Chapter 14 of Friend Mac Donald is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Friend Mac Donald is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Family Life -- "Can I assist you?" -- "No, I will assist myself, thank you." -- Hospitality in good Society. -- The Friends of Friends are Friends. -- When the Visitors come to an End there are more to follow.
Chapter 14 of Friend Mac Donald is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading “Family Life -- "Can I assist you?"”
a social unit living together
From this reading “Family Life -- "Can I assist you?"”
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading “-- When the Visitors come to an End there are more to follow.”
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “-- The Friends of Friends are Friends.”
kindness in welcoming guests or strangers
From this reading “-- Hospitality in good Society.”
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
From this reading “-- Hospitality in good Society.”
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading “-- "No, I will assist myself, thank you."”
plural of “visitor” — someone who visits
From this reading “-- When the Visitors come to an End there are more to follow.”
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 “-- Hospitality in good Society.”
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.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading -- When the Visitors come to an End there are more to follow.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading -- The Friends of Friends are Friends.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading Family Life -- "Can I assist you?"
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Family Life -- "Can I assist you?"
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading -- When the Visitors come to an End there are more to follow.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading -- When the Visitors come to an End there are more to follow.
a social unit living together
From this reading Family Life -- "Can I assist you?"
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading -- When the Visitors come to an End there are more to follow.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading -- The Friends of Friends are Friends.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading -- Hospitality in good Society.
kindness in welcoming guests or strangers
From this reading -- Hospitality in good Society.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Family Life -- "Can I assist you?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading -- Hospitality in good Society.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Family Life -- "Can I assist you?"
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading -- When the Visitors come to an End there are more to follow.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading -- "No, I will assist myself, thank you."
not any; not one
From this reading -- "No, I will assist myself, thank you."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading -- The Friends of Friends are Friends.
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
From this reading -- Hospitality in good Society.
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading -- "No, I will assist myself, thank you."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading -- The Friends of Friends are Friends.
in or at that place or location
From this reading -- When the Visitors come to an End there are more to follow.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading -- When the Visitors come to an End there are more to follow.
plural of “visitor” — someone who visits
From this reading -- When the Visitors come to an End there are more to follow.
at the time that
From this reading -- When the Visitors come to an End there are more to follow.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading -- "No, I will assist myself, thank you."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Family Life -- "Can I assist you?"
Chapter 14 of Friend Mac Donald by Max O'Rell holds 134 sentences, grouped into 27 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 14 holds 134 sentences of Friend Mac Donald, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
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