Chapter 1 of Loss and gain is here in full — 36 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Loss and gain is here in full — 36 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LOSS AND GAIN: THE STORY OF A CONVERT. BY JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, OF THE ORATORY. ADHUC MODICUM ALIQUANTULUM, QUI VENTURUS EST, VENIET, ET NON TARDABIT. JUSTUS AUTEM MEUS EX FIDE VIVIT. Eighth Edition.
Chapter 1 of Loss and gain is here in full — 36 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
From this reading “LOSS AND GAIN: THE STORY OF A CONVERT.”
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading “Eighth Edition.”
coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position
From this reading “Eighth Edition.”
standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States
From this reading “ADHUC MODICUM ALIQUANTULUM, QUI VENTURUS EST, VENIET, ET NON TARDABIT.”
a small or moderate or token amount
From this reading “ADHUC MODICUM ALIQUANTULUM, QUI VENTURUS EST, VENIET, ET NON TARDABIT.”
United States film actor (born in 1925)
From this reading “BY JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, OF THE ORATORY.”
negation of a word or group of words
From this reading “ADHUC MODICUM ALIQUANTULUM, QUI VENTURUS EST, VENIET, ET NON TARDABIT.”
addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
From this reading “BY JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, OF THE ORATORY.”
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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 LOSS AND GAIN: THE STORY OF A CONVERT.
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From this reading ADHUC MODICUM ALIQUANTULUM, QUI VENTURUS EST, VENIET, ET NON TARDABIT.
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From this reading ADHUC MODICUM ALIQUANTULUM, QUI VENTURUS EST, VENIET, ET NON TARDABIT.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LOSS AND GAIN: THE STORY OF A CONVERT.
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From this reading JUSTUS AUTEM MEUS EX FIDE VIVIT.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, OF THE ORATORY.
change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy
From this reading LOSS AND GAIN: THE STORY OF A CONVERT.
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading Eighth Edition.
coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position
From this reading Eighth Edition.
standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States
From this reading ADHUC MODICUM ALIQUANTULUM, QUI VENTURUS EST, VENIET, ET NON TARDABIT.
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From this reading ADHUC MODICUM ALIQUANTULUM, QUI VENTURUS EST, VENIET, ET NON TARDABIT.
a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband
From this reading JUSTUS AUTEM MEUS EX FIDE VIVIT.
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From this reading JUSTUS AUTEM MEUS EX FIDE VIVIT.
obtain
From this reading LOSS AND GAIN: THE STORY OF A CONVERT.
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 BY JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, OF THE ORATORY.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading BY JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, OF THE ORATORY.
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From this reading JUSTUS AUTEM MEUS EX FIDE VIVIT.
something that is lost
From this reading LOSS AND GAIN: THE STORY OF A CONVERT.
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From this reading JUSTUS AUTEM MEUS EX FIDE VIVIT.
a small or moderate or token amount
From this reading ADHUC MODICUM ALIQUANTULUM, QUI VENTURUS EST, VENIET, ET NON TARDABIT.
United States film actor (born in 1925)
From this reading BY JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, OF THE ORATORY.
negation of a word or group of words
From this reading ADHUC MODICUM ALIQUANTULUM, QUI VENTURUS EST, VENIET, ET NON TARDABIT.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading LOSS AND GAIN: THE STORY OF A CONVERT.
addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
From this reading BY JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, OF THE ORATORY.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ADHUC MODICUM ALIQUANTULUM, QUI VENTURUS EST, VENIET, ET NON TARDABIT.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading LOSS AND GAIN: THE STORY OF A CONVERT.
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From this reading ADHUC MODICUM ALIQUANTULUM, QUI VENTURUS EST, VENIET, ET NON TARDABIT.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LOSS AND GAIN: THE STORY OF A CONVERT.
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From this reading ADHUC MODICUM ALIQUANTULUM, QUI VENTURUS EST, VENIET, ET NON TARDABIT.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ADHUC MODICUM ALIQUANTULUM, QUI VENTURUS EST, VENIET, ET NON TARDABIT.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JUSTUS AUTEM MEUS EX FIDE VIVIT.
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