Chapter 7 of Fan fare, May 1953 is here in full — 768 sentences across 154 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Fan fare, May 1953 is here in full — 768 sentences across 154 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
NONE SO BLIND AS LOVE These were the times. The good times that I still remember as I rock back and forth before my fire. Eh? Whassat? Oh, yeah, less ruminating and more expostulating.
Chapter 7 of Fan fare, May 1953 is here in full — 768 sentences across 154 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading “NONE SO BLIND AS LOVE These were the times.”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “The good times that I still remember as I rock back and forth before my fire.”
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading “Oh, yeah, less ruminating and more expostulating.”
not one, and not any
From this reading “NONE SO BLIND AS LOVE These were the times.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “The good times that I still remember as I rock back and forth before my fire.”
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “The good times that I still remember as I rock back and forth before my fire.”
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading “NONE SO BLIND AS LOVE These were the times.”
not only so, but
From this reading “Oh, yeah, less ruminating and more expostulating.”
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In this reading “The good times that I still remember as I rock back and forth before my fire.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The good times that I still remember as I rock back and forth before my fire.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading NONE SO BLIND AS LOVE These were the times.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading The good times that I still remember as I rock back and forth before my fire.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The good times that I still remember as I rock back and forth before my fire.
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading NONE SO BLIND AS LOVE These were the times.
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From this reading Eh?
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From this reading Oh, yeah, less ruminating and more expostulating.
start firing a weapon
From this reading The good times that I still remember as I rock back and forth before my fire.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The good times that I still remember as I rock back and forth before my fire.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading The good times that I still remember as I rock back and forth before my fire.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The good times that I still remember as I rock back and forth before my fire.
used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
From this reading Oh, yeah, less ruminating and more expostulating.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading NONE SO BLIND AS LOVE These were the times.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Oh, yeah, less ruminating and more expostulating.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The good times that I still remember as I rock back and forth before my fire.
not one, and not any
From this reading NONE SO BLIND AS LOVE These were the times.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, yeah, less ruminating and more expostulating.
To recall to mind.
From this reading The good times that I still remember as I rock back and forth before my fire.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading The good times that I still remember as I rock back and forth before my fire.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, yeah, less ruminating and more expostulating.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading NONE SO BLIND AS LOVE These were the times.
not in physical motion
From this reading The good times that I still remember as I rock back and forth before my fire.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The good times that I still remember as I rock back and forth before my fire.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading NONE SO BLIND AS LOVE These were the times.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading NONE SO BLIND AS LOVE These were the times.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading NONE SO BLIND AS LOVE These were the times.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading NONE SO BLIND AS LOVE These were the times.
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From this reading Whassat?
not only so, but
From this reading Oh, yeah, less ruminating and more expostulating.
Chapter 7 of Fan fare, May 1953 by Various holds 768 sentences, grouped into 154 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.
Chapter 7 holds 768 sentences of Fan fare, May 1953, unabridged, divided into 154 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Fan fare, May 1953 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 768 sentences, grouped into 154 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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