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Chapter XXX

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Context Illustration Reading 1/31 · 5 lines
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The Thistle.
-- "Nemo me impune lacessit."
-- "Honi soit qui Mollet pince."
-- Political Aspirations of the Scotch.
-- Signification of Liberalism in Scotland.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Friend Mac Donald

Chapter XXX

Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The Thistle.
Line 2
-- "Nemo me impune lacessit."
Line 3
-- "Honi soit qui Mollet pince."
Line 4
-- Political Aspirations of the Scotch.
Line 5
-- Signification of Liberalism in Scotland.
All words in this reading · 19

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Aspirations

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From this reading -- Political Aspirations of the Scotch.

Honi

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From this reading -- "Honi soit qui Mollet pince."

impune

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From this reading -- "Nemo me impune lacessit."

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading -- Signification of Liberalism in Scotland.

lacessit

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From this reading -- "Nemo me impune lacessit."

Liberalism

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From this reading -- Signification of Liberalism in Scotland.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading -- "Nemo me impune lacessit."

Mollet

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From this reading -- "Honi soit qui Mollet pince."

Nemo

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From this reading -- "Nemo me impune lacessit."

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading -- Political Aspirations of the Scotch.

pince

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From this reading -- "Honi soit qui Mollet pince."

Political

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From this reading -- Political Aspirations of the Scotch.

qui

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From this reading -- "Honi soit qui Mollet pince."

Scotch

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From this reading -- Political Aspirations of the Scotch.

Scotland

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From this reading -- Signification of Liberalism in Scotland.

Signification

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From this reading -- Signification of Liberalism in Scotland.

soit

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From this reading -- "Honi soit qui Mollet pince."

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The Thistle.

Thistle

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From this reading The Thistle.