Chapter 10 of Friend Mac Donald is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Friend Mac Donald is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Donald's Relations with the Divinity. -- Prayers and Sermons. -- Signification of the Word "Receptivity." -- Requests and Thanksgivings. -- "Repose in Peace."
Chapter 10 of Friend Mac Donald is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
From this reading “Donald's Relations with the Divinity.”
the state prevailing during the absence of war
From this reading “-- "Repose in Peace."”
plural of “prayer” — the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
From this reading “-- Prayers and Sermons.”
willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)
From this reading “-- Signification of the Word "Receptivity."”
mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups
From this reading “Donald's Relations with the Divinity.”
put or confide something in a person or thing
From this reading “-- "Repose in Peace."”
plural of “request” — a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
From this reading “-- Requests and Thanksgivings.”
plural of “sermon” — an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
From this reading “-- Prayers and Sermons.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “-- "Repose in Peace."”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading -- Prayers and Sermons.
any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
From this reading Donald's Relations with the Divinity.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Donald's Relations with the Divinity.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading -- "Repose in Peace."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading -- Signification of the Word "Receptivity."
the state prevailing during the absence of war
From this reading -- "Repose in Peace."
plural of “prayer” — the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
From this reading -- Prayers and Sermons.
willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)
From this reading -- Signification of the Word "Receptivity."
mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups
From this reading Donald's Relations with the Divinity.
put or confide something in a person or thing
From this reading -- "Repose in Peace."
plural of “request” — a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
From this reading -- Requests and Thanksgivings.
plural of “sermon” — an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
From this reading -- Prayers and Sermons.
the message that is intended or expressed or signified
From this reading -- Signification of the Word "Receptivity."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading -- Requests and Thanksgivings.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Donald's Relations with the Divinity.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Donald's Relations with the Divinity.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading -- Signification of the Word "Receptivity."
Chapter 10 of Friend Mac Donald by Max O'Rell holds 154 sentences, grouped into 31 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 10 holds 154 sentences of Friend Mac Donald, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Friend Mac Donald by Max O'Rell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 154 sentences, grouped into 31 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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