Chapter 16 of Hills of the Shatemuc is here in full — 731 sentences across 147 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 16 of Hills of the Shatemuc is here in full — 731 sentences across 147 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Now he weighs time, Even to the utmost grain. KING HENRY V. "Mannahatta, Dec. -- 1813. "My dear friends at home, "I am as well and as happy as I can be anywhere away from you.
Chapter 16 of Hills of the Shatemuc is here in full — 731 sentences across 147 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or in or to any place
From this reading “"My dear friends at home, "I am as well and as happy as I can be anywhere away from you.”
the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading “"Mannahatta, Dec.”
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading “"My dear friends at home, "I am as well and as happy as I can be anywhere away from you.”
a relatively small granular particle of a substance
From this reading “Now he weighs time, Even to the utmost grain.”
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “"My dear friends at home, "I am as well and as happy as I can be anywhere away from you.”
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading “KING HENRY V.”
of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
From this reading “Now he weighs time, Even to the utmost grain.”
third-person singular of “weigh” — have a certain weight
From this reading “Now he weighs time, Even to the utmost grain.”
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From this reading -- 1813.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "My dear friends at home, "I am as well and as happy as I can be anywhere away from you.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "My dear friends at home, "I am as well and as happy as I can be anywhere away from you.
at or in or to any place
From this reading "My dear friends at home, "I am as well and as happy as I can be anywhere away from you.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "My dear friends at home, "I am as well and as happy as I can be anywhere away from you.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "My dear friends at home, "I am as well and as happy as I can be anywhere away from you.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "My dear friends at home, "I am as well and as happy as I can be anywhere away from you.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "My dear friends at home, "I am as well and as happy as I can be anywhere away from you.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "My dear friends at home, "I am as well and as happy as I can be anywhere away from you.
dearly loved
From this reading "My dear friends at home, "I am as well and as happy as I can be anywhere away from you.
the last (12th) month of the year
From this reading "Mannahatta, Dec.
divisible by two
From this reading Now he weighs time, Even to the utmost grain.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading "My dear friends at home, "I am as well and as happy as I can be anywhere away from you.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "My dear friends at home, "I am as well and as happy as I can be anywhere away from you.
a relatively small granular particle of a substance
From this reading Now he weighs time, Even to the utmost grain.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading "My dear friends at home, "I am as well and as happy as I can be anywhere away from you.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Now he weighs time, Even to the utmost grain.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading KING HENRY V.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading "My dear friends at home, "I am as well and as happy as I can be anywhere away from you.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "My dear friends at home, "I am as well and as happy as I can be anywhere away from you.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading KING HENRY V.
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From this reading "Mannahatta, Dec.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My dear friends at home, "I am as well and as happy as I can be anywhere away from you.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now he weighs time, Even to the utmost grain.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Now he weighs time, Even to the utmost grain.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Now he weighs time, Even to the utmost grain.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Now he weighs time, Even to the utmost grain.
of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
From this reading Now he weighs time, Even to the utmost grain.
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading KING HENRY V.
third-person singular of “weigh” — have a certain weight
From this reading Now he weighs time, Even to the utmost grain.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "My dear friends at home, "I am as well and as happy as I can be anywhere away from you.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "My dear friends at home, "I am as well and as happy as I can be anywhere away from you.
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