Chapter 26 of Friend Mac Donald is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 26 of Friend Mac Donald is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Glasgow. -- Origin of the Name. -- Rapid Growth of the City. -- St. Mungo's Injunction to Donald. -- James Watt and the Clyde.
Chapter 26 of Friend Mac Donald is here in full — 146 sentences across 30 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.
a river in western Scotland that flows from the southern uplands into the Firth of Clyde; navigable by oceangoing vessels as far as Glasgow
From this reading “-- James Watt and the Clyde.”
largest city in Scotland; a port on the Clyde in west central Scotland; one of the great shipbuilding centers of the world
From this reading “Glasgow.”
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading “-- Rapid Growth of the City.”
a formal command or admonition
From this reading “-- St. Mungo's Injunction to Donald.”
a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
From this reading “-- James Watt and the Clyde.”
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
From this reading “-- Origin of the Name.”
done or occurring in a brief period of time
From this reading “-- Rapid Growth of the City.”
a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm
From this reading “-- James Watt and the Clyde.”
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.
a rapid rise
In this reading “-- Rapid Growth of the City.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading -- James Watt and the Clyde.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading -- Rapid Growth of the City.
a river in western Scotland that flows from the southern uplands into the Firth of Clyde; navigable by oceangoing vessels as far as Glasgow
From this reading -- James Watt and the Clyde.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading -- St. Mungo's Injunction to Donald.
largest city in Scotland; a port on the Clyde in west central Scotland; one of the great shipbuilding centers of the world
From this reading Glasgow.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading -- Rapid Growth of the City.
a formal command or admonition
From this reading -- St. Mungo's Injunction to Donald.
a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
From this reading -- James Watt and the Clyde.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading -- St. Mungo's Injunction to Donald.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading -- Origin of the Name.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading -- Origin of the Name.
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
From this reading -- Origin of the Name.
done or occurring in a brief period of time
From this reading -- Rapid Growth of the City.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading -- St. Mungo's Injunction to Donald.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading -- Origin of the Name.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading -- St. Mungo's Injunction to Donald.
a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm
From this reading -- James Watt and the Clyde.
Chapter 26 of Friend Mac Donald by Max O'Rell holds 146 sentences, grouped into 30 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 26 holds 146 sentences of Friend Mac Donald, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
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