Chapter 13 of Friend Mac Donald is here in full — 38 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Friend Mac Donald is here in full — 38 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Drollery of Scotch Phraseology. -- A Scotchman who Lost his Head. -- Two Severe Wounds. -- Premature Death. -- A Neat Comparison.
Chapter 13 of Friend Mac Donald is here in full — 38 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the act of examining resemblances
From this reading “-- A Neat Comparison.”
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading “-- A Scotchman who Lost his Head.”
clean or organized
From this reading “-- A Neat Comparison.”
the manner in which something is expressed in words
From this reading “Drollery of Scotch Phraseology.”
born after a gestation period of less than the normal time
From this reading “-- Premature Death.”
a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
From this reading “Drollery of Scotch Phraseology.”
intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
From this reading “-- Two Severe Wounds.”
plural of “wound” — an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading “-- Two Severe Wounds.”
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 “-- Premature Death.”
In this reading “-- Two Severe Wounds.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading -- A Scotchman who Lost his Head.
the act of examining resemblances
From this reading -- A Neat Comparison.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading -- Premature Death.
a comic incident or series of incidents
From this reading Drollery of Scotch Phraseology.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading -- A Scotchman who Lost his Head.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading -- A Scotchman who Lost his Head.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading -- A Scotchman who Lost his Head.
clean or organized
From this reading -- A Neat Comparison.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Drollery of Scotch Phraseology.
the manner in which something is expressed in words
From this reading Drollery of Scotch Phraseology.
born after a gestation period of less than the normal time
From this reading -- Premature Death.
a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
From this reading Drollery of Scotch Phraseology.
a native or inhabitant of Scotland
From this reading -- A Scotchman who Lost his Head.
intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
From this reading -- Two Severe Wounds.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading -- Two Severe Wounds.
which person or people
From this reading -- A Scotchman who Lost his Head.
plural of “wound” — an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading -- Two Severe Wounds.
Chapter 13 of Friend Mac Donald by Max O'Rell holds 38 sentences, grouped into 8 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 13 holds 38 sentences of Friend Mac Donald, unabridged, divided into 8 reading sections.
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