Chapter 2 of Facing the Flag is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Facing the Flag is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
COUNT D'ARTIGAS. Just who was this Count d'Artigas? A Spaniard? So his name would appear to indicate. Yet on the stern of his schooner, in letters of gold, was the name _Ebba_, which is of pure Norwegian origin.
Chapter 2 of Facing the Flag is here in full — 164 sentences across 33 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 “So his name would appear to indicate.”
be a signal for or a symptom of
From this reading “So his name would appear to indicate.”
a native or inhabitant of Norway
From this reading “Yet on the stern of his schooner, in letters of gold, was the name _Ebba_, which is of pure Norwegian origin.”
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
From this reading “Yet on the stern of his schooner, in letters of gold, was the name _Ebba_, which is of pure Norwegian origin.”
free of extraneous elements of any kind
From this reading “Yet on the stern of his schooner, in letters of gold, was the name _Ebba_, which is of pure Norwegian origin.”
a large beer glass
From this reading “Yet on the stern of his schooner, in letters of gold, was the name _Ebba_, which is of pure Norwegian origin.”
a native or inhabitant of Spain
From this reading “A Spaniard?”
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
From this reading “Yet on the stern of his schooner, in letters of gold, was the name _Ebba_, which is of pure Norwegian origin.”
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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 A Spaniard?
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading So his name would appear to indicate.
determine the number or amount of
From this reading COUNT D'ARTIGAS.
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From this reading COUNT D'ARTIGAS.
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From this reading Yet on the stern of his schooner, in letters of gold, was the name _Ebba_, which is of pure Norwegian origin.
coins made of gold
From this reading Yet on the stern of his schooner, in letters of gold, was the name _Ebba_, which is of pure Norwegian origin.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading So his name would appear to indicate.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Yet on the stern of his schooner, in letters of gold, was the name _Ebba_, which is of pure Norwegian origin.
be a signal for or a symptom of
From this reading So his name would appear to indicate.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yet on the stern of his schooner, in letters of gold, was the name _Ebba_, which is of pure Norwegian origin.
and nothing more
From this reading Just who was this Count d'Artigas?
the literary culture
From this reading Yet on the stern of his schooner, in letters of gold, was the name _Ebba_, which is of pure Norwegian origin.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading So his name would appear to indicate.
a native or inhabitant of Norway
From this reading Yet on the stern of his schooner, in letters of gold, was the name _Ebba_, which is of pure Norwegian origin.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Yet on the stern of his schooner, in letters of gold, was the name _Ebba_, which is of pure Norwegian origin.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Yet on the stern of his schooner, in letters of gold, was the name _Ebba_, which is of pure Norwegian origin.
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
From this reading Yet on the stern of his schooner, in letters of gold, was the name _Ebba_, which is of pure Norwegian origin.
free of extraneous elements of any kind
From this reading Yet on the stern of his schooner, in letters of gold, was the name _Ebba_, which is of pure Norwegian origin.
a large beer glass
From this reading Yet on the stern of his schooner, in letters of gold, was the name _Ebba_, which is of pure Norwegian origin.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So his name would appear to indicate.
a native or inhabitant of Spain
From this reading A Spaniard?
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect
From this reading Yet on the stern of his schooner, in letters of gold, was the name _Ebba_, which is of pure Norwegian origin.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Yet on the stern of his schooner, in letters of gold, was the name _Ebba_, which is of pure Norwegian origin.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Just who was this Count d'Artigas?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So his name would appear to indicate.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Just who was this Count d'Artigas?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Yet on the stern of his schooner, in letters of gold, was the name _Ebba_, which is of pure Norwegian origin.
which person or people
From this reading Just who was this Count d'Artigas?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading So his name would appear to indicate.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet on the stern of his schooner, in letters of gold, was the name _Ebba_, which is of pure Norwegian origin.
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