Chapter 3 of Manners: A Novel, Vol 1 is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 3 of Manners: A Novel, Vol 1 is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Something there is more needful than expense, And something previous even to taste--'tis sense. POPE. Dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt[2]. HORACE. [Footnote 2: When fools would avoid one extreme, they run into the other.]
Chapter 3 of Manners: A Novel, Vol 1 is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
From this reading “[Footnote 2: When fools would avoid one extreme, they run into the other.]”
amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
From this reading “Something there is more needful than expense, And something previous even to taste--'tis sense.”
of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
From this reading “[Footnote 2: When fools would avoid one extreme, they run into the other.]”
plural of “fool” — a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading “[Footnote 2: When fools would avoid one extreme, they run into the other.]”
a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
From this reading “[Footnote 2: When fools would avoid one extreme, they run into the other.]”
Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
From this reading “HORACE.”
necessary for relief or supply
From this reading “Something there is more needful than expense, And something previous even to taste--'tis sense.”
the head of the Roman Catholic Church
From this reading “POPE.”
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be beset by
In this reading “[Footnote 2: When fools would avoid one extreme, they run into the other.]”
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From this reading Dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt[2].
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Something there is more needful than expense, And something previous even to taste--'tis sense.
stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
From this reading [Footnote 2: When fools would avoid one extreme, they run into the other.]
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt[2].
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From this reading Dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt[2].
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From this reading Dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt[2].
divisible by two
From this reading Something there is more needful than expense, And something previous even to taste--'tis sense.
amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
From this reading Something there is more needful than expense, And something previous even to taste--'tis sense.
of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
From this reading [Footnote 2: When fools would avoid one extreme, they run into the other.]
plural of “fool” — a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading [Footnote 2: When fools would avoid one extreme, they run into the other.]
a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
From this reading [Footnote 2: When fools would avoid one extreme, they run into the other.]
Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)
From this reading HORACE.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt[2].
moving to the inside of something
From this reading [Footnote 2: When fools would avoid one extreme, they run into the other.]
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Something there is more needful than expense, And something previous even to taste--'tis sense.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Something there is more needful than expense, And something previous even to taste--'tis sense.
necessary for relief or supply
From this reading Something there is more needful than expense, And something previous even to taste--'tis sense.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading [Footnote 2: When fools would avoid one extreme, they run into the other.]
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading [Footnote 2: When fools would avoid one extreme, they run into the other.]
the head of the Roman Catholic Church
From this reading POPE.
just preceding something else in time or order
From this reading Something there is more needful than expense, And something previous even to taste--'tis sense.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading [Footnote 2: When fools would avoid one extreme, they run into the other.]
a general conscious awareness
From this reading Something there is more needful than expense, And something previous even to taste--'tis sense.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something there is more needful than expense, And something previous even to taste--'tis sense.
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From this reading Dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt[2].
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading Something there is more needful than expense, And something previous even to taste--'tis sense.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Something there is more needful than expense, And something previous even to taste--'tis sense.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [Footnote 2: When fools would avoid one extreme, they run into the other.]
in or at that place or location
From this reading Something there is more needful than expense, And something previous even to taste--'tis sense.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading [Footnote 2: When fools would avoid one extreme, they run into the other.]
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading Something there is more needful than expense, And something previous even to taste--'tis sense.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Something there is more needful than expense, And something previous even to taste--'tis sense.
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From this reading Dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt[2].
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dum vitant stulti vitia, in contraria currunt[2].
at the time that
From this reading [Footnote 2: When fools would avoid one extreme, they run into the other.]
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading [Footnote 2: When fools would avoid one extreme, they run into the other.]
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