Chapter 29 of Friend Mac Donald is here in full — 50 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXIX
Chapter 29 of Friend Mac Donald is here in full — 50 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Aberdeen, the Granite City. -- No sign of the Statue of "you know whom." -- All Grey. -- The Town and its Suburbs. -- Character of the Aberdonian.
Chapter 29 of Friend Mac Donald is here in full — 50 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/10 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
a town in western Washington
From this reading “Aberdeen, the Granite City.”
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading “-- Character of the Aberdonian.”
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading “Aberdeen, the Granite City.”
plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz
From this reading “Aberdeen, the Granite City.”
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading “-- All Grey.”
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading “-- No sign of the Statue of "you know whom."”
a sculpture representing a human or animal
From this reading “-- No sign of the Statue of "you know whom."”
plural of “suburb” — a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
From this reading “-- The Town and its Suburbs.”
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.
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.
a town in western Washington
From this reading Aberdeen, the Granite City.
of or relating to Aberdeen
From this reading -- Character of the Aberdonian.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading -- All Grey.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading -- The Town and its Suburbs.
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading -- Character of the Aberdonian.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading Aberdeen, the Granite City.
plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz
From this reading Aberdeen, the Granite City.
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading -- All Grey.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading -- The Town and its Suburbs.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading -- No sign of the Statue of "you know whom."
not any; not one
From this reading -- No sign of the Statue of "you know whom."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading -- No sign of the Statue of "you know whom."
a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading -- No sign of the Statue of "you know whom."
a sculpture representing a human or animal
From this reading -- No sign of the Statue of "you know whom."
plural of “suburb” — a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
From this reading -- The Town and its Suburbs.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Aberdeen, the Granite City.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading -- The Town and its Suburbs.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading -- No sign of the Statue of "you know whom."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading -- No sign of the Statue of "you know whom."
Chapter 29 of Friend Mac Donald by Max O'Rell holds 50 sentences, grouped into 10 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 29 holds 50 sentences of Friend Mac Donald, unabridged, divided into 10 reading sections.
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