACHERS I HAVE KNOWN.
the body of people in a learned occupation
From this reading Borrowing an idea from another profession, he had a series of rehearsals before he came to London.
plural of “rehearsal” — a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert)
From this reading Borrowing an idea from another profession, he had a series of rehearsals before he came to London.
similar things placed in order or happening one after another
From this reading Borrowing an idea from another profession, he had a series of rehearsals before he came to London.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading SOME PREACHERS I HAVE KNOWN.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I heard Mr. Moody preach twice when he paid his first visit to this country.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I heard Mr. Moody preach twice when he paid his first visit to this country.
two times
From this reading I heard Mr. Moody preach twice when he paid his first visit to this country.
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading I heard Mr. Moody preach twice when he paid his first visit to this country.
at the time that
From this reading I heard Mr. Moody preach twice when he paid his first visit to this country.
Chapter 16 of Faces and Places by Henry W. (Henry William), Sir Lucy holds 346 sentences, grouped into 70 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.
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