Chapter 3 of How to Solve Conundrums is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of How to Solve Conundrums is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
What class of people bears a name meaning "I can't improve?" Mendicants (Mend I can't). Why is the Commander-in-chief like a broker? Because he is a Commission-agent. Why is an irritable man like an unskillful doctor?
Chapter 3 of How to Solve Conundrums is here in full — 426 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bear” — massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
From this reading “What class of people bears a name meaning "I can't improve?"”
a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
From this reading “Why is the Commander-in-chief like a broker?”
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
From this reading “What class of people bears a name meaning "I can't improve?"”
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading “Why is an irritable man like an unskillful doctor?”
to make better
From this reading “What class of people bears a name meaning "I can't improve?"”
easily irritated or annoyed
From this reading “Why is an irritable man like an unskillful doctor?”
the message that is intended or expressed or signified
From this reading “What class of people bears a name meaning "I can't improve?"”
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading “Mendicants (Mend I can't).”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading What class of people bears a name meaning "I can't improve?"
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Why is an irritable man like an unskillful doctor?
plural of “bear” — massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
From this reading What class of people bears a name meaning "I can't improve?"
for the reason that
From this reading Because he is a Commission-agent.
a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
From this reading Why is the Commander-in-chief like a broker?
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From this reading What class of people bears a name meaning "I can't improve?"
a collection of things sharing a common attribute
From this reading What class of people bears a name meaning "I can't improve?"
the officer who holds the supreme command
From this reading Why is the Commander-in-chief like a broker?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Because he is a Commission-agent.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading Why is an irritable man like an unskillful doctor?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Because he is a Commission-agent.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading What class of people bears a name meaning "I can't improve?"
to make better
From this reading What class of people bears a name meaning "I can't improve?"
easily irritated or annoyed
From this reading Why is an irritable man like an unskillful doctor?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Why is the Commander-in-chief like a broker?
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Why is the Commander-in-chief like a broker?
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Why is an irritable man like an unskillful doctor?
the message that is intended or expressed or signified
From this reading What class of people bears a name meaning "I can't improve?"
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading Mendicants (Mend I can't).
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mendicants (Mend I can't).
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading What class of people bears a name meaning "I can't improve?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What class of people bears a name meaning "I can't improve?"
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading What class of people bears a name meaning "I can't improve?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Why is the Commander-in-chief like a broker?
poorly done
From this reading Why is an irritable man like an unskillful doctor?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What class of people bears a name meaning "I can't improve?"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why is the Commander-in-chief like a broker?
Chapter 3 of How to Solve Conundrums by Anonymous holds 426 sentences, grouped into 86 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 3 holds 426 sentences of How to Solve Conundrums, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of How to Solve Conundrums by Anonymous exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 426 sentences, grouped into 86 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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